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  • RS Kalsi
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    RS Kalsi moves to head of domestic sales at Maruti Suzuki India

    2014-09-24T09:33:27Z

    Maruti Suzuki India has appointed RS Kalsi as head of domestic marketing and sales, replacing Mayank Pareek, senior executive officer for marketing and sales, who has left the company. Mr Kalsi was most recently executive director with responsibility for parts, accessories and outbound logistics at the company.Shashank Srivastava, executive director, ...

  • Jean-Michel Floret_STVA_web
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    STVA appoints Floret as chairman of management board

    2014-09-16T19:00:23Z

    Jean-Michel Floret has been appointed chairman of the Management Board at STVA, the subsidiary of French rail freight and logistics provider SNCF Geodis, which provides transport services for the finished vehicle sector. He is managing director of the company.Jean-Michel Floret started his career within the SNCF Group as a branch ...

  • Susanna-Webber-GM_small
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    Webber takes over as head of GM Russia

    2014-09-16T17:03:09Z

    General Motors has announced that Susanna Webber, vice-president of global purchasing and supply chain Europe for the last four years, is being appointed president and managing director of GM Russia with immediate effect. Her appointment is part of a restructuring of GM’s Russian operations that will include reduced production and ...

  • paperchainpeople
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    Holger Wilhelm takes up Europe role with Ceva Logistics

    2014-09-10T12:17:08Z

    Holger Wilhelm has moved into the role of vice president of sales, Europe at Ceva Logistics, with responsibility for the company’s automotive customers in the region. He replaces Antonio Fondevilla, who was overseeing those responsibilities in an interim capacity following the departure of Stefan Brünner at the beginning of this ...

  • Justin_Newell_PorscheNA
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    Newell leaves Porsche North America

    2014-09-09T12:43:00Z

    Justin Newell has left his role as manager of vehicle logistics and port operations at Porsche Cars North America.In a brief statement a spokesperson for the carmaker confirmed that he had left and that the company wished him well. It has yet to announce a successor.Newell was with Porsche Cars ...

  • Horizon_Lines
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    Horizon Lines makes Rubin permanent CEO and president

    2014-09-09T11:12:24Z

    US domestic ocean forwarder, Horizon Lines, has elected Steven Rubin as its permanent president and CEO. Rubin was has been filling the roles on an interim basis for the past two months. He is also director of the company, a position to which he was appointed in 2011.“Throughout this interim ...

  • John_Stech_VolvoCars
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    Stech moves from Russia to Volvo Cars North America

    2014-09-09T08:54:58Z

    John Stech, who was president of Volvo Cars Russia until last month, has moved to a new role as executive vice-president of commercial operations at Volvo Cars of North America. He is now responsible for sales, customer service, the dealer network, and information technology in the US market.“I’m truly thrilled ...

  • LoriWittman_VinSolutions
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    VinSolutions makes top executive changes

    2014-09-03T11:35:37Z

    VinSolutions, a supplier of dealership software tools in the US and a subsidiary of Cox Automotive, has announced two executive moves following the departure of its vice president and general manager, Brian Skutta, to a new role as CEO of Auto Alert. Lori Wittman (pictured) has been promoted to vice ...

  • christine-krathwohl
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    Krathwohl takes up management role with Jack Cooper

    2014-08-13T15:01:54Z

    Christine Krathwohl has taken up a new role at Jack Cooper Holdings as managing director on the company’s Strategic Advisory Board. Krathwohl was previously executive director of logistics and supplier diversity at General Motors, a position she left in May last year amid an executive reshuffle at the carmaker.She joins ...

  • Rodion_Naboyshikov
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    Rodion Naboyshikov takes up new role at Logistics Operator

    2014-08-13T10:05:07Z

    Rodion Naboyshikov, who has been senior development manager at MC Logistics CIS for more than a decade, has left to take up a new role as director of the Automotive Logistics department at Russian firm Logistics Operator.MC Logistics CIS is a division of Mitsubishi Corporation covering the Commonwealth of Independent ...

  • Altair_Melo_resize
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    Altair Melo moves from BMW to Chery in Brazil

    2014-08-13T09:51:07Z

    [This story was updated on 15 August] Altair Melo has taken up a new role as aftersales and logistics manager at Chinese carmaker Chery Motors, based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He has moved over from being parts manager with BMW do Brasil, a role he held for more than eight ...

  • paperchainpeople
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    KCS announces top management appointments

    2014-08-12T15:41:57Z

    Kansas City Southern (KCS) has appointed Erik Hansen as vice-president of intermodal, responsible for automotive operations, as well as sales and marketing. He is based in Kansas City and reports to executive vice president of sales and marketing, Patrick Ottensmeyer."We are delighted that Erik has joined the KCS management team," ...

  • Dr-Ing E h Michael Macht
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    Macht quits group production role at Volkswagen

    2014-08-05T15:56:13Z

    Michael Macht (left) has quit his post as Volkswagen’s head of group production with immediate effect and will be replaced on an interim basis by Thomas Ulbrich, currently board member responsible for production and logistics at the Volkswagen Passenger Cars unit following his appointment in April this year.Macht’s departure follows ...

  • Paliwal, Honda_web
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    His heart always in logistics, Paliwal leaves Honda India

    2014-07-30T14:30:55Z

    *Updated August 6thJoining in a recent flurry of executive changes in India, Achal Paliwal, head of exports and logistics for Honda Cars India (left), has left the company. Paliwal had been with Honda since 2005, following a 19-year stint at Maruti Suzuki.Paliwal has declined to comment yet on what position ...

  • Sudam_Maitra
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    Sudam Maitra leaves Maruti Suzuki

    2014-07-30T12:39:58Z

    Maruti Suzuki is keeping quiet about the departure of Sudam Maitra, who was until recently the company’s chief operating officer for supply chain, including responsibility for purchasing and logistics. Maitra joined the company in 1983 amid the founding members of the joint venture, which is today the largest carmaker in ...

  • AnneFerroFMCSA
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    Ferro to leave US Department of Transport in August

    2014-07-29T15:51:05Z

    Anne Ferro (left) is leaving her role as head of the US Department of Transport’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) at the end of August this year to take up a new role as president and CEO of the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA).Ferro has served longer ...

  • Henrik_Wilhelmsmeyer_BMW
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    Top moves lined up across BMW Group

    2014-07-23T15:24:50Z

    Henrik Wilhelmsmeyer (left) is moving from his role as regional director for Rolls-Royce’s operations in China at the beginning of September to take up a new position with BMW’s Mini brand based in Munich, Germany. Details of Wilhelmsmeyer’s new responsibilities will be announced closer to his appointment.Wilhelmsmeyer has held a ...

  • SteveHughes_Centric
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    Centric’s Hughes appointed to CAWA advisory council

    2014-07-22T17:24:58Z

    Steve Hughes, vice president of government affairs, supplier development and logistics at aftermarket brake parts supplier Centric Parts, has been appointed to the Manufacturers’ Advisory Council at the California Automotive Wholesalers' Association (CAWA).CAWA is an automotive aftermarket trade association, which represents automotive parts workers, retailers, warehouse distributors, manufacturers and programme ...

  • Neptune_Lines_web
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    Neptune Lines appoints directors for operations and finance

    2014-07-21T17:41:36Z

    European short sea operator Neptune Lines has made two director appointments. Nikos Paterakis has moved from his role as financial director to operations director, replacing Markos Vassilikos, who left the company earlier this year to pursue other interests.Nikos Gkezepis is moving to the role of finance director, replacing Paterakis.Paterakis has ...

  • WWL EXECUTIVES
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    WWL restructures with top executive moves

    2014-07-15T16:36:01Z

    Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has restructured its global organisation from four geographical business units into two market performance areas (MPAs): Atlantic and Asia Pacific. The switch, which is effective this month, includes a number of top executive reassignments.“Over the years, WWL has continuously developed and grown our organisation to suit ...