AIRLINES
Cargolux International Airlines S.A. appointed Dirk Reich as president and CEO. Reich replaces Richard Forson, senior vice president and member of the executive committee, who had assumed the role of interim CEO on Aug. 3, 2012. Forson will continue to serve as senior vice president and CFO. Reich has previously been a member of the management board and executive vice president at Kuehne + Nagel International AG. Prior to joining Kuehne + Nagel, Reich held various positions with Lufthansa AG and VIAG AG. Reich will also assume the responsibilities of senior vice president sales and marketing while global executive search firm Spencer Stuart finds a permanent replacement. Robert Song joins Cargolux as senior vice president Asia and Pacific and member of the executive committee. Prior to this, Song held senior management positions with Air New Zealand Cargo and AirBridgeCargo Airlines. Most recently, he was senior adviser to the Henan Civil Aviation and Investment Co., who is now Cargolux’s commercial partner. Cargolux also promoted Marcel Funk to senior vice president, head of flight operations, and Onno Pietersma to senior vice president maintenance and engineering. Both are also now members of the executive committee.
Jennifer Pemberton and Lorna Stegall, formerly with American Airlines, joined RiechesBaird Branding Business, a global B2B communications firm. Pemberton has been named senior brand strategist. Stegall has been named senior media strategist.
Etihad Airways named James Mueller to the new position of senior vice president sales. With more than 20 years of experience in the aviation industry, Mueller joins Etihad Airways from United Airlines, where he worked for five years in various senior roles. Prior to this, Mueller, a U.S. citizen, was employed for more than 15 years at Northwest Airlines/Delta Air Lines, where his final position was vice president cargo sales.
Volga-Dnepr Group announced new appointments in its management team. After four years serving as senior executive vice president sales and marketing of AirBridgeCargo Airlines, Wolfgang Meier has been promoted to group vice president for marketing and development within the Group’s managing company. In this role, one of Meier’s responsibilities will be promoting the services of the newly-established express service division, Atran Airlines. Robert van de Weg will join Volga-Dnepr as senior vice president marketing and sales. van de Weg recently resigned from Cargolux as the airline’s senior vice president sales and marketing. Peter van de Pas, who also resigned from Cargolux as COO and senior vice president, joined Volga-Dnepr Group as senior vice president scheduled operations to centralize its B747 and B737 fleet management.
TNT Express CFO and member of the executive board, Bernard Bot, will not seek reappointment. The company has started a search for a successor. The effective date of Bot’s departure will be announced at a later time.
THIRD PARTIES
Air Partner appointed Neil Morris as interim CFO. Morris was previously Air Partner’s interim group financial controller, a position he held starting July 2013. Prior to joining Air Partner, he was group finance director of All Leisure Group PLC, a cruise and tour operator, and he spent 11 years at Deloitte LLP, primarily working in the aviation sector. Gavin Charles left his position as CFO at Air Partner on April 30. Air Partner continues to work with Odgers Berndtson, a UK executive search firm, to assist in the search process for a permanent CFO. A new group financial controller will also be appointed.
Charter specialist chartersphere appointed Nacho Carretero as cargo sales manager after a year in which he developed the business in key market areas, including Europe and Latin America. Carretero, who has been with UK-based chartersphere since 2012, is a Spanish-speaking broker.
Edward Lin was named CEO of Dimerco Express Corporation, a logistics service provider in Taiwan, by founder, chairman and CEO Paul Chien. Lin was previously COO. He will succeed Chien’s CEO position. Dimerco has been under the leadership of Chien for more than 40 years. With the transferring of his functional role and responsibilities of CEO to Lin, Chien will remain at the company and focus on his chairman position. Prior to joining Dimerco, Lin worked in oceanfreight, airfreight and road freight for more than 25 years. He has been with Dimerco for close to 10 years.
DHL Global Forwarding appointed Jannie Davel as senior vice president of airfreight for the Americas. Davel is responsible for managing DHL’s international airfreight services in 18 countries and is based in Miami. A Deutsche Post DHL (DPDHL) veteran of more than 19 years, Davel succeeds Gary Schultheis, who retired from DPDHL in April after serving as head of airfreight, Americas, DHL Global Forwarding since 2009. Schultheis is a 42-year industry veteran who began his logistics career in 1969. He was active in building the company’s airfreight business. Davel has worked with DPDHL in Germany, the UK and South Africa. He has held a number of management positions with the company, including head of airfreight product South Africa.