DHL has announced the appointment of Kelvin Leung as the chief operating offi cer of DHL Global Forwarding Asia Pacifi c, and a member of the company’s Asia Pacifi c management board. He assumes the newly-created position with immediate effect and will report to Peter Landsiedel, CEO, AsiaPacifi c, DHL Global Forwarding.

Leung is responsible for managing and directing the business unit’s activities in the region, in collaboration with the sub-regional and functional leaders. Prior to this appointment, Leung was vice president of DHL Global Forwarding for Hong Kong, South China and Macau, where he was responsible for the long-term strategic planning, sales and operations as well as business development of the regional DHL GlobalForwarding logistics markets.