Panalpina, one of the world’s leading supply chain solutions providers, promotes Andy Weber to the position of chief operating officer (COO) as of 1 July. Weber, who started his career with Panalpina, re-joined the company in January 2015 as global head of operations.

With over 30 years of experience in the freight forwarding industry, Weber will in particular concentrate on accelerating the financial performance improvement of the company.

At the same time, the company announced that Ralf Morawietz will assume the position of chief information officer (CIO), taking over from Rod Angwin who will leave the company for personal reasons during the course of the year.