Swissport International has appointed Toshihiro Kyuki as new CEO, of Swissport Japan, effective 1 April. He succeeds Shigeru Ohashi, who is moving to a new position within Marubeni, a Swissport Joint VenturePartner.He brings extensive experience in the aviation sector to the position and is currently GM Engine and Component Section at Aerospace Department of Marubeni. Shigeru Ohashi, the current CEO of Swissport Japan, will be appointed as new CEO of Marubeni Aerospace Corporation, a … [Read more...] about Swissport Japan
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DHL Express, Japan
DHL, the world’s leading express and logistics company, has announced the appointment of senior finance veteran Taketo Yamakawa as president and representative director for DHL Express, Japan with effect from 1 April. Recognised as one of Japan’s respected voices of industry, Yamakawa will be responsible for managing business operations and supervising strategies to enhance DHL’s market leadership through greater efficiencies and service quality.With his appointment at DHL … [Read more...] about DHL Express, Japan
Swissport International
Swissport International, a leading provider of ground services to the aviation sector, has appointed two new executive vice presidents to its Group Executive Management, effective 1 April.Luis Pascual, currently Group CFO, will be handing over his duties to Alvaro Gómez Reino (36), who joins Swissport from Ferrovial subsidiary Amey. Elena Fernandez will be succeeded as general counsel & head of Legal Affairs by José Ramón Delgado Lorente (43), who moves to Swissport … [Read more...] about Swissport International
BOC Aviation
BOC Aviation announced recently that Zhang Yanling, executive VP of Bank of China (BOC), is the new chairman of the board of BOC Aviation. Zhang is a member of the senior management of BOC and has served as executive VP of BOC since March 2002. She joined the bank in 1977 and served as executive assistant president from October 2000 to March 2002. Prior to that, she was GM of the Banking Department, GM of Milan Branch and GM of Legal Affairs Department.Since June 2002, Zhang has been a … [Read more...] about BOC Aviation
GAC Group
The GAC Group has recently announced it has opened a new logistics business development office in Lille, France. The office is run by European key account manager Guillaume Gilleron, who will work to develop new business, develop trade lanes and manage key accounts throughout western Europe. “Guillaume will focus on France and the Benelux countries (Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg),” he says. “Lille is the ideal location for the new logistics business development … [Read more...] about GAC Group
The crusading captain
Nervous jitters on the eve of a new business launch? Do not expect Captain Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar Gopinath to show it, even if he has a bad case of them. Affable and easily approachable, Captain Gopi, as he is known around the country, was busy campaigning for a seat in Parliament even as he kept in touch on his ever-beeping Blackberry with the top management of his new venture: Deccan Express Logistics (DEL). Parliament, however, was priority number one. The election had come– to … [Read more...] about The crusading captain
