Panalpina installs three regional CEOs
Panalpina has announced it is putting in place three regional CEOs (RCEOs) for Europe/Middle East, Asia Pacific and the Americas.
The role of the RCEOs will be to implement the recently defined Corporate Strategy 2014. Marco Gadola, Chief Financial Officer, will become the RCEO Asia Pacific and Volker Boehringer, Area Manager Central Europe, will become the RCEO Europe/Middle East. The company announced it is still currently searching for the RCEO Americas as well as a new CFO. The changes will come into effect in the first half of 2012.
"Our ambitious growth targets that we have defined for 2014 demand that we adapt the way in which we manage the markets. We need to shift power of decision from Corporate Headquarters in Basel closer to where our customers do business," said CEO Monika Ribar. "If we want to exploit trade lanes out of Asia, we need to win more local customers there. This in turn requires more local decision-taking," explained Ribar.
The RCEOs will report directly to the CEO. Their job will be to implement the Corporate Strategy 2014, drive growth and increase profitability. The Area Managers, Regional Marketing and Sales, Strategic Development and Finance will report directly to the RCEOs.
Panalpina will also integrate its new management body into its Executive Committee. The members of the Executive Board, the Global Heads of Air Freight, Ocean Freight and Logistics, the Global Head of Marketing and Sales and the three RCEOs will constitute this body and meet every quarter.
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