Sjaak Poot appointed Country Manager for Agility Portugal
Former UK Road Freight Manager to develop Portugal Agility Europe has appointed Sjaak Poot as the new Country Manager in Portugal. He reports directly to Francesc Casamitjana, CEO of Agility’s Area South, comprising Portugal, Spain and Italy. Sjaak’s main task is building the Agility business in Portugal, with a special focus on the development of the existing road freight network, maintaining highest service levels and introducing more frequent departures. Portugal is an important market within the global Agility network. Sjaak will also strengthen the air and ocean services particularly to tie in with growing markets, such as the Far East, India and the former Portuguese colonies Angola and Mozambique. Sjaak has been with Agility since 2002 when he joined the London office as Director – European Road Freight and went on to become UK Road Freight Manager a year later. Following a short break with an East European niche operator, Eurogate, he re-joined Agility in April 2009 in his recent position.Prior to that, he has also worked for Pakhoed, Schenker/Karl Biermann Lisbon, Frans Maas and Ziegler. Sjaak’s extensive knowledge of the road freight business in Europe is specially relevant to the Portuguese market, where a significant volume of trade moves by road. In Portugal, Agility is the former Lassen, which has been acquired by Agility in 2005 and subsequently integrated into the global Agility network under the Agility brand. Quelle: Agility |