Update on Freight and Logistics Appointments and Departures
Who is Heading Where Along the Supply Chain
WORLDWIDE – SWITZERLAND – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that Willie Walsh has officially taken on the role of Director General of the organisation. He succeeds Alexandre de Juniac.
Walsh was confirmed as IATA’s 8th Director General by the 76th IATA Annual General Meeting on 24 November 2020. He joins IATA after a 40-year career in the airline industry. Walsh retired from the International Airlines Group (IAG) in September 2020 after serving as its CEO since its inception in 2011. Prior to that he was CEO of British Airways (2005-2011) and CEO of Aer Lingus (2001-2005). He began his career in aviation at Aer Lingus in 1979 as a cadet pilot.
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G&W Taps Aston as CEO, UK/Europe Region
Eddie Aston, CEO, Genesee & Wyoming’s UK/Europe Region
Eddie Aston has been appointed CEO of Genesee & Wyoming’s UK/Europe Region, comprising Freightliner, Pentalver, Freightliner Poland, and Rotterdam Rail Feeding in the Netherlands.
Aston succeeds Gary Long, who has been the Region’s chief executive since 2017.
With a background in logistics and supply chain management, Aston served most recently as U.K., Ireland and Nordics Managing Director at Ceva Logistics. Prior to that, he was U.K. Managing Director at Northgate Plc. Aston also spent 13 years at DHL, where he was CEO of Global Sectors, CEO of the Global Life Sciences and Health Care Sector, and held leadership positions in DHL’s supply chain solution divisions in the U.K.