Agility announces new head for Greater China

Agility has announced the appointment of James Gagne as its CEO for Greater China. Gagne takes on the role in one of the company’s fastest growing markets, which covers China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Gagne’s appointment is part of a new regional management structure at Agility that will help to better manage its growing network of offices and to engage specialists for industry vertical sectors.

“We are delighted to have James on board as he brings 12 years of experience of working in China with a leading logistics services provider and he will be a key player as Agility continues to grow its business both organically and through strategic acquisition,” said Wolfgang Hollermann, CEO, Agility, Asia Pacific.

“I am looking forward to the challenge of further building Agility’s network and services offerings in China and positioning the company as a leading logistics provider,” said Gagne.

Agility is to strengthen its management team as a result of continuing high levels of growth in Asia Pacific and has set up five new regions and appointed Leaders to manage these regions.

The five regions and their Leaders are: North Asia (Japan, Korea, Philippines, and Guam), Olaf Tauschke; South East Asia (Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam), Mykell Lee; South Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka), Mahesh Niruttan; Australasia (Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and South Pacific Islands), Mick Turnbull; Greater China (China, Hong Kong and Taiwan), James Gagne.

Commenting on the new regions, Wolfgang Hollermann said, “By establishing these new regions we will be able to better manage the substantial growth that we are seeing from them, with employee levels now reaching almost 7,000 in Asia Pacific, as well as maintaining our focus on providing outstanding levels of service to our customer base, while at the same time enhancing our product portfolio.”

The Asia Pacific region is part of the Global Integrated Logistics (GIL) unit of Agility. The GIL unit has four regional CEOs–one for each geographical region. In Asia the CEO is Wolfgang Hollermann, in the Americas, Mike Bible, in Europe, Beat Simon, and in Middle East and Africa, Elias Monem. The GIL unit is headquartered out of Baar, Switzerland and is managed by Essa Al-Saleh, President & CEO, Global Integrated Logistics.

Source: Transportweekly