Last week saw the re-election of Hendrik Leyssens, VP Process, Planning and Project Delivery, Emirates; Jussi Lemola, Vice President, Global Operations – Cargo, Swissport; Klaas Kurz, Director Aviation Security & Governance, Schenker AG, and Rutger-Jan Pegels (RJ), Director Performance Management, Air France KLM Martinair Cargo. The latter also holds the function of Vice Chair of Cargo iQ. Two new appointments were announced and formally welcomed at Cargo iQ’s Working Group meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. They are Fanny Chan, Head of Cargo Global Operations at Cathay Pacific Airways; and Olaf Hagelstein, SVP, Global Head of Operations, Processes & Systems – Air Freight, DHL Global Forwarding. Lothar Moehle, outgoing Cargo iQ Executive Director, predicted: “These individuals bring with them a wealth of knowledge and valuable expertise that will help steer and advise our organisation during a year of exciting changes. Their appointments come as we prepare to launch two major initiatives that will result in enhanced cooperation and collaboration across the air cargo chain, and with our new Executive Director Marie Seco-Köppen driving implementation.” The Cargo iQ Board now consists of 11 voting members from Air France KLM Martinair, Cargomind (Austria), Cathay Pacific, DB Schenker, DHL Global Forwarding, Emirates SkyCargo, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, Kuehne+Nagel, Lufthansa Cargo, Qatar Airways Cargo and Swissport International, and is supported by observers Riege Software, FIATA, and ASA, and advisor, Im3Pact AG. Cargo iQ community currently counts more than 60 members, and is in the process of launching two new initiatives this year to further increase its membership engagement. One of these is a new scorecard system “which will be open to both members and non-members alike, enabling them to measure their own, and their partners’ performance against Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) derived from Master Operating Plan (MOP) milestones and data exchange between parties,” the press release says. Cargo iQ is also preparing for the handover from Lothar Moehle to Marie Seco-Köppen as new Executive Director in MAY24.
