Cargo iQ appoints new board
26 / 04 / 2024
Fanny Chan, Head of Cargo Global Operations at Cathay Pacific Airways. Photo: Cargo iQ
Cargo iQ has elected a new board as it prepares to launch two major new initiatives to drive up membership engagement and welcome a new executive director next month.
Two board members are new to the post, including Fanny Chan, head of cargo global operations at Cathay Pacific Airways; and Olaf Hagelstein, senior vice president, global head of operations, processes & systems – airfreight, DHL Global Forwarding.
They join Hendrik Leyssens, vice president process, planning and project delivery, Emirates; Jussi Lemola, vice president, global operations – cargo, Swissport; Rutger-Jan Pegels, director performance management, Air France KLM Martinair Cargo; and Klaas Kurz, director aviation security & governance, Schenker AG, who were all re-elected to their posts. Pegels also serves as vice chair of Cargo iQ.
Outgoing Cargo iQ executive director Lothar Moehle will in May be succeeded by Marie Seco-Köppen, co-founder of Im3pact and currently chair of the Cargo iQ Master Operating Plan (MOP) Working Group.
Commenting on the appointments, Moehle said: “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 new board was formally welcomed at Cargo iQ’s Working Group meeting, which is taking place this week in Geneva, Switzerland.
The Cargo iQ Board is made up of 11 voting members, including representatives 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, supported by observers Riege Software, FIATA, and ASA, plus advisor Im3Pact AG.
The new initiatives Cargo iQ plans to roll out include a tiered membership programme that awards members Bronze, Silver, or Gold membership according to their level of implementation and their conformance to reporting.
A new scorecard system is also to launch, 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.
Both initiatives are currently being piloted by the Cargo iQ Board and are expected to go live later this year.
