New regional chairs for Young Forwarder Network
11 / 11 / 2024
From left to right Brooke Flower, Harris Hay and Nicole Page Photo BIFA
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has elected new chairs in three of its six-strong Young Forwarder Network (YFN) regions.
Brooke Flower, EU customs import entry clerk at KWL Logistics has become the new chair of YFN’s Anglia region.
Nicole Page, recruitment and HR admin assistant at Unsworth, has also been selected as chair for the London East Region.
Plus, Harris Hay, key account manager from Cardinal Global Logistics, is now the chair of the North West region.
Established in 2019, BIFA’s YFN enables participants to enhance their careers by providing opportunities to support their professional development through exclusive in-person events, boosting knowledge, sharing skills, advice and experiences from industry professionals, and providing visits to places of industry interest.
YFN consists of six regional groups, which each organises events on a regular basis. The other three cover the Solent area, South West England and Heathrow.
The network is complemented by a virtual network that was established during the pandemic and which remains active with regular events online that are open to YFN members nationwide.
The network in its real and virtual forms is committed to promoting the logistics and forwarding sector as an exciting career choice and BIFA members are encouraged and supported to inspire the next generation within their local communities.
Carl Hobbis, member services director at BIFA, who has management responsibility for the trade association’s training and development services, said: “I know that Brooke, Nicole and Harris are keen to take BIFA’s YFN to even greater heights in the regions they now chair.
“BIFA looks forward to working with all three of them, as well as the chairs of the other three regions and the Virtual YFN as we seek ways to develop the important work being done across the country.
“It would be great to see more involvement from BIFA members to support the face-to-face meetings of the regional groups and we encourage members to contact us, support the YFN in whatever way they can and encourage young people to attend.
“Five years on from the start of the YFN, we have held over 145 events ranging from the educational, such as presentations on specific aspects of the freight and logistics industry, to purely social. The YFN Group on LinkedIn is now a community of over 2774 followers.”
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