Five new members in the BVL board

The annual general meeting of the Federal Association of Logistics (BVL) e.V. took place as stipulated by the statutes. The 48th general meeting held yesterday was conducted at EDEKA Minden-Hannover. Approximately 50 members attended in person, while 145 others had delegated their votes to those present.

Regular board elections were again on the agenda. The general meeting unanimously elected high-profile representatives from the logistics sector to the board:

• Markus Bangen, CEO, duisport – Duisburger Hafen AG, was previously the chairman of the BVL advisory board
• Tobias Jerschke, Managing Director, Kuehne + Nagel (AG & Co.) KG
• Sebastian Peters, Member of the Management Board & Senior Vice President & global Head of Operations, Airbus​ Aircraft
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Thorsten Schmidt, Professor, Technische Universität Dresden, Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the BVL
• Tobias Schmidt, CEO Europe, DHL Global Forwarding Management GmbH

Unanimously re-elected for a new term were:

• Kai Althoff, Chairman of the Board of the BVL and CEO, 4flow SE
• Marcus Dirks, Managing Director, Dirks Group GmbH & Co. KG
• Jens Drewes, CEO, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics SE & Co. KG
• Ilse Henne, Member of the Executive Board, thyssenkrupp AG
• Dr. Kerstin Höfle, formerly VP R&D and Product Management, Körber Supply Chain GmbH
• Simon Motter, Head of Volkswagen Group Logistics GmbH & CO. KG
• Kay Schiebur, Member of the Executive Board Services, Otto Group
• Christina Thurner, Member of the Supervisory Board, LOXXESS AG

The following members were farewell from the BVL board:

• Dr. Sigrid Evelyn Nikutta, Former Board Member for Freight Transport Deutsche Bahn AG and Chairwoman of the Board, DB Cargo AG
• Tim Scharwath, Former CEO DHL Global Forwarding, Freight, Deutsche Post AG
• Dr. Jörn Fontius, Former CEO, BEUMER Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG

The new auditor elected was:

• Heiko Müller, Head of Logistics Solutions, HEC GmbH

Farewell as auditor was:

• Dr. Andreas Mansch, Managing Director, AM-Werk Unternehmensberatung

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