deugro restructures management in line with changing project logistics landscape

deugro restructures management to tackle changing project logistics landscape

Published on 10-02-2022 at 14:49

Simon Wasum (Photo source: deugro)

At a time when project logistics landscape is changing, deugro has been able to navigate the waters and adapt to the changes. In one of the latest move, the company has established a new management structure to reflect the strategic importance of the company’s interaction with its clients and to lead its transformation and growth ambitions.

Effective February 1, 2022, deugro has implemented a new C-suite executive level management team consisting of five members:

Thomas C. Press – Chairman and Co-CEO
Klaus Strahmann – Co-CEO
Simon Wasum – Chief Operating Officer
Tim Killen – Chief Sales Officer
Felix Schneider – Chief Financial Officer

“The project logistics landscape has changed extremely in the past years, and we have safely and successfully navigated these waters by being able to identify these changes, assess the risks and innovate new solutions and products to provide greater efficiency, transparency and improved collaboration. The new management structure is the next step, allowing us to respond even more specifically and individually to client requests. This emphasizes our commitment to continuing our investment strategy of providing industry-leading IT systems and digitalization tools, coupled with end-to-end operational excellence delivered throughout the life cycle of our projects and shipments,” said Simon Wasum, chief operating officer, deugro group.

Tim Killen, chief sales officer for deugro, continues, “The industry is being confronted with an unprecedented transformation revolving around digitalization tools, emerging markets, energy transition, supply chain disruption and challenging economic pressures. With the new C-suite structure, we are strategically ready to deal with the challenges and opportunities ahead. deugro project freight forwarding are focusing even more on complex industrial turnkey projects across all key market verticals, which is the heart of our company. We will continue to develop new clients, industries and services through our diversification strategy in both projects and supply chain logistics. Providing solution-driven, innovative and safe logistics delivery.”

Following the constitution of the deugro C-suite, deugro has also announced the following eight senior appointments in the role of Presidents responsible for all the business regions, who together represent the deugro global management structure: