Executive Moves: NOL, IAG Global, Unishippers and Kalmar

NOL board picks CEO and CFO and IAG Global names Asia-Pacific/India commercial manager, while Unishippers appoints new CFO and Kalmar selects senior VP for automation.    The NOL board has named Nicolas Sartini NOL chief executive officer and Serge Corbel NOL chief financial officer. Rodolphe Saadé, who is also the vice chairman of CMA CGM, succeeds Kwa Chong Seng, who has served on the NOL board as chairman for five years. Kwa will remain an independent director on the NOL board. Sartini takes over from Ng Yat Chung, who has served as NOL’s CEO since 2011. Ng will continue as an executive director on the NOL board and serve as special adviser to the chairman.

   IAG Cargo has appointed Pravin Singh to regional commercial manager for Asia-Pacific and India. He brings 20 years of airline experience to the role, including 12 years with IAG Cargo (formerly British Airways World Cargo). He was most recently IAG’s area commercial manager for South Asia, encompassing India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Maldives.

   Unishippers Global Logistics said Robert Rodgers has joined the company as its new chief financial officer. Prior to that, Rodgers spent six years at Orbital ATK, where he was most recently vice president and corporate controller. He also previously held financial management roles at Lockheed Martin and GE Capital.

   Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has appointed Tero Kokko senior vice president of automation and projects, effective July 1. He has worked for Kalmar since 2011 and most recently served as vice president of intelligent horizontal transportation solutions. Before joining Kalmar, Tero worked for Metso Automation in various positions.