The company named Hans Toggweiler to lead the new entity, which has more than 2,200 staff.
“The new group builds on Panalpina’s heritage, and combines our strengths in large-scale industrial projects work and the oil and gas industry,” Toggweiler said in a statement.
Toggweiler has already been supporting Panalpina as a consultant, and has a wealth of experience in the projects and energy industry. He has worked for Panalpina for more than 32 years in various functions in Zurich, New York, Houston and Morristown. In 1998, he joined Deutsche Post DHL as chief executive officer of forwarding for North America and the Americas, and, in 2010, he became CEO for the global operations of DHL Industrial Projects and Oil & Energy, a position he held until 2013.
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