Ribar starts CEO role at Panalpina
Monika Ribar has officially started work as chief executive officer at Swiss-owned forwarding and logistics group Panalpina.
She was the group’s chief financial officer and replaces Bruno Sidler who resigned at the start of the year following the discovery of booking fraud by an unnamed manager at Panalpina Airfreight Management Ltd. Gerhard Fischer, Panalpina’s chairman, served as interim CEO.
Panalpina has also expanded its executive board with J'rg Honegger appointed as the new CFO. He was the group CFO of coffee trading company, the Volcafe Group.
The marketing and sales responsibilities of Chief Operations Officer J'rg Eggenberger will be handed over to John Klompers who has been appointed as chief marketing and sales officer.
Klompers role as Panalpina’s regional CEO for Europe will go to Sandro Knecht, the current managing director of the United Kingdom and Ireland.
The executive board is further extended by the nomination of Christoph Hess as corporate secretary. Amongst others his areas of responsibility include group legal services and corporate communications.
Roland Wider continues to hold the position of chief administrative officer and is directly responsible for information technology and human resources.
Ribar starts CEO role at Panalpina
