Lars Lemche from Teamwork reflects on building a business in Brazil and the virus that threatens it.

The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has announced the appointment of Becky Martin as senior transport advisor within its Member Advice Centre (MAC) to assist the team in supporting logistics businesses through the COVID-19 outbreak.

On Sunday 26 April, the day on which the London Marathon had been scheduled to take place, the whole of the UK took part in the 2.6 challenge organised by Unicef on behalf of children’s charities.

The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has announced the appointment of Becky Martin as senior transport advisor within its Member Advice Centre (MAC) to assist the team in supporting logistics businesses through the COVID-19 outbreak.

Altair Global, recently announced organisational changes in its US Pacific Region.

The Gulf Agency Co. (GAC) in the Middle East has recently appointed Florin Dumitru at its Abu Dhabi office. Florin has been in the moving sector for 15 years, eight of which were with gAC in Dubai.

Long-established Canadian moving specialist Tippet-Richardson (TR) has announced the appointment of four new members to its team.

International mobility specialist Worldwide ERC has announced the appointment of Lynn Shotwell as its new president & CEO.

Wendy Smith has moved to a new role at Galleon International at Purfleet in Essex, England. Wendy previously worked with Momentous in London for 10 years.

Altair Global has announced the promotion of Kristin Eubanks to vice president of marketing and communications.

Elite Moving Systems Ltd (EMS) has appointed Alastair Cowan as operations manager to strengthen its operations department.

On 1 March, Emil Perushanov, one of the two directors of London-based mover Top Removals, took part in the ‘Vitality Big Half Marathon’ around the streets of East London and Greenwich.

Silvia Gomez has joined the international moving team at Global Moving Services in the UK.

Removals lead generation website Compare My Move has recently appointed Connor Bartlett as sales manager.

Netherlands-based De Haan Relocation has announced the appointment of Barbara Monnier as move manager.

Dominik Fischer has left Kehrli+Oeler, the Swiss company with which he has worked for the last 18 years. He leaves the Zurich branch of the company in the able hands of Angie Mirams who took over as managing director on 1 January, 2020.

Gerson Relocation has announced the promotion of Nikki Browne to supply chain & agent partner relationships manager. She will be responsible for managing agent relationships for international moving and relocation services.

Logistics expert Allison Kemp, Managing Director of A.I.M Commercial Services Ltd, has been appointed chair of the Freight Transport Association’s (FTA) Road Freight Council.

Vanpac GroupAsia has welcomed Alvin Ong back after seven years away. He has been appointed general manager/network director for Vanpac and will be based at the company’s HQ in Singapore.

International moving company Metropolitan has announced the appointment of Dora Sayegh as its USA commercial representative.