Panalpina CFO Robert Erni to take over from Burkhard Eling at Dachser

Robert Erni, former chief financial officer at Panlapina, is to take over the role at Dachser – a move the market has been waiting for.

Mr Erni, who spent more than seven years at Panalpina following 14 years at Kuehne + Nagel, is moving into the family-owned Dachser business, in what will be a very different environment to his previous jobs.

He succeeds Burkhard Eling, who becomes chief executive on 1 January 2021. Current CEO Bernhard Simon will head the company’s supervisory ...