News / Niklas Wilmking to be DB Schenker new contract logistics chief

DB Schenker is set to lose its head of contract logistics Hessel Verhage (above), who has decided to resign from the company.

This was first rumoured by Loadstar Premium last week.

It is understood that a company memo has now been sent to staff confirming Mr Verhage’s successor, DB Schenker’s current chief executive of the Asia-Pacific region, Niklas Wilmking. That news was reported by German trade newspaper DVZ on Friday, following Premium‘s coverage.

Mr Verhage was first hired by Schenker in 2019 as CEO of its Americas region and was subsequently named chief contract logistics officer in November 2022 to replace Xavier Garijo.

At the beginning of 2022, he was also promoted to head of the global strategy and transformation unit.