News / Tony Brooks appointed president of XPO Logistics LTL business

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XPO Logistics has appointed Tony Brooks president of its less-than-truckload (LTL) business.

He will take over the role on 11 November with executive responsibility for XPO’s LTL operations in North America, recently acquired as part of the Con-way transaction and now the second largest in the region.

The company hired recruitment specialist Spencer Stuart to headhunt a candidate after the executive team that ran Con-way left their posts following the takeover.

“I told Spencer Stuart that I only wanted rock stars, and we ...