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Neel Jones Shah, formerly chief of Delta Cargo, has resurfaced as global head of air freight and senior vice-president at Flexport, a San Francisco-based forwarder.
Mr Shah also serves on the board of Amerijet International and is a senior adviser for Boston Consulting Group.
Flexport launched in 2013 and calls itself a “full-service freight forwarder and customs broker built on modern technology”. It has raised some $94m from venture capital firms.
The company is also advertising for a “chief of staff”. In its job ...
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