Clare Bottle and Neil Bowker appointed new UKWA CEO and chair

The UK Warehousing Association (UKWA) announced today that Clare Bottle, FCILT (above) has been appointed its new CEO, effective 1 July.

She succeeds Peter Ward, who is set to enter semi-retirement, and joins UKWA from Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, where she was associate director of warehousing.

Her career includes delivery of successful logistics projects as an interim manager for clients such as Kuehne + Nagel, M&S, Yodel and Bunzl. Later, she became national logistics manager for Lafarge Tarmac, before joining Coca-Cola in 2015.

Her appointment ...