Comment / M&A radar: Anybody up for Wagers in Flexport?

It almost passed unnoticed outside logistics and arguably didn’t come with a big bang publicly in our industry given Flexport’s own standards, but last week’s appointment of Kenneth Wagers as new CFO of the freight forwarder is intriguing, for several reasons.

While the deal-makers I reached out to remain stubbornly tight-lipped – feedback: swinging between “call later” and “don’t call”; possibly nothing is cooking yet – a blend of factual and mildly speculative intertwined aspects immediately spring to mind, carrying strategic significance ...