News / New year, new start at CH Robinson as it ditches CEO Biesterfeld

04/01/2023

As he announced CH Robinson’s third-quarter results in November, bearing bad cost tidings, CEO Bob Biesterfeld said the company would face “some difficult personnel decisions in order to take cost out of the model”.

And it would appear the board has taken his advice: it announced yesterday that Mr Biesterfeld’s employment had been “involuntarily terminated” on 1 January.

He will be replaced on an interim basis by Scott Anderson, chair since 2020 and a director since 2012. At 56, he does not ...