News / Bernardo Nunes returns to Chapman Freeborn as new COO

Bernardo Nunes has returned to Chapman Freeborn as its chief operating officer.

Mr Nunes rejoins the broker from WorldACD where he spent nine months, first as an external advisor before going full-time as the data platform’s director of innovation until his departure.

CEO Eric Erbacher said: “This is an exciting time for Chapman Freeborn and I am confident that Bernardo’s leadership will help us reach new heights as we work towards our 2030 vision and beyond – I look forward to working closely with him.”

He added: “Bernardo will be managing daily operations across the group to achieve strategic objectives and foster long-term sustainable growth.”

Mr Nunes said he was “thrilled” to be back at Chapman Freeborn and looked forward to again working with Mr Erbacher and the team.

In a long career, other roles have seen Mr Nunes serve for Portuguese flag-carrier TAP Air Portugal, cargo.one and LG Electronics Portugal, where he held a variety of roles over eight years, including supply chain director and logistics director.

He said: “We will utilise Chapman Freeborn’s decades of knowledge and experience to further cement our place as the leading air charterer.”