'Steady' Mike White becomes the fifth president of CNS in eight years

Mike White has taken the reins at Cargo Network Services (CNS), nearly four months after Lionel Van der Welt’s decision to quit the IATA offshoot.

Mr Van der Welt became the fourth president in some eight years to leave CNS – his predecessor Warren Jones’ resignation followed a public row with IATA.

However, there is hope that he may outlast those that came before and erase CNS’s merry-go-round reputation on executive appointments.

Flying Typers vocally lobbied for his appointment, describing him as “long-serving, steady Mike”, and it ...