Swissport CEO and president Eric Born to quit at the end of the year

Swissport is to lose its CEO and president at the end of the year. Eric Born, who has led the company since August 2015, has announced his decision to leave at the end of December.

During his tenure, the handler’s profitability “strengthened”, said the company in a statement.

It seems possible Mr Born will remain in logistics: prior to Swissport, he led UK logistics company Wincanton as CEO and was also a non-executive director of John Menzies. He has also worked for Gategroup.

“Under Eric Born’s ...