Comment / The C-suite waltz – Drewes to lead Hellmann

We barely had time to digest the weekend speculation concerning the departure of Jens Drewes from Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) when today, lovely timing indeed, news of the now ex-K+N president of Europe’s departure from the firm became public.

A true old-school forwarder, Drewes (pictured below) will take over as CEO of Germany’s Hellmann Worldwide Logistics (HWL) from retiring Reiner Heiken in August next year.

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