DHL divides Asia business

Asia - DHL splits its Asia Global Forwarding Business into two - North Asia Pacific and South Asia Pacific - in a restructuring move it says will enhance customer service, accommodate future growth and provide more focus on distinct regional priorities.

Hermann Ude, CEO for DHL Global Forwarding, Freight said the North Asia Pacific arm will cover businesses in Greater China, Japan and Korea, while the South Asia Pacific arm will cover the South East Asia region, South Asia (including India) and the South Pacific.

Kelvin Leung will head up the north Asia Pacific arm of the business as CEO, based in Hong Kong. Leung has been with the company since 2002.

Amadou Diallo, who has 12 years experience in Deutsche Post World Net, has been appointed CEO, South Asia Pacific. He will be based in Singapore.

Peter Landsiedel, former CEO of the Asia-Pacific region has been appointed to the newly created position of CEO of DHL Global Forwarding. Also on the move, Victor Mok the former Senior vice president of Greater China, has been promoted to the unit's top global airfreight position. Both appointees will operate from Bonn, Germany effective 1 August.

"There is no doubt that as the Asia-Pacific market continues to grow beyond the global market's average, our customers will be demanding a logistics partner to provide the best-in-class talents, capabilities and an extensive geographic network to support their businesses," Ude said.  

Apart from the Asia Pacific Region, Hans Hickler has been appointed the CEO of Global Customer Solutions (GCS) based in Plantation, United States.

Hans, who joined DHL in 2005 and previously served as CEO of DHL Express in the US, will play a key role in continuing to maximize customer relationship management on a global scale.

Global Customer Solutions (GCS) is DHL's dedicated customer relationship management organisation for the group's top 100 customers worldwide. Established in 2004, GCS serves customers in all geographical regions, covering key industries and acting as an empowered single point of contact in their customers' entire supply chain ranging from express, air, ocean, freight and contract logistics.