Fedor Novikov, Marketing Director, Volga-Dnepr Group, and Clark Fritzsch, Global Head of Business Process Management – Airfreight at Hellmann, join Henrik Ambak, Chair of Cargo iQ and Senior Vice President, Cargo Operations Worldwide, Emirates SkyCargo, and Kerstin Strauss, Vice Chair of Cargo iQ and Vice President, Air Logistics Operations, Global Air Logistics at Kuehne+Nagel, on the Board of the air cargo interest group.
Novikov fills a Board seat vacated by Mark Albrecht, Director-Cargo Logistics, Compliance, Finance at United Airlines and Fritzsch replaces Markus Muecke, Managing Director, Im3pact AG, who has transitioned from voting member of the Board to an advisor for the Board.
The two new Board members are also joined by Emanuel Hille, Director eCargo Solutions, CHAMP Cargosystems who is replacing Laurent Jossa, CHAMP Cargosystems, as an observer of the Board. The Cargo iQ Board is made up of 13 voting members.
At Cargo iQ’s Working Group last month, where the new Board members were formally welcomed, key objectives for this year were defined. These include:
- Achieving 100% reporting
- Making active efforts to reach out to and engage with small and medium sized forwarders that do not currently utilise the benefits of Cargo iQ
- Ensure Cargo iQ truly enact its Quality Management System (QMS) by enhancing its service delivery support functionality in addition to post-event reporting
Further areas of focus for Cargo iQ members to work on in coming months are said to include cargo messaging, care protocols, smart data, and a final review of suggested changes to Cargo iQ’s Audit process.
Novikov commented on the cargo industry's elevated profile since the onset of the global pandemic, stating: “Now it is time to scale up initiatives and implement projects and plans aimed at further enhancing the quality of the supply chain. I think that Cargo iQ is on the right track with this as it has been nurturing an innovative spirit since the first day of its work.”