Joey Xu is appointed in the newly created position of Director Airfreight Asia. Xu will be responsible for the overall airfreight development of the group in Asia with a focus on procurement with carriers and optimising scheduled airfreight consolidations from Asia to Africa. She will also assist the business development team to promote African solutions to the Asean freight forwarding and aviation community.
Xu brings to the role extensive knowledge in the China airfreight market, having worked with key airline personnel for many years. Prior to joining Aero Africa she worked as Regional Air Freight Manager & Head of Air Freight for M&M, On Time Express, and Shipco Transport.
Meanwhile, Aero Africa Southern Africa has appointed Gary Tobias as Regional Operations Manager, responsible for the regional airfreight import and crossborder operations of Aero Africa.
Tobias started out in the wholesale industry working at CFR Freight SA with airfreight exports and airfreight imports. He remained in the airfreight wholesale industry for seven years and was ultimately appointed to run CFR's Cape Town airfreight operations as Operations Supervisor in August 2019.
He is now based in Johannesburg, where he assists with the regional development of Aero Africa.