Scholte has headed up the TIACA Board since 2017, after two and a half years in the role of Vice Chairman.
TIACA Vice Chairman and Head of Cargo and Logistics at Brussels airport Steven Polmans will succeed Scholte as Chairman of TIACA from July. Scholte and Polmans have been working together on a new vision for the association since last January.
“It was a great honour to have served as Chairman of the TIACA Board,” said Scholte. “The organisation is financially healthy again and is strategically on the right track. Moreover, we have a great team of Board members and management.
“TIACA remains the only organisation that truly represents the interests of the whole air cargo supply chain.”
TIACA’s bylaws state that Board members must be trustee members of the Association, which means that Scholte can no longer serve after leaving Jan de Rijk.
Vice Chairman Polmans will therefore take up the Chairmanship on July 1, a few months earlier than planned, ahead of TIACA’s Annual General Meeting in Budapest, Hungary, in November.
“We very much regret that Sebastiaan is leaving, but of course respect his decision,” said Polmans.
“I ran for Vice Chairman of TIACA in close co-operation with him and with a clear interest to work closely with him. Together we came up with a clear strategy and four-year action plan for the association and I am proud to be able to take over a healthier and stronger TIACA.
“I am determined to continue working with the Board, the Chairman’s Council, and our members to deliver the action plan we started at the beginning of Sebastiaan’s Chairmanship.”