SEKO Logistics Appoints Logistics & Ecommerce Chief, Maxime Bessiere, to Management Staff
SEKO Logistics, the chief in end-to-end world logistics, immediately introduced the appointment of Maxime Bessiere as the brand new Chief Industrial Officer, Europe, Center East and Africa (EMEA), efficient instantly. Bessiere shall be moving into the function as long-time chief and one in all 4 founders of SEKO’s UK division, David Emerson steps down efficient December 31.
As Chief Industrial Officer, EMEA, Bessiere shall be answerable for driving gross sales progress, vertical market improvement, account administration, resolution design, implementation, company advertising and marketing communications, strategic tender pricing, sustainability and business operations within the EMEA area together with the UK and Eire. He joins SEKO after practically 5 years at Kerry Logistics EMEA, the place he served a twin function as business director of EMEA and cluster managing director of Sweden, Poland, Belgium, Czech Republic and South Africa. Previous to Kerry Logistics, Bessiere spent 11 years at GEODIS within the Asia-Pacific area in a sequence of positions, his final being as gross sales and advertising and marketing director for China and Hong Kong.
“The worldwide management workforce is thrilled to welcome such a extremely acknowledged chief like Maxime, who brings in depth management expertise in conventional freight forwarding, contract logistics and ecommerce in EMEA to our workforce,” stated Simon Pinto, President, EMEA. James Gagne, SEKO’s President & CEO provides, “We’re sincerely grateful to David as SEKO wouldn’t be the place we’re immediately with out him. SEKO is happy to see the place he embarks on his subsequent journey.”
Underneath Emerson’s business management, SEKO expanded past its US borders for the primary time into the UK in 2003. He and different members of the SEKO management workforce then helped to take the corporate world over the previous 20 years, increasing into Europe, Asia and throughout the Americas. Together with his experience in ecommerce, he helped set up SEKO as one of many first firms to enter the market in 2011. In 2022, SEKO launched a devoted Ecommerce enterprise unit.
“I’m extraordinarily happy with all SEKO has completed within the final 20 years and have the utmost confidence in Maxime,” stated Emerson. “His information of ecommerce in addition to conventional freight forwarding shall be a major asset to SEKO, and I want him all the perfect. I’ll at all times be an advocate for SEKO.”
The EMEA area continues to see strong progress together with current facility expansions in Paris, Rotterdam, Lyon and throughout the UK. Opening within the subsequent two months, the brand new warehouse in Lyon helps the expansion of our prospects with new storage amenities, in addition to our world prospects by enhancing our achievement and ecommerce options.
“It’s a privilege to be SEKO’s new CCO, EMEA. I’ve been in a position to witness SEKO’s power within the logistics business, because of David, James and others, as world ecommerce demand has continued to extend,” stated Bessiere. “I’m trying ahead to being a part of this workforce of consultants, guiding the general technique and gross sales in EMEA to make sure our purchasers have the perfect logistics accomplice.”
Bessiere relies in SEKO’s EMEA headquarters in Paris.
