SEKO Logistics continues to strengthen leadership team
Steen Christensen joins SEKO as Chief Operating Officer – International, while Paul Good takes over as Managing Director, Sydney in Australia
SEKO Logistics has announced the addition of two new members to its international leadership team, who will guide the expansion of value-added global forwarding services and strengthen SEKO's value offering in Australia and abroad.
Steen Christensen joins SEKO as Chief Operating Officer – International, while Paul Good takes over as Managing Director, Sydney in Australia.
"Growing companies need great people to scale at velocity and with Steen and Paul, I am confident we have two very accomplished and talented forwarding and logistics professionals who will challenge us to grow better and faster. Steen's role is a new position for us and one that reflects the expansion of our International Freight Management operations and network. It also recognizes the growth potential we see in the years ahead as we continue to transform and deliver exemplary growth in our Global Forwarding Business Segment while staying true to our commitment of being 'small enough to care, big enough to scale," said James Gagne, President and CEO, SEKO.
"Paul joins us as we embark on the next stage of SEKO's growth in Australia to lead our air, ocean and ecommerce logistics divisions to further enhance our value proposition to clients. We see strong growth opportunities for SEKO in Australia and Paul's solid and impactful track record brings the business and client leadership focus needed for this next stage in our transformation," he added.
Texas-based Christensen had a 30-year professional career in freight and logistics, including key positions at GEODIS and DHL. He most recently served as Hellmann Worldwide's President and CEO for the United States and Canada for four years. Steen, who was born in Denmark, is a 'global citizen' who has lived and worked throughout the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Europe, as well as North America.
He is responsible for SEKO's Air and Ocean Product on a worldwide scale as a member of SEKO's Global Executive Leadership Team, with a focus on driving strategy, growth, carrier partnerships, network enablement, and performance management. Steen will also be in charge of important areas of SEKO's network forwarding acquisition strategy, as well as the ongoing expansion and development of the company's worldwide agent network.
Paul Good is a career advancer and logistics expert with over 25 years of experience in Asia Pacific national management roles responsible for regional operations and transformation leadership. He formerly worked with Kuehne + Nagel in Indonesia, Agility in Indonesia, India, the Philippines, and Australia, and ABX (Australia). Paul was a Board Member of Speedmark Australia prior to joining SEKO.