Nightfreight announced new Executive Chairman
The Nightfreight Group has announced the appointment of Robbie Burns as its new Executive Chairman, which will incorporate the roles and responsibilities of Chairman and Chief Executive. He will be working closely with Peter Louden, Managing Director of the Nightfreight network.
Robbie has been a leading player in the transport and logistics industry for many years, holding a variety of high profile roles. He was the founding Chief Executive of Exel (Logistics) and has held a number of board advisory roles at CTR (Tiphook), Ryder, Tibbett & Britten and Hays. He was the architect of the recent Burns Inquiry into freight taxes and foreign competition on behalf of the RHA and FTA. John Aspin, who has been running the business on a temporary basis, will now resume his position as Non Executive Director of the Nightfreight Group.Robbie commented that: “The UK express freight sector is both dynamic and competitive and has contributed greatly to the growth of the UK economy. Nightfreight will be another new challenge and I am looking forward to helping the team move further forward in both the express freight and 2-man Deliver to Home market segments”.Nightfreight is a specialist delivery business with a well-established national distribution network capable of handling items of all weights and dimensions.
The Nightfreight Group has announced the appointment of Robbie Burns as its new Executive Chairman, which will incorporate the roles and responsibilities of Chairman and Chief Executive. He will be working closely with Peter Louden, Managing Director of the Nightfreight network.
Robbie has been a leading player in the transport and logistics industry for many years, holding a variety of high profile roles. He was the founding Chief Executive of Exel (Logistics) and has held a number of board advisory roles at CTR (Tiphook), Ryder, Tibbett & Britten and Hays. He was the architect of the recent Burns Inquiry into freight taxes and foreign competition on behalf of the RHA and FTA. John Aspin, who has been running the business on a temporary basis, will now resume his position as Non Executive Director of the Nightfreight Group.Robbie commented that: “The UK express freight sector is both dynamic and competitive and has contributed greatly to the growth of the UK economy. Nightfreight will be another new challenge and I am looking forward to helping the team move further forward in both the express freight and 2-man Deliver to Home market segments”.Nightfreight is a specialist delivery business with a well-established national distribution network capable of handling items of all weights and dimensions.
