The C-suite waltz – Drewes to lead Hellmann

We’d barely had time to digest the weekend’s speculation regarding the departure of Jens Drewes from Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) when today, with nice timing indeed, came the news of the former European chief’s departure from the company.

A true old-school freight forwarder, Drewes (pictured below) will take over as CEO of Hellmann Worldwide Logistics (HWL) after Reiner Heiken retires in August of next year.

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