David Wells, Chief Executive of business group Logistics UK, has been awarded an OBE in the New Year’s Honours list, for services to transport and logistics.

JK Moving Services in Virginia has hired industry veteran Davy Shanko as the company’s director of operations, residential; and Mike Murphy as director, client experience, commercial.

Catherina-Celeste Stier, Key Account Manager, Harsch, in Zurich, has been awarded the first Rising Star award from the IAM Young Professionals Group (YP) in Orlando.

UniGroup, the parent company of United Van Lines, Mayflower Transit and other transportation related companies, has elected Bryan Oler, Executive Vice President of Oler Relo Group, to its Board of Directors.

MAN Truck & Bus UK Ltd has announced the appointment of Tracey Perry as Head of Van.

Attica Movers in Athens, Greece, has announced the appointment of James Kalasarinis as general manager. He took up his new appointment on 1 December, 2021.

Chris Ace, who has worked alongside Ian Waters at OMNI (Overseas Moving Network International) for the last 17 years, is to leave the organisation on 17 December, 2021.

Ron Smith, President of Champion International Moving in Pennsylvania, passed away suddenly on 27 September, 2021, aged just 67.

International removal and relocation specialist, Gerson Relocation, has announced the appointment of Sarah Jones as pricing and vendor manager.

Atlas World Group, Inc, the parent company of Atlas Van Lines, Inc, has named Kristine Kelly Director of Risk Management. Prior to joining Atlas, Kristine served as senior manager of risk and insurance for Equitable Holdings, Inc in Charlotte, North Carolina.

UniGroup, the parent company of United Van Lines, Mayflower Transit and other transportation related companies, has announced that Marc Rogers, President and CEO, has resigned to pursue other opportunities.

Alfa has announced the appointment of Tuomo Lindholm as its new managing director in Finland. Tuomo will replace Dennis Westerholm who is leaving the company after 15 years of loyal service. Dennis is now the CEO of City Muutot, a supplier to Alfa.

Sterling Lexicon has announced that its Chief Commercial Officer Mark Burchell has been appointed to a three-year term on the Board of Directors with Worldwide ERC – the association for workforce mobility. His tenure will begin on January 1, 2022.

Rachel Houghton, Managing Director at Business Moves Group (BMG), has been named ‘Transport & Logistics Businesswoman of the Year’ at the inaugural Great British Businesswomen awards.

Gerson Relocation has announced the appointment of Martina Burke as head of operations.

For many people in the moving industry, COVID-19 has brought more than just business challenges. The personal stress of lockdowns and managing family life and relationships has made many of us look at life differently.

Alfa Quality Moving AB in Sweden has appointed Patrik Eriksson as head of Nordic sales & business development with effect from 1 October, 2021. Patrik is responsible for Sales & Business Development for the Alfa Group and will be located at the company’s office in Stockholm. ​

Matt Brownlee has been appointed COO for Graebel Companies Inc.

Benny Tan, Senior Vice President of APAC, has become one of five new members of the Worldwide ERC® Board of Directors for 2021. With these five new additions, Worldwide ERC® hopes to position itself to lead as one industry united in driving economic revitalisation around the world.

Metropolitan in Brazil has announced the appointment of Peter Schaefers who has come out of semi-retirement to be the company’s USA commercial representative.