Leading Executives in Logistics Companies
Dave Bozeman
President and Chief Executive Officer, C.H. Robinson
President and CEO who brought big-company ops expertise from Amazon and Ford to accelerate CHRW’s tech-enabled 3PL transformation.
Leadership page | Newsroom | LinkedIn (company)
Vincent Clerc
Chief Executive Officer, A.P. Moller–Maersk
CEO since January 2023, he’s leading Maersk’s push to be the end‑to‑end “integrator” of container logistics.
Leadership page | Newsroom | LinkedIn (company)
Kevin “Marty” Freeman
President and Chief Executive Officer, Old Dominion Freight Line
LTL veteran who took the helm in July 2023 and continues OD’s quality‑led, best‑in‑class performance streak.
Leadership/IR page | Newsroom | LinkedIn (company)
Mathieu Friedberg
Chief Executive Officer, CEVA Logistics (CMA CGM Group)
CEO steering CEVA’s global expansion under CMA CGM ownership across air, ocean, contract logistics and finished‑vehicle logistics.
Corporate governance | Newsroom | LinkedIn (company)
Rolf Habben Jansen
Chief Executive Officer, Hapag‑Lloyd
At the helm since 2014, he’s guided the world’s No. 5 carrier through volatile cycles while pushing terminals and onshore growth.
Leadership page | Press | LinkedIn (company)
Mario Harik
Chief Executive Officer, XPO
Tech‑minded operator who became CEO after serving as CIO, driving network expansion and proprietary LTL technology.
Leadership page | Newsroom | LinkedIn (company)
Patrick Kelleher
Chief Executive Officer, GXO Logistics
Incoming CEO effective August 19, 2025; long‑time DHL Supply Chain leader tapped to steer the world’s largest pure‑play contract logistics firm.
News release | Newsroom | LinkedIn (company)
Greg Lehmkuhl
President & Chief Executive Officer, Lineage Logistics
Cold‑chain dealmaker who scaled Lineage into a global temperature‑controlled logistics leader via aggressive M&A and innovation.
Leadership page | Newsroom | LinkedIn (company)
Marie‑Christine Lombard
Chief Executive Officer, Chair of the Executive Board, GEODIS (SNCF Group)
Long‑tenured chief credited with GEODIS’s diversification and global growth across forwarding, contract logistics and road.
Governance page | LinkedIn (company) | Press/News
Jens H. Lund
Group Chief Executive Officer, DSV
Veteran finance and operations leader who became Group CEO in February 2024 after two decades shaping DSV’s acquisitive growth.
Leadership page | Press | LinkedIn (company)
Dr. Tobias Meyer
Chief Executive Officer, DHL Group
CEO since May 2023, navigating post‑pandemic normalization while executing portfolio moves and cost actions across the world’s largest logistics group.
Leadership page | Press/News | LinkedIn (company)
Stefan Paul
Chief Executive Officer, Kuehne+Nagel
CEO since August 2022, leading K+N’s push in sea and air logistics with a disciplined, returns‑focused strategy.
Leadership page | LinkedIn (company) | Press
Ryan Petersen
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Flexport
Founder‑CEO and face of the digital‑forwarder movement, known for productizing global freight with software and data.
Company blog (bio) | Press | LinkedIn (company)
Mark Rourke
President and Chief Executive Officer, Schneider National
Career Schneider operator who became CEO in 2019, guiding one of North America’s largest truckload/intermodal carriers.
Leadership/Bio | Newsroom | LinkedIn (company)
Rodolphe Saadé
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, CMA CGM Group
Chairman & CEO who transformed CMA CGM into an integrated transport-and‑logistics group, including full ownership of CEVA Logistics.
Company profile | Governance/Press history | LinkedIn (company)
Shelley Simpson
Chief Executive Officer and President, J.B. Hunt Transport Services
Long‑time company builder behind J.B. Hunt 360 who became CEO on July 1, 2024, advancing intermodal and digital brokerage at scale.
News release | Newsroom | LinkedIn (company)
Raj Subramaniam
President and Chief Executive Officer, FedEx
Second CEO in FedEx history (since 2022), driving the ONE FedEx transformation and network integration.
Leadership page | Newsroom | LinkedIn (company)
Jochen Thewes
Chief Executive Officer, DB Schenker
CEO since 2015, he has overseen DB Schenker’s global freight forwarding and contract logistics expansion.
Leadership page | Press/News | LinkedIn (company)
Søren Toft
Chief Executive Officer, MSC – Mediterranean Shipping Company
Former Maersk COO who became CEO in 2020 and now leads the world’s largest container line.
Leadership page | Newsroom | LinkedIn (company)
Carol B. Tomé
Chief Executive Officer, UPS
12th UPS CEO (appointed 2020), championing a “customer first, people led, innovation driven” strategy and disciplined capital returns.
Leadership page | Newsroom | LinkedIn (company)
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