Kuehne + Nagel Group appointed Thorsten Meincke as senior vice president of global seafreight, effective June 1, 2014. Prior to his most recent role as member of the Management Board of a Swiss forwarding company, Thorsten Meincke was Senior vice president Global Sales & Marketing at Kuehne + Nagel. In his new position as Senior vice president Global Seafreight he will primarily concentrate on the further development of the seafreight business solutions including reefer container traffic, beverage and forest logistics, and drive defined seafreight growth initiatives in the regions.

In addition, he will focus on the further enhancement of the business unit's core processes in line with the new information logistics systems.