XPO Logistics annonce la nomination d'Angus Tweedie en tant que Senior Vice President, Strategy de GXO dans le cadre du projet de scission de l'activité logistique

XPO Logistics, Inc. (NYSE : XPO) a annoncé aujourd'hui la nomination d'Angus Tweedie dans l'équipe dirigeante de GXO Logistics, Inc.le projet de scission du segment logistique de XPO. M. Tweedie rejoindra XPO dans le courant du mois pour devenir senior vice president, strategy pour GXO, lorsque la scission prévue sera réalisée. En collaboration avec Mark Manduca, le chief investment officer de GXO, il aura pour responsabilité l'analyse des opportunités de croissance de GXO, ainsi que la communication de la stratégie d’investissement auprès de la communauté d’investisseurs internationaux.

M. Tweedie a dirigé deux équipes de recherche très reconnues en Europe : la recherche européenne de Citigroup pour le secteur automobile et celle de Bank of America Merrill Lynch dans le secteur du voyage et des loisirs. Il a également piloté la recherche TMT pour Macquarie Securities Group à Londres. M. Tweedie est titulaire d'un diplôme d'histoire de l'Université d'Edimbourg en Écosse.

Brad Jacobs, président et chief executive officer, a déclaré : « Angus est un analyste très performant qui s'appuie sur une large expérience de l'encadrement d'équipes à succès. C'est un professionnel de terrain qui a toute sa place dans l'équipe dirigeante d'envergure internationale de GXO. »

Comme annoncé précédemment, XPO prévoit d'achever la scission de ses activités logistiques en tant que société indépendante et cotée en bourse au cours du second semestre 2021. En tant que deuxième plus grand fournisseur de logistique contractuelle au monde, GXO sera bien positionnée pour tirer parti des courants favorables dominant le secteur de la logistique tels que l’essor du e-commerce, la demande croissante des clients en matière d'automatisation, et une tendance grandissante vers l'externalisation des opérations de supply chain. Les opérations logistiques comptent actuellement environ 890 sites dans 27 pays. 
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