Henning Dieter has been appointed head of Swissport Cargo Services Germany and Austria and will assume his position from September 2020.
He succeeds Dirk Schmitt who left the company in December 2019 after heading the Swissport Cargo operation in Germany and Austria since February 2015.
Since Schmitt’s departure, Andrea Führing, CFO of Swissport Cargo Germany, has been leading the organisation on an interim basis.
Dieter will oversee the strategic and operational management of Swissport’s 13 cargo warehouses in the two countries, the largest of which are in Frankfurt, Munich and Stuttgart.
Initially, his focus will be on steering the organization through the coronavirus related business recovery.
The completion of the new Swissport warehouse at Frankfurt airport, scheduled to go into operation in November 2020, will be another major event. Dieter will report to Willy Ruf, Senior Vice President Central & Eastern Europe.
“We are pleased to welcome Henning Dieter as the new Head of Swissport Cargo Services Germany & Austria,” said Ruf, adding: “He can build on many years of relevant professional experience in cargo supply chain management and in the aviation industry in general.
“While his biggest challenge will initially be to safely steer our business through the recovery phase of the current market crisis, we hope to soon turn our focus on further optimizing the airfreight supply chain.”
Dieter is an experienced senior executive in the logistics and aviation industry. He has successfully worked in several geographic markets, including Germany, Thailand and the US.
In his most recent role as the general manager airfreight Germany with Yusen Logistics, he was responsible for the financial and operational management of his division.
Prior to joining Yusen Logistics, Henning Dieter was with DHL as branch manager air freight and with Aviapartner as a managing director. During his 19 years with Lufthansa Cargo, he held several executive roles.
