- DHL Global Forwarding has appointed Henk Venema as its new Executive Vice President, Global Air Cargo, strengthening its focus on reliability, transparency and service performance.
- The move, announced by CEO Oscar de Boock, will bring Venema’s two decades of operational experience across Exel, UTI, Geodis and DHL into a global leadership role.
- Venema, who previously served as President of DHL’s Benelux business, is expected to strengthen air freight execution with his expertise in carrier relationships, capacity management and customer-focused operations. His appointment reflects DHL’s strategy to operate with greater speed and consistency in the complex air freight market.
DHL Global Forwarding has appointed Henk Venema as its new Executive Vice President, Global Air Cargo, a move aimed at enhancing forwarder reliability, transparency and service performance in the demanding air freight environment.
“We announced that Henk Venema will take on the role of EVP Global Airfreight for DHL Global Forwarding. Henk brings deep operational experience that is of great importance in air freight. He understands the product from every angle; carriers, capacity, quality of service, pricing and the day-to-day realities of managing a resilient network. His 20-plus year career at Exel, UTI and Geodis, and over nearly a decade at DHL, has shaped a leader who is close to the customer and clear on what Looks as good as.”
Oscar De Bock announced the appointment, highlighting Venema’s extensive operational experience across carriers, capacity, quality of service, pricing and day-to-day network management. Venema has built a career spanning more than 20 years at Exel, UTI and Geodis, and for almost a decade at DHL. His background across these global logistics companies has given him a broad understanding of customer-facing shipping and service operations.
Prior to his global air freight role, Venema led DHL’s business in Benelux. His regional leadership experience, combined with his longstanding exposure to major international supply chain organizations, places him among the senior operational leaders within DHL’s global freight division. De Bock said Venema’s deep understanding of the air freight product will support DHL’s ambition to deliver consistently, act quickly and create real value for customers. He added that Venema’s leadership will help enhance the reliability and service performance that customers expect from a freight forwarder
DHL Global Forwarding appoints Henk Venema as EVP Global Airfreight for the first time at Air Cargo Week.
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