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eat Simon can safely say he has pretty much seen it all from a supply chain and logistics point of view , having taken his first steps into the industry back in the 1980s with DANZAS , which later became part of DHL Global Forwarding .
Over the ensuing years he has worked in various locations all over the world , including France , Mexico , Colombia , Brazil and the US .
Between 2006 and 2013 , Beat helped build Agility , now recognised as a global leader in supply chain services , infrastructure and innovation , before being invited to become President at APL Logistics .
In 2022 he joined fellow industry giant DP World , where he serves as Global Chief Commercial Officer for Logistics .
It ’ s been a busy couple of years for DP World , which has increasingly expanded into end-to-end supply chain services in a bid to remain competitive .
Shedding light on the background behind this ongoing transformation , Beat explains : “ Going back you had the port business , the carrier business and the freight forwarding business . What we ’ ve seen in the last 18 months is a lot of consolidation and asset-heavy providers going into end-to-end .
“ We are in a totally different environment where you have , for instance , big shipping lines buying big freight forwarders – not officially using the same name but you have , for instance , CMA CGM buying CEVA .”
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