Appointment of Simon Hobbs as CEO

Kinaxia Logistics are proud to announce the appointment of Simon Hobbs, a leading industry figure, to the newly-created role of Group Chief Executive.

Simon Hobbs has vast experience in the sector, having held senior positions with Kuehne + Nagel, CEVA Logistics and DHL.

Our Group founders, Graham Norfolk and Peter Fields said: “In line with our recent growth and increase in scale and complexity, we have reviewed our management structure and created a new role of chief executive.

“Simon has a wealth of customer, operations and commercial experience gained from senior supply chain roles with DHL Supply Chain, CEVA Logistics and, more recently, Kuehne + Nagel.

“His experience will complement the skills we already have within the group and support our growth strategy. We are delighted to welcome him to this new role.

“We, together with the board, look forward to working with Simon to continue the Kinaxia journey.”

Simon said: “I am delighted to have the opportunity to join Kinaxia at such an exciting time for the group.

“Kinaxia is already in the top 15 of UK logistics companies and we are confident that our ‘Family of families’ approach will result in sustained growth as we continue to offer local expertise, ownership and entrepreneurship with a national capability.

“I look forward to working with the Kinaxia team to achieve our goals.”