Eurogate Intermodal appoints Christopher Beplat as new Managing Director

Successive handover

Martin Schrüfer, 08.06.2020, 08:00

Eurogate Intermodal appoints Christopher Beplat as new Managing Director

Christopher Beplat (44) has been Managing Director at EUROGATE Intermodal (EGIM) together with Lars Hedderich and Thomas Meyer since June 1, 2020. He succeeds Thomas Meyer, who is retiring at the end of September and will gradually hand over the Operations, Operational Controlling and Purchasing departments, which he manages, to Christopher Beplat.

Christoper Beplat will join Lars Hedderich and Thomas Meyer in the management of Eurogate Intermodal from June 1. © Eurogate

Christopher Beplat has many years of management experience in the industry. He was most recently Managing Director of Rhenus Inland Navigation Europe, NWL Norddeutsche Wasserweg Logistik GmbH and the EGIM subsidiary Trimodal Logistik GmbH. He completed his academic training with an MBA in Business Administration and Management at Newcastle University in England.

Thomas Meyer, Managing Director of EGIM, comments: "With Christopher Beplat, we are bringing on board a very experienced and highly competent expert with extensive experience and knowledge of the transport business. We are convinced that the new management team will continue to be excellently positioned to lead EGIM successfully into the future."

Lars Hedderich, Managing Director of EGIM, explains: "We are delighted to have gained an outstanding logistics expert in Christopher Beplat. His industry knowledge and many years of experience in combined transport form an important basis for the management of our business and the further expansion of our services, especially in these challenging times."

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