Jochen Thewes, CEO of Schenker AG, emphasized: "Our two new Management Board colleagues Hessel Verhage and Jakob Wegge-Larsen will use their experience and innovative spirit to continue Schenker's excellent development in the future. I am very much looking forward to their impulses and initiatives."

As the new CEO, Verhage will assume responsibility for an experienced contract logistics team. Initially, he will also remain Chief Transformation Officer in a dual role. He joined DB Schenker in August 2019 as Chief Executive Officer for the Americas region. There he was responsible for business in 24 countries in North, Central and South America. At the beginning of 2022, he was promoted to head of the global strategy and transformation unit.
Verhage has more than 26 years of experience in the freight forwarding and logistics business. Before joining Schenker, he was, among other things, CEO of "STG Holdings" and was responsible for eight acquisitions in America for the holding company.

With over 20 years of international expertise, including positions in Copenhagen, Rotterdam, Singapore and Hamburg, Wegge-Larsen is also a manager with industry experience. After four years at the management consultancy EY, he worked for more than 20 years at three different global shipping and logistics companies as CFO or part of the finance management team. This includes stages as Business CFO at Maersk Line Operations (March 2014 to November 2017), as CFO and Vice President at Hamburg Süd, an acquisition of A.P. Moller-Maersk (December 2017 to February 2020) and, since March 2020, as CFO for Maersk Ocean & Logistics, Maersk's largest division with a turnover of 49 billion euros in 2021.

Seidl, Schenker's CFO until the end of December, said: "After the sixth record result in a row in Schenker's 150-year history and the successful strategic realignment of the finance department and the entire company, now is the right time to hand over responsibility to new hands. In the future, I will focus more on working with young entrepreneurs and supporting them in their development."

The Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Schenker AG, Dr. Levin Holle, emphasized: "The Schenker Supervisory Board would like to expressly thank Oliver Seidl for his very successful work and his great commitment. With his proven expertise, he has strategically and organizationally realigned the finance division over the past six years and established a global management concept for the entire Schenker Group. He is handing over a well-tended field. We wish Oliver Seidl all the best for his future professional and private life."

The CEO of Schenker AG, Jochen Thewes, added: "Over the past six years, I have worked very closely and trustingly with Oliver and would like to thank him on behalf of the entire Management Board for his outstanding commitment. Together we have transformed Schenker from a pure financial holding company into a powerful, globally managed company. Schenker AG is thus well positioned to meet the strategic challenges of the market."

In addition to the core areas of Controlling, Accounting and Treasury, Seidl has also been responsible for Direct Purchasing, Real Estate, Financial Strategy and the two Shared Service Centers in Manila and Bucharest since 2016.