Hugo Pluess takes over
New CIO at Imperial Logistics International
Hugo Pluess is to become the new Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Imperial Logistics International. He will take up his new position, based in Zurich, on August 1. Reporting directly to Hakan Bicil, CEO of Imperial Logistics International, Pluess will be responsible for the entire IT landscape of all Imperial Logistics International activities. This includes 9,000 employees at 170 locations in 20 countries. His main tasks will include leading the ongoing IT integration at Imperial Logistics International.
Pluess is a senior IT executive with more than 30 years of international experience in delivering cost-effective, high-performance IT services and organizations. He started out as a graduate electronics engineer and qualified for senior management positions in systems integration, programming and IT management. In his previous positions, he was Vice President Global Distributed Computing Services at NCR Corporation in the USA, CIO at NCR Switzerland, Global Head of Enterprise Computing Services at Roche Pharmaceuticals in Switzerland and most recently Executive Vice President Global IT Infrastructure at CEVA Logistics, also in Switzerland.
Hakan Bicil, CEO at Imperial Logistics International, says: "It is essential for our current rate of expansion, our plans for organic growth at new locations and the likelihood of further strategic growth that we continue to develop our IT infrastructure in a scalable, adaptable and future-proof manner."
"Hugo Pluess is a real IT heavyweight and exactly the right man to take over this central part of our activities. With his previous experience in logistics and his outstanding achievements in designing and implementing large global systems and supporting wide-ranging IT user groups, Hugo Pluess is perfectly equipped to provide the solutions we need to further develop our business and add value for our customers".
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