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Unilode Appoints Ross Marino as New CEO
Unilode Aviation Solutions announces
the appointment of Ross Marino as chief
executive officer. Marino succeeds Benoit
Dumont, who has stepped down from his
chief executive officer position.
Marino has more than 30 years of aviation
experience, having worked in numerous
senior and executive management roles
at leading global ground handling organizations
and airlines. He had a 15-year-long
career at dnata and most recently held the
position of chief executive officer Europe.
He holds a Master of Science degree in
Aviation from the University of New South
Wales, Australia, and completed an executive
education program of the London
Business School.
John Hanna, partner, head of Europe,
Basalt Infrastructure Partners, said: " We
are very pleased that Ross has joined
Unilode as its new CEO and are confident
that he is the right person to continue
driving Unilode forward in these very
exciting and challenging times of the aviation
industry. Ross is a proven leader with
exceptional strategic and business development
vision and broad aviation industry
experience, and we look forward to growing
Unilode's business together. I would like to
thank Benoit Dumont, Unilode's departing
chief executive officer, for his leadership,
commitment and dedication over the past
four years. During his tenure Unilode
undertook a massive transformation that
saw the development of new services, the
launch of digital solutions, the expansion of
its network and the growth of its customer
base. We wish Benoit the very best in his
future endeavors and welcome Ross at the
helm of Unilode. "
Marino
Swissport Appoints Global
Head of Mergers and
Acquisitions
Pablo von Siebenthal joins
Swissport from global
transport and logistics
company Kuehne+Nagel,
where he has held the position
of global head of M&A
since 2018. In the newly created
role as global head of mergers and
acquisitions, he will report to Iván Nash
Vila, chief financial officer of Swissport
International AG.
" Pablo joins Swissport at a very excitvon
Siebenthal
$2 billion. Previously, he was an M&A
advisor with PwC in Switzerland and
Australia, a corporate development manager
with a Swiss private bank, and part
of Credit Suisse's investment banking
team. He is a CFA charter holder, a certified
Post Merger Integration specialist
and holds a master's degree in business
administration and a bachelor's degree in
banking and finance from the University
of Zurich.
ing time, as air traffic is recovering
at an accelerating pace following the
COVID-19-related decline in demand, "
said Vila. " We want to leverage Swissport's
position as the global market
leader in aviation ground services and
execute an ambitious, global growth and
acquisition plan. "
At Kuehne+Nagel, von Siebenthal has
led M&A transactions across Europe,
North and South America and Asia-Pacific
with a total deal size of more than
Scania Appoints
Rickberg as Chief
Financial Officer
Jonas Rickberg has been
appointed chief financial
officer, reporting to Christian
Levin, president and
CEO. Rickberg was previously VP finance
and business control, sales and marketing
at Scania.
Since he started at Scania in 2005, he
has held positions in finance, business
control and services within the areas of
research and development, production
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and logistics, commercial operations,
dealerships and sales and marketing. He
took up his current position as vice president
finance and business control for
sales and marketing in 2017.
" Jonas Rickberg has a broad experience
from basically all parts of our operations
and there is no more well-rounded
and business-oriented profile to lead the
finance element of the transformation of
Scania, " said Levin. " Perhaps even more
importantly though, his solid knowledge
of flow-oriented operations and new
business models - both key elements for
Scania going forward - will add a lot of
value for the company. "
Rickberg joined Scania in 2005 and
Rickberg
has a Master of Business Administration
from Gothenburg School of Economics.
He succeeds Johan Haeggman, Scania's
CFO since 2015 and who assumes the role
as head of TRATON Financial Services.
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