Stolt-Nielsen Limited (SNL) has announced that after 23 years as Chief Executive Officer, Niels G. Stolt-Nielsen will be moving on from this role September 1, 2023, and to assume the role of Chairman of the Board of Stolt-Nielsen Limited. Stolt-Nielson are pleased to confirm that Udo Lange has been appointed as the new CEO, leaving his previous position at FedEx Express, where he was the president of Healthcare, Logistics and Americas International.
Udo Lange joins the company with more than 20 years of experience in the international trade industry. His expertise in freight forwarding, express and parcel logistics and airline catering make him a great asset for SNL. In his previous role with FedEx Express, Udo lead a team of more than 50,000 employees across 80 countries. He was also part of the FedEx Senior Management Committee which sets the strategic direction of the circa $90 billion revenue enterprise and has held several other senior roles at FedEx since joining in 2015.
Udo is an active member of the White House Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force and has been involved in the task force’s Freight Logistics Optimisation Works (FLOW) group. He also serves on the boards of the NASDAQ-listed e-commerce startup Freightos (CRGO), the German American Chamber of Commerce of the Southern U.S. and the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and is on the board of trustees of ‘Operation Finale’, an exhibition in Germany about the capture of Nazi Adolf Eichmann.
In June 2020, Udo was named one of the ‘Top 10 Logistics Leaders’ globally by Supply Chain Digital, the industry’s leading magazine. He holds a Ph.D. in economic science from the University of Duisburg, Germany and an MBA from the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany. He is also an alumnus of Harvard Business School.
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