SBS targets growth with new appointment

News Release SBS Worldwide Inc February 3, 2012

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London, 1 February 2012 - International supply chain
solutions provider SBS Worldwide
has appointed Lee Hackney as General Manager of its northern UK
business.
Mr Hackney, who will be based in Manchester, will become a key
member of SBS
Worldwide’s UK senior management team.
He will support the further development of the company’s fast
growing northern UK
business’s ability to analyse, design, implement and operate
end-to-end supply chain
solutions that give customers a competitive
advantage over rivals.
Mr Hackney will also lead the expansion of the company’s northern
UK business, which
offers sea freight, air freight, European distribution and customs
brokerage, into new markets
and industry verticals.
SBS Worldwide Group Chairman Steve Walker said:
“Lee is the
latest recruit to the UK
senior management team tasked with ensuring SBS continues to offer
clients a complete
supply chain package that can reduce costs, increase margins and
make sure that shelves
are always stocked with product.”
He added: “Over the past few years, SBS’s northern UK business has
benefited from
impressive growth, which is down to the quality of staff we have
within the company.
“Lee will play an important role in ensuring that we maintain this
momentum - it is only by
recruiting and retaining the best staff in the industry, that we
can offer our customers the
award winning services we do.”
Lee has previously worked for Kuehne & Nagel, holding various
UK management positions,
deepsea carrier CMA CGM, where he was Operations and Logistics
Director UK and CP
Ships, where he was European Customer Service
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