BERLIN: January 29, 2019. Truck capacity matching and logistics platform InstaFreight has appointed former Cargolux CEO and Panalpina Board director Dirk Reich as company chairman.

Reich started his career at Lufthansa in airline management and then moved to German Cargo Services and VIAG. In 1994 he joined Kühne + Nagel, where he became executive vice president and member of the Board. From 2014-2016 he was president and CEO of Cargolux. He is also on the Board of directors of Skycell AG, IPT AG and Log-hub AG.

"We are delighted that in Dirk Reich we gained an expert in logistics as our chairman. We are convinced that his experience and industry knowledge will further strengthen InstaFreight," said Philipp Ortwein, co-founder and managing director of InstaFreight.

"Digitizing logistics is an exciting challenge that InstaFreight is taking up. I see great potential in this business model and look forward to working with the InstaFreight team to shape the future of road logistics," Reich commented.

InstaFreight consolidates the transport capacity of more than 6,000 carriers and offers shippers an end-to-end digital transport solution from quote, booking, track & trace to document management.

Pictured: Second from the right InstaFreight chairman Dirk Reich.