{"id":111263,"date":"2026-01-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/?p=111263"},"modified":"2026-01-09T03:09:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T03:09:16","slug":"ad-ports-taps-slew-of-new-faces-for-logistics-cluster-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2026\/01\/09\/ad-ports-taps-slew-of-new-faces-for-logistics-cluster-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"AD Ports taps slew of new faces for Logistics Cluster leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>AD Ports <\/strong><strong>Group<\/strong><strong> has <\/strong><strong>made a spate of appointments<\/strong><strong> for the global operations <\/strong><strong>of its logistics cluster<\/strong>, according to a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.adportsgroup.com\/en\/news-and-media\/2026\/01\/07\/ad-ports-group-boosts-leadership-of-its-logistics-cluster\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>. The firm has named Thorsten Meincke (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/thorsten-meincke-81192414\/?locale=en_US\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>) the executive vice president for ocean and air freight at Noatum Logistics, following his over decade-long tenure at third-party logistics giants DB Schenker and Kuehne + Nagel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>More global appointments:<\/strong> Joining Meincke as senior vice president of global air freight development and procurement is Bj\u00f6rn Eckbauer (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bjoern-eckbauer-31521199\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>), whose career spans thirty years in air freight operations \u2014 including at DB Schenker. The group also tapped corporate venture capital veteran Boris Kuehn (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/boris-kuehn-3256603\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>) as senior vice president of mergers and acquisitions. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>AD Ports has also tapped fresh faces to lead regional operations<\/strong> for its logistics cluster:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Thorsten Pook<\/strong> (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/pook\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>) will now be heading Noatum Logistics\u2019 <strong>Middle East<\/strong> Region as Managing Director;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Samad Osman<\/strong> (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/samad-osman-b02ba848\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>) has been named Managing Director for Noatum Logistics\u2019 <strong>Africa <\/strong>operations;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Roberto Moreno<\/strong> (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/roberto-moreno-4571a48\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>) has been tapped to lead the cluster\u2019s <strong>Latin American<\/strong> operations as Managing Director.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thorsten Meincke will serve as executive vice president for ocean and air freight at Noatum Logistics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":111264,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1549],"tags":[21,7,33,1365],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-111263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-moves","tag-ad-ports","tag-enterpriseam-uae","tag-moves","tag-ports","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"d6a9800b-f3e2-409c-a207-0a928e7d6a2f","order":"10","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2025\/1\/1687.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"AD Ports taps slew of new faces for Logistics Cluster leadership","related_issue":[111246],"teaser":"Thorsten Meincke will serve as executive vice president for ocean and air freight at Noatum Logistics"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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