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DHL appoints Christopher Lim Malaysian forwarding managing director
DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist within Deutsche Post DHL, has appointed Christopher Lim as managing director of its operations in Malaysia.
Mr Lim, who was responsible for business development in Hong Kong and South China before this appointment, and will report to CEO of DHL Global Forwarding for South East Asia, Sam Ang. He will be based in Kuala Lumpur and takes over from Dennis van der Meijs.
Said Mr Ang: "Christopher has developed an extensive understanding of DHL's business and delivered impressive results. His main focus now will be to enhance our offering and delivery of simplified, end-to-end logistics solutions, particularly in healthcare, high tech, engineering and manufacturing."
Said Asia Pacific DHL Global Forwarding CEO Kelvin Leung: "With the Malaysian logistics industry projected to grow at 9.5 per cent year on year in 2013, we will reinforce our teams - starting with robust new leadership at the helm."
Mr Lim joined DHL in 2004 from Singapore Airlines as regional account development manager at DHL Global Forwarding's Asia Pacific office. In 2007, he moved to customer solutions and innovation as sub-sector head for mobile devices and regional customer manager based in Beijing.
Said Mr Lim: "With a strong and capable team in place, I know we are in a good position to ensure our business goals are aligned with those of our customers."
Mr Lim holds a degree in electronic engineering from the University of Birmingham (UK) and an MSc from the National University of Singapore
Mr Lim, who was responsible for business development in Hong Kong and South China before this appointment, and will report to CEO of DHL Global Forwarding for South East Asia, Sam Ang. He will be based in Kuala Lumpur and takes over from Dennis van der Meijs.
Said Mr Ang: "Christopher has developed an extensive understanding of DHL's business and delivered impressive results. His main focus now will be to enhance our offering and delivery of simplified, end-to-end logistics solutions, particularly in healthcare, high tech, engineering and manufacturing."
Said Asia Pacific DHL Global Forwarding CEO Kelvin Leung: "With the Malaysian logistics industry projected to grow at 9.5 per cent year on year in 2013, we will reinforce our teams - starting with robust new leadership at the helm."
Mr Lim joined DHL in 2004 from Singapore Airlines as regional account development manager at DHL Global Forwarding's Asia Pacific office. In 2007, he moved to customer solutions and innovation as sub-sector head for mobile devices and regional customer manager based in Beijing.
Said Mr Lim: "With a strong and capable team in place, I know we are in a good position to ensure our business goals are aligned with those of our customers."
Mr Lim holds a degree in electronic engineering from the University of Birmingham (UK) and an MSc from the National University of Singapore
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