Peter Penseel is leaving Ceva Logistics, where he’s chief operating officer of the airfreight division, to change into president of cargo at Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL), effective June 1.
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The veteran air cargo executive will replace Robert Walpole, who led Delta Cargo for 3 years. Delta Cargo quietly announced Penseel’s hiring on Wednesday. Walpole’s LinkedIn page shows his employment with Delta ending in February. Delta spokesman Drake Castaneda confirmed Walpole is not any longer with the corporate.
Penseel joined Ceva Logistics in mid-2020 after serving as vp of cargo sales and network planning at Qatar Airways, the world’s largest cargo airline by volume. Ceva is the Twelfth-largest air forwarder by metric tonnage.
His departure follows parent company CMA CGM’s Feb. 29 acquisition of Bolloré Logistics, one other large third-party logistics provider based in France, for $5.2 billion. Ceva Logistics officials couldn’t be reached to comment on whether his departure is connected to any corporate integration.
Penseel, a native of the Netherlands, has spent greater than three a long time within the logistics industry, including stints at DHL Global Forwarding and UTi Worldwide. At Ceva he led the launch of in-house cargo capability through the partnership with CMA CGM Air Cargo, a 3-year-old airline launched by the ocean shipping giant CMA CGM.
He’ll relocate to Delta’s headquarters in Atlanta.
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