Stephen Bishop has been
appointed general manager
– airfreight at independent
consolidator CFR Freight
following the resignation
of airfreight director, Dave
Graham, who leaves the
company at the end of
October.
“It was an extremely
difficult decision to make,”
says Graham, who joined CFR
three years ago and has grown
the division and its products
to become a significant force
in the airfreight groupage
sector. Graham was appointed
airfreight director earlier this
year.
“I was made an offer that
I could not refuse and will
be returning to the freight
forwarding arena which is my
passion,” he told FTW.
The move will see several
internal changes within the
company’s airfreight division.
Bishop, who joined in May,
and is currently Johannesburg
airfreight branch manager,
now takes on a national role.
Jay Cameron, who has a long
history with the company
and is currently airfreight
supervisor, moves into
Bishop’s position as branch
manager.
Chilton Corrigall, currently
Durban airfreight manager,
will relocate to Cape
Town, taking on the role of
coastal airfreight manager
responsible for Durban and
Cape Town.
“It’s certainly testimony
to both our development
programme and the calibre
of our staff and management
that we are able to fill these
positions from within the
organisation,” said Graham.
“The framework is there.
We have spent three years
creating some of the best
import consolidation products
in South Africa. Now it’s just
a case of running with those
products and expanding on
them,” he said.
“I am indeed looking
forward to the challenge of
building on the groundwork
Dave has put down for the
CFR Airfreight division,” said
Bishop. “We now have some
excellent products and solid
relationships with our carriers
and our aim is to become the
partner of choice for freight
agents in the market.”
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Stephen Bishop ... moving up.
