French moves into the hot seat

Milton French has taken over as vice president of AMI South Africa from Mike Todd who has retired. Todd will however continue to consult for the neutral airfreight consolidator which he launched 12 years ago. French joined the company in 2004, having notched up some 30 years in the freight industry with the likes of Mitchell Cotts, Micor and Röhde and Liesenfeld. He was involved in a wide spectrum of freight forwarding activities, largely in the airfreight space. And while AMI has recorded growth every year since its launch, the challenge, says French, is to continue that growth in an economically stressed environment. One of the key areas of focus will be expansion into the African market, where AMI has already achieved considerable success, while in Cape Town, which has predominantly been a perishable market for the company, there will be an aggressive drive for more general cargo, he said. CAPTION Milton French