New airfreight branch manager for CFR

Ongoing growth of its airfreight consolidation product has motivated the appointment by independent consolidator CFR Freight of a new key staff member. Effective this month, Stephen Bishop takes over as Johannesburg airfreight branch manager from Dave Gurney who will move into a sales and servicing role on June 1. “With the growth of this division and this branch in particular we felt the need for another dedicated airfreight sales person,” airfreight director Dave Graham told FTW. Bishop, who brings 11 years of experience to the position, has worked across the entire logistics spectrum, most recently in a sales and key account management role at Savino del Bene, and previous to that at UTi where he spent seven and a half years. Graham, who worked with Bishop at UTi, says his mandate will be to continue to grow the business, but also to focus on customer retention through strong service levels and a personal relationship with the clients. “We’re looking at an aggressive marketing strategy for the year ahead, at the same time ensuring that operations and service levels are maintained,” said Bishop.