Well-known industry personality Philip Wyllie has joined national forwarding group, Access Freight International, as Johannesburgbased chief operating officer (COO). Since joining the freight industry in 1980, Wyllie has acquired an MBA from Henley Business School in London, a full working knowledge of both the freight forwarding and contract logistics sectors – and held senior executive positions with various SA divisions of multi-national firms. Access was recently named the 2009 Deloitte ‘Best Company to Work For’ in the logistics, shipping and transport sector, an award that has gained the company brand recognition and exposure, human resources director, Dr Cristy Leask, told FTW.