Paul Cunningham, previously a partner at LCP Consulting, has been appointed managing director of Holistica Solutions, the new joint venture between APL Logistics and Christian Salvesen.
David Appleton, NOL group’s president europe region, said: “Paul Cunningham’s appointment marks the next phase of Holistica’s development in providing integrated logistics management from sourcing to final delivery. His global experience in both manufacturing and retail sectors as a supply chain director and logistics consultant will be invaluable in building the company.”
Stewart Oades, chief executive officer of Christian Salvesen, said: “Paul has a solid understanding of customers’ needs from his time with companies such as Asda-Wal*Mart, the Dixons Group, Rank Hovis Mcdougall and ExxonMobil,” He said that Cunningham had a “reputation as a catalyst for change” and that it would be a major asset.
Cunningham said, “Holistica helps to deliver the design and implementation of solutions that give competitive advantage to our clients through cost and service performance levels that are only attainable through “end-to-end” thinking and operations. The potential is huge and our task is to bring these benefits to our clients and their customers through both quick wins and step change performance sustainable over the long term.”
Holistica Solutions was formed in December 2005 to offer customers an end-to-end supply chain solutions using APL Logistics’ shipping and Salvesen’s warehousing and distribution skills.
