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| Vol. 14 No. 42 | Monday
May 18, 2015 |
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| Can Duo Save
TIACA?
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 As Oliver Evans and Enno Osinga exit stage left, Sanjiv Edward, head of Cargo Business at Delhi International Airport and Sebastiaan Scholte, CEO of Jan de Rijk Logistics, arrive on the scene as chairman and vice chairman, respectively. The pair will formally take over at TIACA’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Miami this week. “I am delighted to be taking up this position. TIACA has a rich history and bright future, contributing to the global cargo industry,” Sanjiv said. Mr. Scholte has worked in the airfreight industry for over 18 years, including with Aeromexico, where he was VP Sales. Sebastiaan held senior management roles with Cargolux for eight years from 2002, and took over as CEO at Jan de Rijk Logistics in 2010. The two new leaders of this venerable organization take the reigns just as TIACA appears at a crossroads in its long and distinguished history. Under Evans and Osinga, changes were brought about at TIACA that resulted in the unexplained sacking of long-serving Secretary General Daniel Fernandez and some high profile trustee resignations (including Issa Baluch) that apparently impacted the organization. It will certainly be interesting to hear Oliver's valedictory speech at Miami's AGM as to the state in which he is leaving TIACA after his unprecedented and drastic changes to the association and its operations. Hopefully, the departing chairman will shed some light on perceptions of shaky finances and dwindling membership. Not much has been heard of GACAG during his tenure. It has seemingly disappeared from the radar screen. The first test for the new top team will be the rapidly approaching Air Cargo Forum in Paris next year. The ACF is the main money driver for TIACA and its success is vital to the many programs and goals that the organization strives to accomplish. According to sources, last year’s ACF in Seoul, Korea, was not the financial success TIACA needed, and that concerned members will also be looking to the new chairman for a specific plan to rescue the organization from the current doldrums. Geoffrey |
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