Kuehne and Nagel appoints Daryl Ridgway Senior Vice President seafreight

Daryl Ridgway has been appointed to Kuehne + Nagel's North West Europe Regional Management Board as Senior Vice President, Seafreight replacing Diederick de Vroet, who has decided to return with his family to his native country of Holland.


With over 22 years of experience in Seafreight, Daryl started his career

at Geodis Overseas, rising up to the position of National Seafreight

Manager before joining Kuehne + Nagel in 2002 as UK LCL Manager.

Daryl was appointed as Trade Manager - Asia, Indian Sub Continent,

Australia and New Zealand in 2005 and since 2008, Daryl has been the

Director of Seafreight Operations, a role in which he has developed the

UK seafreight organisation to its current level of success.


"With our ambitious targets in Seafreight, Daryl's role as Director

Seafreight North West Europe will be to continue expanding our

product and service range and ensure that we are consistently

delivering solutions that meet the needs of our customers," said Tim

Scharwath, President of Kuehne + Nagel North West Europe.


Kuehne + Nagel's North West European organisation is headquartered

in Uxbridge, United Kingdom, and spans around 150 locations in six

countries including Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden and

the United Kingdom.