In this special episode, we're joined by Dorothea von Boxberg, CEO of Lufthansa Cargo, Henrik Ambak, SVP Global Operations of Emirates Sky Cargo and Chairman of Cargo iQ, and Ufuk Sumerler, SVP, Global Head of Air Logistics Development at Kuehne & Nagel. We discuss the impact of the pandemic and rise of e-commerce on the logistics industry and what the future of air logistics looks like. For a traditionally pragmatic industry, the air logistics industry has had no choice but to quickly embrace change in the face of the pandemic. The question is, what's next for the industry in the years to come? Tune in to find out.

About the Speakers
Doretha von Boxberg
Dorothea von Boxberg joined Lufthansa's strategy and subsidiaries division in 2007, assuming various customer experience and sales roles in her seven-year tenure. In 2015, Dorothea moved to Lufthansa Cargo AG to head up the global sales management division before her appointment to the Executive Board of Lufthansa Cargo AG as Chief Commercial Officer in 2018. Since March 2021, Dorothea has been the Chairperson of the Executive Board and CEO of Lufthansa Cargo AG with responsibilities in business development and cooperations, legal affairs, communications and corporate responsibility, information management, and digital transformation, as well as finance and controlling.


Henrik Ambak
Henrik Ambak has almost 40 years of experience in various roles in the logistics industry. Starting in the freight forwarding business before holding numerous leadership positions in cargo and airport ground handling companies, Henrik transitioned to the airline side of things in 2001, dedicating 13 years to Cargolux as the VP of Cargo Operations. In 2014 Henrik moved to Emirates SkyCargo and assumed the role of SVP Cargo Operations Worldwide, with responsibilities in managing the Dubai Hub, overseeing global service delivery and regulatory compliance,  and coordinating the continued development of the IT systems supporting the SkyCargo business. Henrik leads with a perfection-driven approach and carries his unrelenting commitment to service excellence to the airfreight industry's service quality group, Cargo iQ, as Chairman.
 
Ufuk Sumerler
Following his undergraduate studies in International Economics at the University of Istanbul, in 1991, Ufuk Sumerler joined Kuehne + Nagel (KN) in Germany as a management trainee, working his way through the overland air freight and sea freight divisions. In 1994, Ufuk transferred to the US organization and held ocean freight sales and route development roles in New York. In 2002, Ufuk became the Global Key Account Director for the retail and consumer industry. In 2005, Ufuk was tasked with heading up KN's airfreight activities in the Middle East and Central Asia regions as Director of Airfreight and SVP Airfreight (2013). His next move saw him relocating to the Netherlands to take over the Western European Airfreight management position (2016) before joining the corporate management team in 2019 to head up Global Air Logistics Development.