ANNOUNCEMENT

 

Changes within the Santa Fe group

 

 

We are pleased to announce the following appointments and changes within the Santa Fe Group.                                               

  

                                                                                     

 

Vedit Kurangil – Manila

 

Effective from December 2007 Vedit will assume the role of Managing Director for Santa Fe in the Philippines. Vedit is well known in the industry and brings with him over 28 years of senior level management experience as a Moving and Relocation Specialist. Vedit  is no stranger to working in the Philippines, as prior to  his current position as Managing Director and founder of EuroAsia Relocations in Istanbul, Vedit was the owner and CEO of Executive International Movers in the Philippines,  with offices in Manila and Cebu.

 

 

Zoltan Kosa – Bangkok

 

After 6 years in Manila as Managing Director, Zoltan will be relocating to Bangkok in mid-January 2008 to take on a new challenge as Managing Director of Santa Fe Thailand. Prior to working in Manila, Zoltan was with Santa Fe in Hong Kong in the capacity of Sales Manager.

 

 

 

 

                                                            

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derrick Young – Beijing

 

In February of 2008 Derrick will move to our Beijing office to become the General Manager of our Northern China locationsoffices (Beijing, Tianjin, Dalian, Shenyang, Qingdao and XianQingdao). Derrick has spent the last 54 years as Managing Director in Thailand and prior to that was with Santa Fe in Indonesia and Hong Kong.

 

 

 

 

 

Chad Forrest – Beijing

 

Chad joined Santa Fe in Shanghai in 1998 and moved to Beijing in 2001 to take on the General Managers Role. Effective from March 2008 Chad will take a newly created role as China Manager, Relocation Services. With the continued rapid growth of our relocation services in China and across the Asia region Chad’s new role will be focused on the seamless delivery of consistent, high quality services from our China offices.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

James Gooding – Shanghai

 

James has been based in Shanghai since 2003 and initially held a position of Business Development Manager. He was promoted to Relocation Services Manager and in June 2004 took on the responsibility as the General Manager for the Shanghai office. Effective from March 01, 2008 James will take on a new role as General Manager for our Central and Southern China locationsoffices (Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuhan, Wuxi, Xiamen, Chongqing, Chengdu, Guangzhou and Shenzhen.)

 

 

 

Andrew Scott – Shanghai

 

Andrew has worked for Santa Fe, based in Shanghai for the last 11 years, as the China Country Manager. Effective from March 01, 2008 he will step down from this role and take on a new Consulting position within the Santa Fe Group. Andrew will remain in Shanghai and continue to be actively involved in special projects and assignments for the Group.

 

 

Please join me in welcoming Vedit to the Santa Fe Group and congratulating Zoltan, Derrick, Chad, James and Andrew on their new positions.

 

 

Lars Lykke Iversen

Chief Executive Officer

October 01, 2007

 

 

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