June 6 - Kuehne + Nagel International has appointed Yngve Ruud to its management board to assume responsibility for the company's airfreight business.

Ruud succeeds Tim Scharwath, who has recently joined DHL to head up its global forwarding, freight division - see more here.

Ruud has been with K+N for 26 years and was appointed regional manager, western Europe in 2013.

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