After 35 years’ service, Peter Kloiber has retired from his roles at Swiss freight forwarder Gebrüder Weiss. Peter Schafleitner, former director of product management land transport, will now join the managerial board.
Kloiber launched his career at Gebrüder Weiss in 1990 when he took up a post in corporate and human resources development. He has spent 28 years on the company’s management board, and he now steps away from his responsibility for parcel services, logistics, IT, human resources and organisational development, marketing and communications, as well as the subsidiaries Xvise (logistics consulting) and dicall (call centre services).
“Peter Kloiber is a pioneer of our value-oriented corporate culture, which continues to shape our self-image and strategic direction to this day. We owe him a great deal,” said Wolfram Senger-Weiss, ceo of Gebrüder Weiss.
Schafleitner, an experienced logistics expert, is moving up to the company’s top management tier. Born in Salzburg, he joined the organisation in 1989, holding various positions in sales and land transport and managing two locations in Austria. From 2017 onwards, he was director and regional manager for the Central Region, which includes Salzburg, Carinthia, Upper Austria, and the Czech Republic. Since 2024, he has been head of product management for land transport.
As part of this personnel change, Gebrüder Weiss is also reorganising the board’s portfolios. From July 1, 2025, the responsibilities will be distributed as follows. Senger-Weiss will oversee digitalisation, finance, corporate governance, real estate, and the Black Sea/CIS region. Jürgen Bauer will take charge of land transport in Europe, Customs, purchasing, logistics, and the subsidiary Xvise. Lothar Thoma will head the air and sea freight and overseas divisions as well as human resources and organisational development. Schafleitner will take over product management land transport, sales, marketing and communications, while also being responsible for the parcel service (GWP) and the dicall call centre.
