Speakers

Frank Hercksen, a German citizen, brings 26 years of extensive international experience at
Kuehne + Nagel and a strong background in ocean freight with him. He worked for K+N in various management positions in New York, Bremen, Toronto, Hong Kong and , London. Before joining Panalpina, he was Senior Vice President, Sea Freight, North America Region, at K+N.

Ever since he graduated from business school in Germany, he has worked in the freight forwarding industry. Frank began his career at Panalpina Welttransport in Hamburg in 1979. As the new Global Head of Ocean Freight he focuses on strategically growing and solidifying Panalpina’s global market share in the ocean freight sector.

He has the global responsibility for all of Panalpina’s Ocean Freight activities, which includes the FCL and LCL product management, trade lane management, procurement and operations as well as order management solutions. Frank Hercksen is based in Morristown, New Jersey and reports directly to the CEO.