Wendy Chien (left), Frans Calje, and Nosiphesihle Mobongwa
TT club, a liability insurance provider for the freight and logistics industries, has announced three new members of its controlling board. These are drawn from its insured organisations.
The board of the Transport Mutual Insurance Association, which is TT Club, is made up of representatives from those they insure. The TTB announced three new non-executive members at its meeting in Rome last week. They represent a wide range of interests, including freight, logistics and cargo handling, as well as intermodal container operators.
Wendy Chien, a new hire, was appointed in March this year. She brings to her role as managing director of contract logistic at the Dimerco Express Group, Taipei, experience in a pan-Asia-Pacific complete logistics operation, warehousing, and distribution that employs multi-modal transportation options.
Frans Calje, CEO of PD Ports, is based in Teesside (Northeast England) and is known for his port centric logistic. This involves berthside handling of all types cargo with ongoing deliveries using all modes of transport. Prior to his appointment seven years ago as CEO, he served as MD of unitised and port centric logistic at the same organization. He has also worked for container terminal operator APM. His appointment to board became effective on 20 June.
Nosiphesihle Mbongwa, based in Durban (South Africa), has been the CFO of Bidvest Freight since 2006. She served as the commercial director of the freight management and logistic group for ten years, and before that she held a financial director position at one subsidiary company. Her career spans more than 20 years in the freight industry, working for both distribution operations and container terminal operators. She joined the TTB Board on 20 June.
Charles Fenton, CEO of TT Club, said: “Our board represents the organisations that we cover. They represent every type of operator in our membership, and they come from all over the world. Our structure allows every member to have a say in the decisions we make regarding the types of risks we underwrite and the strategic direction we take.
I’m pleased that our commitment to this diversity continues to be represented in TT’s governance.” I’m happy that our commitment to diversity continues to be reflected in TT’s Governance .”