Alfa Mobility has a new owner
Alfa Mobility has announced that it has a new owner following its acquisition by the Pamica Group from previous owner MIDAQ AB.
Leading the leaders
Steve Jordan, Editor of The Mover Magazine, talks to Philippa Robinson as she settles into her role as the president of OMNI.
Philippa Robinson, from Robinsons International in the UK, has recently taken over as the president of OMNI (Overseas Moving Network International). OMNI has been around since the middle 1980s and has become well known as a network of some of the leading moving companies in the world. They all trade with each other, though not necessarily exclusively, and get together once a year for the OMNI conference of business owners and senior managers in which they can learn from each other and exchange business in a relaxed setting.
Chris Contos becomes Aires manager for international household goods
Aires in the USA has announced that Chris Contos assumed the role of Aires Manager, International Household Goods on July 1, 2023. Chris was previously operations manager for Aires’ Central Regional Office. He will bring many years of previous household goods experience to the role.
New operations manager at Asian Tigers Philippines
Virginia Lane, Managing Director of Asian Tigers Philippines, has announced Mr. Cipriano S. Pagulayan Jr. as the company’s new Operations Manager. Jun, as he is fondly called, joined the company May 2nd 2023, holds a Bachelor of Science in Commerce, majoring in accounting from San Sebastian College in the Philippines. He has 30 years of experience as a branch manager of Metrobank, one of the largest and most popular banks in the Philippines.
Jennifer Murr becomes Aires Vice President, Central Region
Aires, in the USA, has announced that Jennifer Murr has become the company’s Vice President, Central Region, effective from July 1, 2023. In this role she will lead Aires’ largest office based in Pittsburgh, PA overseeing sales, operations and profitability. Jennifer has successfully led Aires’ Gulf Coast Regional Office since 2015and has been with Aires for 26 years. She replaces John Casuccio, who will assist in the transition before retiring at the end of 2023.
Aires Introduces OnPoint – points-based benefit management Tool
On 8th June 2023, Aires in the USA announced the launch of OnPoint, a points-based tool allowing employee choice over benefits selection. This tool allows client global mobility teams to ensure an equitable mobility program and recognize the individual needs of each mobile employee.
Global International Relocation appoints chief happiness officer
Anyone running a business knows how difficult it is to find and retain good staff, and in times when vacancies are plentiful, it’s more difficult than ever. Paying people properly is obviously very important, especially when inflation in many counties is in double digits, but there is much more to it than that. Making your staff feel valued and treating them with respect and compassion is equally important if you want to recruit and keep the best people in your team.
One company, Global International Relocation, based in Portugal, has taken this approach even further and appointed Chief Happiness Officer, Fábio Pina, to oversee a team of HR professionals who manage the wellbeing of all employees and their emotional bond with the company.
Fábio is no stranger to keeping employees happy, having held a number of similar positions since starting his career in 2017.
Fábio said, “I believe my journey on this earth is and will be travelled by moving people along their path. I humanise all corporate processes towards a full life, with sense and meaning. I do my best to manage human emotions within organisations, seeking to anticipate the people’s needs and desires so that they have the tools, resources and motivation to perform well in their functions and being able to be the happiest possible.”
Photos: Fábio Pina; Members of the team at Global International Relocation.
Gosselin enters JV with Transmoove
Gosselin in Belgium has acquired two warehouses in Vilvoorde near Brussels as well as 50% of the shares of operating companies Transmoove and NNOF from the current shareholder Vebego. The Joint Venture came into agreement on 28 April 2023. The remaining 50% of the shares of the operating companies have been acquired by the current management team under the leadership of Christophe Pierre.
“With this acquisition, we will be able to further diversify our service offering with the office moving, office design and furniture refurbishing business. We are impressed by the value proposition of NNOF and Transmoove, the competence and the dynamic of the teams as well as the purpose-built infrastructure,” said Marc Smet, CEO of the Gosselin Group.
Marcel Jörg, CEO of Gosselin Moving added: “The intention is to further strengthen and enhance the moving capacities of Gosselin in its home market, Belgium. In addition, Gosselin seeks synergies on the international moving side between the Brussels based Transmoove operation and Gosselin’s Antwerp based headquarter operation.”
The company has stated the new shareholders’ intention to explore the expansion of the business into other European markets in the mid-term.
Global explorer captivates the OMNI conference in DaNang
Rob Lilwall, global explorer and National Geographic TV star, wowed the OMNI audience with his stories of adventure under some of the harshest conditions on Earth when he performed as the keynote speaker at the DaNang conference. He delivered a message that resonated strongly with the audience, comparing the resilience and agility he needed during his extraordinary exploits to the qualities industry leaders need to ensure successful businesses in an uncertain future.
Walter Lafitte opens the OMNI conference
Walter Lafitte, OMNI President, opened the OMNI conference this morning in the wonderful Intercontinental hotel in DaNang, Vietnam. He included in his speech a strong message focusing on strong leadership and sustainability in a rapidly changing world.