DB Schenker names new Asia Pacific chief

DB Schenker has named Vishal Sharma as its new CEO for the Asia Pacific Region, taking over the duties of Dr. Niklas Wilmking who will now represent the contract logistics and supply chain management division as board member.

The 52-year-old brings more than 30 years of experience in the logistics sector and has been serving as CEO for DB Schenker’s Greater China cluster since 2021. He joined the German forwarder in 2018 as the CEO of the Indian subcontinent cluster.

Before joining DB Schenker, Vishal has held various executive leadership positions in several forwarding companies in the US, Singapore, India and Denmark. He assumed the new role on 1 February.