Steiner, Skinner Assume New Roles at Swissport

Swissport International has appointed Rudolf Steiner as head of cargo EMEA. Mark Skinner becomes head of business development and sales EMEA. By appointing dedicated managers for its Air Cargo and the Ground Services businesses, Swissport strengthens its customer centricity further. They both assume their new roles on Nov. 1, 2019.

To further strengthen the EMEA organization and to better meet customer expectations specific to Air Cargo Handling and Airport Ground Services, Swissport has appointed Steiner as senior vice president cargo Europe, Middle East and Africa and Skinner as senior vice president business development and sales Europe, Middle East and Africa. Both report to Luzius Wirth, executive vice president EMEA. The new setup concludes a realignment of the EMEA region, which is Swissport’s largest. The company recently introduced six sub-regions across EMEA and is consolidating its overhead globally.

“A dedicated leadership team for Air Cargo Handling and Ground Services, will enable us to build even stronger client relationships,” says Wirth.  “We will be able to act more proactively and enhance our response times to market trends and changing customer needs.”

Steiner, formerly Swissport’s senior vice president and head of commercial EMEA, is a recognized industry expert with over 20 years of experience in the Air Cargo business. Before joining Swissport in 2008, he held different senior positions at Swissair and Swisscargo in Switzerland, China and Singapore. In his new role, he will coordinate and manage the EMEA Cargo business jointly with the regional and local management. 

Skinner, formerly senior vice president Middle East and Africa, most recently developed and managed Swissport’s principle emerging markets projects, with successful market entries and green field start up organizations in Saudi Arabia and in Oman. In his new assignment he will drive business development projects across the EMEA region and be responsible for customer relations (except cargo) and will guide the commercial teams in executing the sales strategy. He joined Swissport in 2004. He previously held senior positions at Credit Suisse and Swissair.