Volker Sauerborn & Sven Eisfeld

Hellmann strengthen their management team

From November 1, 2019, Volker Sauerborn (54) will join Hellmann Worldwide Logistics as Chief Operating Officer Contract Logistics (COO CL). Mr. Sauerborn succeeds Robert Bommers, who left the company in June. Furthermore Sven Eisfeld will join the company as Managing Director, Germany, on November, 1st.

In his function as COO CL as well as member of the Executive Board, Volker Sauerborn will be responsible for the Global Contract Logistics division worldwide. He will report directly to Reiner Heiken, CEO Hellmann Worldwide Logistics. Volker Sauerborn has been in the international transport business for more than 30  years. From 2006 onwards he was Vice President Sales & Business Development Contract Logistics at Kuehne & Nagel. For the last four years he has been  the Senior Vice President of the region Germany West where he was responsible for all products in the region.

As our new Managing Director Germany, Sven Eisfeld will be responsible for the operative business of all products with a focus on more cross-divisional collaboration. Sven was with Kuehne + Nagel in Hamburg for the past ten years. After working in different central management positions in the road product, he was active as Vice President Regional Sales  in Northern Germany since 2017. 

“We are happy to welcome these two proven logistics experts with strong leadership skills in our management team. In an increasingly ambitious and changing market our customers as well as our employees will need clarity and orientation – a basic requirement for further growth,“ said Reiner Heiken, CEO Hellmann Worldwide Logistics.