Bremen - Constantin Conrad, son of the owner and CEO of the Leschaco Group Jörg Conrad, will join the Managing Board of the international logistics service provider as Chief Digital Officer (CDO) on July 1, 2019.

At the logistics service provider Leschaco, Constantin Conrad, son of Jörg Conrad, the owner and CEO of the Group of Companies, will join the Managing Board as Chief Digital Officer (CDO) as of July 1, 2019 and will continue to drive the digitization process within the Leschaco Group. In addition to his existing responsibilities for Corporate Communications, Global Business Transformation and Corporate Ventures, he is now also responsible for Corporate Information Technology. "We are both very fortunate to be able to create a smooth generational handover and I am very happy that my son is now taking on more responsibility in our family business," said Jörg Conrad.

Constantin Conrad first completed a dual course of study in a shipping company, where he then worked for 3 years. He subsequently completed a 2-year MBA program at the IESE Business School in Barcelona. Constantin Conrad was already involved in the Leschaco Group during his MBA program and, among other things, was in charge of the founding of Leschaco Iberia S.L., where he assumed responsibility as Branch Manager for the Barcelona Office in June 2018, as well as the founding of the company's own corporate venture Logward GmbH und Co. KG. in May 2018.