Jochen Müller takes charge as COO Air & Sea Logistics at Dachser

January 23, 2018: Jochen Müller is the new Chief Operations Officer (COO) for Dachser’s Air & Sea Logistics business field. Müller, who replaces Thomas Reuter, took the charge on January 1, 2018.

Reuter retired at the end of 2017, after spending 39 years at Dachser. Müller had joined Dachser on October 1, 2016 to prepare for his duties as COO. As COO Air & Sea Logistics and a member of the Executive Board, Jochen Müller will continue the work of Thomas Reuter. His core duties include the further expansion of intercontinental air and sea freight network and the connection of this network with the European road network in order to add value for customers through intermodal logistics.

Müller was born in the German city of Worms in 1964. He joined the board of Schenker Deutschland AG in 2011, where he was responsible for the Central Europe air freight region as well as sales (air/sea) and logistics for global relocations, trade fairs, and sports events. Prior to that, Müller was CEO of Schenker’s British subsidiary with responsibility for land, sea, and air freight as well as the trade fair business. “Jochen Müller has immersed himself in our corporate structures, and now has a comprehensive understanding of our business processes and the challenges we face on an international level,” says Bernhard Simon, CEO of Dachser.

Dachser Air & Sea Logistics has 172 locations of its own and over 4,000 employees. Reuter plans to continue serving the company in an advisory capacity.