Freight’s Global 100 Vincent Bolloré President & CEO, Bolloré Group


came to a ready-made business empire that was built during the French colonial era in West Africa, and counts Nicholas Sarkozy amongst his personal friends. But his inclusion is justified on the grounds that, firstly, its freight forwarding subsidiary, SDV, is one of


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incent Bolloré is no self-made man, unlike many who make an appearance on this list. He is a scion of the Bolloré family from Brittany and


the world’s largest; and secondly, and more interestingly, if Africa is to be the focus for so much global investment over the next few years, then his company will have a hand in much of it though the numerous investments that have been made across the continent. And some of them are particularly brave. It has been


in advanced negotiations to develop a container terminal at the Somali port of Berbera.


Douglas Brittin General Manager, US Transportation Security Administration T


he US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has been instrumental in changing the way in which the air cargo industry operates,


following both 9/11 and, more recently, 2010’s game- changing October bomb scares on FedEx and UPS aircraft. It introduced 100% cargo screening, which imposed


some real challenges across the whole air freight industry. Brittin joined the TSA’s air cargo office in June 2007,


where he was responsible for the development of the certified cargo screening programme, as well as policy, fowarder programmes and technology development. He became general manager in 2010 and is now


responsible for air cargo policy, all-cargo programmes, vulnerability assessments and stakeholder relations, and has overseen a period of improved relations with the air cargo industry. He has previously worked for transport and logistics companies such as BAX Global, Panalpina, and Emery.


Jean-Louis Cambon Head of Ocean Freight, Michelin T


he head of Michelin’s ocean freight department is one of the most well-known shippers in international freight, thanks firstly to his


extensive involvement with the French shippers’ council, the AUTF, and latterly through his work with the European Shippers’ Council. He took on the chairmanship of the ESC Maritime


Transport Council in exceptionally difficult times. Firstly, his predecessor, Filip Beckers, of Mars, was tragically killed in a car accident while on holiday in the


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US, and it happened at a time when container shipping lines were in the ascendant during the restocking phase in early 2010 – when shippers were faced with serious capacity constraints and rapidly escalating freight rates. But Cambon set about his task with gusto, and from


the off was challenging the liner shipping community to improve service levels and producing detailed research which showed how slow steaming strategies increased shippers’ costs.


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