Tim Scharwath, member of the management board at Kuehne + Nagel International AG responsible for global air freight, will leave the company within the next 12 months.

According to K+N, Scharwath has been with the company for 24 years and has been on the management board since 2011. He led the company’s air freight operations to become second in the world.

Succession arrangements have yet to be announced by Kuehne + Nagel.