Group Management
The President and Chief Executive Officer lead the work performed by Group Management and make decisions in consultation with members of Group Management.
Group Management is responsible for day-to-day financial and commercial management and follow-up in the Group. It also strives to continually achieve synergies, identify acquisitions and structural opportunities as well as to adapt group operations to market demands and short and long-term developments. Group Management makes sure that the competence and capacity of the Group is coordinated and adjusted to be as useful and profitable as possible in the short and long term.
Elanders’ Group Management consists of Florian Beck, President and Group CEO, Supply Chain Solutions (LGI), President, Åsa Vilsson, Group CFO, Charles Ickes, Supply Chain Solutions (Bergen Logistics), President, Simon Sim, Supply Chain Solutions (Mentor Media), President, Tim Bloch, Supply Chain Solutions (Kammac & Bishopsgate), President, as well as Sven Burkhard, Print & Packaging Solutions, President.
Group Management meets on a quarterly basis, often in conjunction with a visit to a unit within the Group.
Florian Beck
President and Group CEO. Supply Chain Solutions (LGI), President.
b. 1987.
Employed since 2015. Education in Business Administration and Supply Chain Management. More than 15 years of experience in contract logistics and business development and has held various senior positions within the Group in Europe and North America.
Shareholding (own and related parties): 2,000 Class B shares.
Åsa Vilsson
Group CFO.
b. 1982.
Employed since 2014. Master of Science in Business Administration. Auditor during 2007-2013. Authorized Public Accountant 2011.
Shareholding (own and related parties): 2,200 Class B shares.
Charles Ickes
Group COO.
Supply Chain Solutions (Bergen Logistics), President.
b. 1969.
Employed since 2021. Has been with the company for the last five years, mainly working as the Chief Operations Officer in North America. Previously Chief Logistics Officer for Rent the Runway in the USA.
Shareholding (own and related parties): 10,000 Class B shares.
Simon Sim
Supply Chain Solutions (Mentor Media), President.
b. 1977.
Employed since 2025. Bachelor’s degree in Communication (Public Relations), Master of Business in Marketing, and Professional Doctorate in Digital Commerce. More than 20 years of experience in contract logistics and has held senior positions at several of Asia’s leading logistics companies, including the past 7 years as managing director at YSG Pte Ltd in Singapore.
Shareholding (own and related parties): None.
Tim Bloch
Supply Chain Solutions (Kammac & Bishopsgate), President.
b. 1964.
Employed since 2024. CEO of Bishopsgate Newco Ltd, a company within the Elanders Group, and has a long and solid experience in contract and third-party logistics. Has led the team at Bishopsgate since 2007, through 18 years of solid growth and development.
Shareholding (own and related parties): None.
Sven Burkhard
Print & Packaging Solutions, President.
b. 1985.
Employed since 2017 and prior to that was employed at, among other places, the German company Flyeralarm. Education in Graphic Technology, Design and Business Administration. More than 15 years’ experience in printing technologies, E-commerce, Product Management and Business Development.
Shareholding (own and related parties): 12,000 Class B shares.