EV Cargo reveals operating division heads as conglomerate takes shape

EmergeVest, the private-equity firm that created EV Cargo from some of road transport’s best-known names last autumn, has revealed who will head each of its four divisions.

EV Cargo’s operating divisions and the companies that make them up are: Express (Palletforce); Global Forwarding (Allport Cargo Services); Logistics (CM Downton, NfT and Jigsaw) and Technology (software firm Adjuno).

The new senior management structure includes Palletforce CEO Michael Conroy taking on the same role at EV Cargo’s Express division.

Clyde Buntrock, vice president at Allport Cargo Services, becomes chief executive of Global Forwarding.

Adjuno chief executive Craig Sears-Black is also now chief executive of the Technology division at EV Cargo, and EV Cargo boss Heath Zarin (pictured main) doubles up as chief executive of the Logistics division.

Zarin said: “With the appointment of chief executives for each operating segment, along with key strategic management changes across the individual businesses, we’ve created a robust structure to help deliver our long-term strategy of added value to our customers and sustained growth across the group.

“One of the main priorities in creating EV Cargo was to ensure the needs of our customers are consistently met across all parts of the business. The Logistics division deals with a number of related customers and we’ve introduced a simple management structure, reporting to myself, to allow us to deliver the best service to our customers.”

EV Cargo has 9 million sq ft warehousing space, and approximately 5,000 employees including 2,200 drivers.

Despite a group turnover that would have catapulted it into 11th place in 2018’s MT Top 100 list of the largest companies in UK logistics, MT understands that the individual companies making up the EV Cargo division will retain their identities and will not be rebranded.