Wolfgang Birlin leaves the Board of Directors of HGK

Changes to the personnel of the Board of Directors of Häfen und Güterverkehr Köln AG (HGK) After eight successful years at the HGK Group, Wolfgang Birlin will leave the Executive Board of HGK AG by mutual agreement on 31 January 2023. He is also resigning from his function as Managing Director of the HGK affiliate, RheinCargo GmbH & Co. KG.

Herr Birlin started at the company on 1 May 2015. During this time he played an intensive role in the successful transition of HGK into an integrated logistics and transport services group with operations across Europe. His duties on the board of HGK AG will temporarily be carried out by Managing Directors Uwe Wedig (Chairman) and Dr Jens-Albert Oppel until a successor is found.

Wolfgang Birlin is leaving RheinCargo in order to enable an organisational and operational restructuring. As a managing director he was responsible for the rail logistics sector. This will now be taken over temporarily by RC Managing Director Jan Sönke Eckel (responsible for the port logistics & real estate division).

On behalf of the Supervisory Board, Chairwoman Susana dos Santos Herrmann thanks the departing board member for his services to the HGK Group and wishes him all the best, both personally and professionally. The Supervisory Board now has the task of managing the restructuring of RheinCargo.

Herr Birlin wishes HGK/the HGK Group much success for the future and for a continuation of the positive developments of the recent years.