movers + shakers

The Montreal Port Authority (MPA) has appointed of Nathalie Pilon as chair of the board of directors. Pilon has been a member of the MPA board since 2017, when she was appointed by the federal government. Pilon was president of ABB in Canada, member of the executive board of ABB Americas and president of Thomas & Betts Canada, where she was with the company since 1996 as vice-president of finance and information technology. Named one of Canada's Top 100 Most Powerful Women in 2011 by the Women's Executive Network, Pilon received the Leadership Award from the Association of Québec Women in Finance (AFFQ) in 2015, and in 2018, an honorary doctorate from Concordia University. She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from HEC Montreal.

Shannon Karl has joined Tecsys Inc. as chief marketing officer. Karl brings over 25 years of executive marketing experience, most recently at Intelex, where she was CMO. Previously, she was vice-president of industry marketing at SAP. She has held global and regional marketing leadership roles at IBM and PwC Consulting.

Bolloré Logistics Americas has appointed Nicolas Saignat as vice-president airfreight, Americas. Saignat is based in Calgary, and will report directly to Alexandre Yamada, vice-president solutions. Saignat has worked in the air transport industry for more than 20 years. Before joining Bolloré Logistics, he was the head of commercial, cargo at WestJet. Before that, he was vice-president for Air France KLM in the US, managing the trans-Atlantic joint venture jointly with Delta Airlines. Saignat earned a master’s degree in engineering and management from the Ecole des Mines de Saint-Etienne.

Seven aviation members have been reappointed to the Transportation Appeal Tribunal of Canada Blaine Beaven (Saskatoon, Saskatch- ewan); Yves Duguay (Sainte-Marguerite-du-LacMasson, Quebec); Deborah Warren (White Rock, British Columbia); Keith Whalen (Riverview, New Brunswick); and, Andrew Wilson (Ottawa, Ontario) have been reappointed as part-time members for four years. Fazal Bhimji (Delta, British Columbia) and William Cottick (Victoria, British Columbia) have been reappointed as parttime members for three years.

The Women In Trucking Association (WIT) has appointed Jennifer Hedrick as president and CEO. Hedrick has 17 years of association leadership experience and is a accredited by the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE). For five years she led the National Industrial Transportation League (NIT League) focusing on issues across highway, rail and ocean freight transportation. Hedrick began working with WIT in January, and formally took on full leadership responsibilities on March 16. She assumed the role from Ellen Voie who was president and CEO since she founded WIT in 2007.