Logistics firm C.H. Robinson names new CEO

(Reuters) -Transport and logistics firm C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc on Tuesday named Ford's Dave Bozeman as its chief executive officer, replacing Scott Anderson, who had taken over the role on an interim basis.

Bozeman was most recently in charge of Ford Blue's enthusiast vehicles unit and also led the company's customer service division.

Bozeman had also served as vice president for Amazon.com Inc's transportation services division.

Ford Motor confirmed the departure and said that Bozeman will leave the company on June 16.

Scott Anderson will continue to be on the company's board, C.H. Robinson said.

Shares of the company on Monday fell 5.3% after industry publication FreightWaves reported that the freight broker's next chief executive would be Bozeman.

(Reporting by Pratyush Thakur and Priyamvada C in Bengaluru; Editing by Shounak Dasgupta and Shweta Agarwal)