XPO Logistics, Inc. Appoints Christine Robinne as Head of Technology for Europe
September 28, 2021 at 07:00 am EDT
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XPO Logistics has announced the appointment of Christine Robinne to lead the company’s technology organization and digital strategy in Europe. She will report to Luis Gomez, president – Europe, and to Mario Harik, XPO’s chief information officer. Robinne joins XPO from Heineken International, where she most recently led the digitalization of Heineken’s operations in Europe as director of transformation and technology. Earlier, she served as Heineken’s information technology director for Europe and chief information officer for France. She began her career with Quaker Oats (France) as a programmer and project manager. Robinne holds a master’s degree in computer science. XPO provides technology-enabled freight transportation solutions for customers across a range of supply chains in Europe, including food and beverage, e-commerce, industrial and consumer goods, as well as the Tour de France and other world-class events. In 2021, XPO was named one of the World's Most Admired Companies by Fortune magazine for the fourth consecutive year.
XPO, Inc. is a provider of freight transportation services. The Company moves goods through its customers supply chains in North America and Europe. It operates through two segments: North American Less-Than-Truckload (LTL), and European Transportation. The North American LTL segment provides shippers with geographic density and day-definite domestic and cross-border services to the United States (U.S.), as well as Mexico, Canada, and the Caribbean. It also includes trailer manufacturing operations. The European Transportation segment offers a range of services, such as truckload, LTL, truck brokerage, managed transportation, last mile, freight forwarding and multimodal solutions, including road-rail and road-short sea combinations. It serves a base of customers in consumer, trade, and industrial markets. The Company offers XPO Connect, a cloud-based digital platform for transportation procurement that encompasses a freight optimizer system, shipper interface and carrier interface.