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Florian Kollmann, currently Head of Sea Freight at the Geis Group, will be appointed Deputy Managing Director of the Air + Sea Services Germany division with effect from 1 April.
Over the course of a one-year transition phase, Florian Kollmann will be systematically prepared for his future responsibilities. As of 2027, he will assume the role of Managing Director for the German market, while Klaus Hrazdira will continue to be responsible for the entire Air + Sea Services division across Europe.
With this decision, we are filling a key leadership position with an internal candidate. Florian Kollmann has been with our company since December 2018 and has led the Air + Sea location in Fulda for the past seven years. At the beginning of 2025, he was also appointed to our management board, where he has played a key role in further developing our sea freight business. His strong performance in this role within a short period of time was a decisive factor in our decision.
“We are very pleased to appoint Florian Kollmann, a long-standing internal leader, to this important position,” says Klaus Hrazdira. “He has an in-depth understanding of our business, our customers and our strategic direction, and has demonstrated outstanding expertise, commitment and strategic vision over the past years.”
With the appointment of Florian Kollmann, we are consistently continuing the restructuring of our Air + Sea Services business initiated in April 2025. At that time, overall responsibility for the division was assigned to Klaus Hrazdira, establishing a centralized European structure.
A key role – especially during last year’s transition phase – was played by the management team of Geis Air + Sea Germany, consisting of Sabine Geis, Ralph Hess, Ralf Mihm and Florian Kollmann. Over the past 14 months, this team has been responsible for operations in the German market and has made a significant contribution to the successful development of the business.
“Over the past twelve months, Florian Kollmann has impressively demonstrated his ability to take on additional responsibility and actively contribute to shaping our strategic direction,” say Managing Partners Hans-Wolfgang Geis and Jochen Geis. “This is why we deliberately opted for an internal solution. It stands for continuity, stability and reliability – especially at a time when we are consistently advancing the strategic direction we initiated last year for our Air + Sea Services business.”