The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has a new Global Head of Cargo in the person of Brendan Sullivan; a Canadian national fluent in English and French with twenty (20) years of experience under his belt. His appointment takes effect immediately.
According to sources, Sullivan made his debut in the air cargo industry in the year 2000 at Air Canada, where he perfected his skills in dangerous goods handling – skills that prepared him to later work with IATA in 2007, where he has now been working for fourteen (14) years.
The new Global Head of Cargo has been acting in this capacity since January 2021, while simultaneously working as Head of Cargo Operations and E-Commerce – the position he held before his latest appointment.
Sullivan’s recent achievements at IATA include the creation of the One Source platform and the launching of the IATA FACE campaign. The former initiative provides information on infrastructure capabilities that are primordial to making the most of special cargo and e-commerce activities; the latter seeks to attract, develop and retain talented young people within the air cargo industry – an initiative which already boasts of two hundred (200) cargo professionals as members.
According to Nick Careen, IATA’s Senior Vice President for Operations, Safety and Security, Sullivan is fit for this office owing to his vast experience on the functionality of the cargo ecosystem, his ability to change with the times and his passion for the industry:
“Brendan will be a great Global Head of Air Cargo. He knows the industry from frontline operations to the development of global standards. He recognizes the critical need for modernization to meet the needs of air cargo’s biggest business opportunities—e-commerce and special cargo. And he has the passion to drive a post-crisis agenda that will strengthen air cargo’s contribution to the global economy and to the airline business.”
