Stolt-Nielsen names Udo Lange as its next CEO
Written by Nick Blenkey
Udo Lange
London-headquartered Stolt-Nielsen, which operates the world’s largest parcel tankers fleet, has announced that, after 23 years as chief executive officer of the bulk liquid logistics giant, Niels G. Stolt-Nielsen will now step down from his role as CEO on September 1, 2023, and will assume the role of chairman of the board of Stolt-Nielsen Limited. He will be succeeded as CEO by Udo Lange.
Lange, who has more than 20 years of experience in international trade, was most recently president of Healthcare, Logistics and Americas International at FedEx Express, leading a team of more than 50,000 employees across 80 countries. He was also part of the FedEx senior management Committee which sets the strategic direction of the circa $90 billion revenue enterprise and has held several other senior roles at FedEx since joining in 2015.
Lange currently serves as a member of the White House Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force and has been involved in the task force’s Freight Logistics Optimization Works (FLOW) group. He also serves on the boards of the NASDAQ-listed e-commerce startup Freightos (CRGO), the German American Chamber of Commerce of the Southern U.S. and the Memphis Symphony Orchestra.
Lange holds a Ph.D. in economic science from the University of Duisburg, Germany and an MBA from the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany. He is also an alumnus of Harvard Business School.
