Toll promotes Partridge in South Africa

· Monday, November 12, 2012

   Toll Global Forwarding (TGF) has promoted Geoff Partridge to managing director of its South African operation.
   He was previously operations director, and replaces Vincent Magnus who is retiring at the end of 2012.
   Partridge and Magnus were co-founders of the business in 1989, when it was started as Clover Cargo. In 1995, Brian Wicht joined the partnership, establishing the company’s Western Cape operation. In 2010 Toll acquired a majority shareholding, purchasing the remaining shares in 2011.
   TGF South Africa has broadened its activities to include import customs brokerage, supply chain services and export forwarding. It has six offices, located in Johannesburg (head office, airport, and a logistics facility), Cape Town, Durban and Port Elisabeth.

Chris Gillis

Located in the Washington, D.C. area, Chris Gillis primarily reports on regulatory and legislative topics that impact cross-border trade. He joined American Shipper in 1994, shortly after graduating from Mount St. Mary’s College in Emmitsburg, Md., with a degree in international business and economics.