Jan Harnisch and Tobias König take over at Rhenus

Jan Harnisch and Tobias König have been appointed global co-chief executives of Rhenus Air & Ocean. 
 
Under the new co-leadership structure, they will aim to accelerate global growth.
 
Specific key areas for König include strategic customer relationship development, industry verticals and marketing. 
 
Harnisch’s duties will include leading the direction for volume growth, product and service innovation as well as operational excellence. 
 
Harnisch joined Rhenus as a business development manager in China in 2012 before moving to Singapore to take up the role of regional product ocean freight head of Asia and the ceo of Far East Asia region. He was then promoted to global coo of products Air & Ocean in Germany prior to this latest role.  
 
König started his career with Rhenus in 2008 in Rhenus Port Logistics as an assistant to the board and moving to the sales role in 1.5 years.
 
In 2011, Rhenus Projects Logistics was founded, and König became the managing director. From 2020 onwards, he took over the position of global coo of Rhenus Air & Ocean before being named as the ceo. 

Jan Harnisch and Tobias König take over at Rhenus

Jan Harnisch and Tobias König have been appointed global co-chief executives of Rhenus Air & Ocean. 
 
Under the new co-leadership structure, they will aim to accelerate global growth.
 
Specific key areas for König include strategic customer relationship development, industry verticals and marketing. 
 
Harnisch’s duties will include leading the direction for volume growth, product and service innovation as well as operational excellence. 
 
Harnisch joined Rhenus as a business development manager in China in 2012 before moving to Singapore to take up the role of regional product ocean freight head of Asia and the ceo of Far East Asia region. He was then promoted to global coo of products Air & Ocean in Germany prior to this latest role.  
 
König started his career with Rhenus in 2008 in Rhenus Port Logistics as an assistant to the board and moving to the sales role in 1.5 years.
 
In 2011, Rhenus Projects Logistics was founded, and König became the managing director. From 2020 onwards, he took over the position of global coo of Rhenus Air & Ocean before being named as the ceo.