Jill Lewis - The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

New Secretary General for
CILT International
Kraft Foods senior Logistics Director,
Keith Newton, has been appointed
Secretary General of The Chartered
Institute of Logistics and Transport
International. He takes up the position
from 1st May 2012 in succession to
Interim Secretary General,
Colm Holmes, who steps down from
the role at the end of March. Newton
will lead the continuing development
and growth of the Institute on a global
basis.
Keith Newton’s appointment follows
the work completed by the Trustees
of CILT International in 2011 which
redefined the leadership and
management structure of the
organisation.
Newton is currently Logistics
Operations Director, UK, Ireland and
Nordics, for Kraft Foods Europe.
Prior to the Kraft acquisition in 2010,
he joined the Cadbury organisation in
1992 and held a number of supply
chain appointments across logistics
and manufacturing. These included
leading logistics best practice globally
between 2002 and 2005 and being the
Supply Director for Cadbury Ireland.
At the time of the 2010 acquisition, he
was Cadbury’s Customer Logistics
Director in the UK and Ireland, and
has since worked actively on the
programme of integrating the two
businesses. He has been an Institute
member for 30 years and is an
executive member of CILT’s Leaders in
Supply Chain.
Keith Newton will be supported by the
recent appointments of Jon Harris to
the new role of International
Professional Development
Co-ordinator and Ceri Williams as the
new International Administration
Co-ordinator.
Jon Harris has wide experience at a
senior level for over 20 years in town
and transport planning. He also
worked as CILT(UK) Director of
Policies and Technical Affairs from
2000 to 2002. He takes up his
appointment from 1st April.
Alan Waller OBE, President, CILT
International, said: ‘We are pleased
that Keith was available for the role.
He will bring a wealth of supply chain
knowledge and this will be balanced
by the passenger and freight transport
experience of Jon Harris.
These appointments complete the
Leadership Team organisation for CILT
International and will help us grow the
Institute over its next phase.’