Olivier Prigent Appointed VP Freight Forwarding at InstaFreight

InstaFreight, one of the fastest-growing logistics scale-ups in Europe, is strengthening its leadership team with the newly created position of Vice President Freight Forwarding. Olivier Prigent took on this role at the beginning of February this year to drive further growth and profitability within the 3PL department.

(Berlin) Olivier Prigent, who was born in France in August 1973, is fluent in German and English in addition to his native language and learned the freight forwarding business from the ground up. Before joining InstaFreight, he worked for over a decade as Vice President IDC and Director Sales at DHL Freight Euronet.

“InstaFreight has made a name for itself in European logistics over the past few years and has shown how new technological approaches can make European land transport better, more sustainable, and more efficient. I am very proud to be part of this success story now and look forward to further developing the 3PL business together with the founding team,” says Olivier Prigent.

“We are very pleased that Olivier Prigent, an outstanding logistics expert, will take on the newly created position in our organization. With his leadership experience and comprehensive commercial and operational understanding, we will have a strong foundation for managing our 3PL business, as well as accelerating our growth and increasing our profitability,” says Maximilian Schäfer, Managing Director and Co-Founder of InstaFreight.

Photo: © InstaFreight / Image caption: The native Frenchman Olivier Prigent is the new Vice President Freight Forwarding at InstaFreight.