Mundt and Wolke-Hanenkamp New in the Management Board of NOSTA

NOSTA Holding GmbH is expanding its management level: Andreas Wolke-Hanenkamp and Peter Mundt are joining as full-fledged managing directors in the steering committee alongside CEO Nicolas Gallenkamp, COO Marcus Thoben, and CFO Florian Körner. The two previous authorized signatories will now focus exclusively on the business of the parent company as COO Road & Rail and COO Sea & Air, relinquishing their responsibilities as managing directors of NOSTA Logistics GmbH and NOSTA Sea & Air GmbH.

(Osnabrück) With the new organizational structure, the internationally operating full-service logistics provider NOSTA aims to create ideal conditions for the future development of new markets.

“The NOSTA Group is currently intensively on an international expansion course. While Germany, as our home market, will continue to generate the lion’s share of our revenue, we see the greatest growth potential abroad,” says Nicolas Gallenkamp, CEO of NOSTA Holding GmbH. For this reason, the Osnabrück logistics company aims to stabilize its already established foreign markets, such as the Netherlands, Poland, and the USA, and gain new market shares there. On the other hand, Gallenkamp intends to position the existing services in the areas of road transport, rail transport, air and sea freight, contract logistics, e-commerce, and consulting in completely new markets in North and Central America as well as Eastern Europe. “For this mission, we need structures that we can grow into, as well as a global management board that can primarily focus on internationalization,” says the CEO. The appointment of Andreas Wolke-Hanenkamp and Peter Mundt to the management of the holding and the structured handover of previous responsibilities is therefore the next logical step.

“Both board members have been valued colleagues for a long time and bring extensive expert knowledge – a clear enrichment for the management,” praises Gallenkamp. Wolke-Hanenkamp, who has been with the company since 1991 and is thus a NOSTA veteran, served as managing director (CEO) of NOSTA Logistics GmbH from 2007 until recently. The trained freight forwarding merchant and business economist was responsible for the business units warehousing and logistics Germany as well as for the strategic overall development of the company. In 2021, the now 54-year-old was appointed as an authorized signatory to the management board of NOSTA Holding.

Various Leadership Positions in International Freight Forwarding

Mundt has also been active in the logistics industry for more than 40 years. From 1988 to 2005, he built the Hanseatic freight forwarding company Gebr. Hirdes into one of the leading German air and sea freight forwarders for the North American market in his role as managing director. He has also held various leadership positions in the international freight forwarding industry. Since 2019, the native Hamburger and experienced sea and air freight expert has been driving the strategic direction of NOSTA Group’s international sea and air freight activities as managing director of NOSTA Sea & Air GmbH. Additionally, he was responsible for the American business as CEO of NOSTA Logistics Corp. The 63-year-old has also been a member of the management board of NOSTA Holding since 2019 – previously as an authorized signatory.

Photo: © NOSTA / Caption: Peter Mundt (left) is moving up to the management board of NOSTA Holding GmbH as COO Sea & Air. Andreas Wolke-Hanenkamp (right) will also move up to the management board as COO Road & Rail