London, UK: Clare Bottle has been appointed as the UK Warehousing Association’s new chief executive.
Bottle takes over from Peter Ward who retires after last six years leading the organisation. Bottle was previously at Coca-Cola Europacific Partners as associate director of warehousing, responsible for managing 3PL contracts and running in-house warehousing in the UK.
Her career includes managing logistics projects for clients such as Kuehne+Nagel, M&S, Yodel and Bunzl. Later, she became national logistics manager for Lafarge Tarmac before joining Coca-Cola in 2015.
Also changing at Ukwa is the chair of the board: Neil Bowker, commercial director, Bowker Group, takes on the role from Nicola Ridges-Jones, managing director, MS Holdings (South).
