Greenwich, Connecticut, USA: GXO Logistics has promoted Adrian Stoch to the newly created role of chief automation officer. The role, reporting to chief executive Malcolm Wilson, has global responsibility for “establishing industry-leading automation capabilities to be deployed across GXO’s network, generating new business opportunities”.
“Given the outsized customer demand we are seeing for technology and automated solutions, we are intensifying focus on this critical growth driver to create ever better experiences and offerings for our customers, as we establish GXO as the undisputed leader in automated supply chain capabilities,” said Wilson.
The CAO will have responsibility for a team of global technology leaders that will focus on automating and optimizing the main warehouse process paths, as well as collaborating across the company in areas such as artificial intelligence (AI) and digital integration.
Previously, Stoch was consumer division president in GXO’s Americas & Asia Pacific region.
