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#103: Essa Al-Saleh Chairman of the Board of Volta Trucks
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#103: Essa Al-Saleh Chairman of the Board of Volta Trucks

Leaders in Supply Chain and Logistics Podcast

December 23, 202032m 34s

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Show Notes

Essa Al-Saleh joined Volta Trucks as the Chairman of the Board in October 2020. Volta Trucks is an electric vehicle manufacturer. Volta has set out to create an all-electric truck specifically to be used in and around cities and urban areas.

In addition to Volta Trucks, Essa is the CEO of Agitero AG, an advisory and investment business based in Switzerland.  Prior to this, Essa was the President and CEO of Agility’s Global Integrated Logistics (GIL), based in Baar, Switzerland.  He had been with Agility since 1998 and assumed the CEO of Agility Global Integrated Logistics in 2007. During his time at Agility, Essa led the transformation of Agility GIL from a 300 person operation in one country into one of the top ten global logistics businesses, with over $4 billion in revenues operating in over 100 countries with more than 18,000 people.

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Some of the highlights of the episode:

  • From being an engineer to a CEO
  • Growing Agility from 400 people to a global company and 18000 staff
  • Learning from mistakes and being curious
  • Books that influenced Essa’s career
  • Finding the balance between strategy and execution
  • Trends in automation and upskilling people

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