Iberian Network Established

The internationalization of LogCoop GmbH is gaining momentum with the addition of non-German members. Elisabet Castro Gomez is responsible for this on the Iberian peninsula. The daughter of Spanish parents speaks five languages fluently and has lived in Spain and Italy for several years. Her linguistic and intercultural skills will benefit LogCoop as well as her management skills and many years of experience in dealing with clients. In the past three months alone, it has acquired 14 new members, eight of them from Spain. The goal is to expand the LogCoop network there and to open a branch office on January 1, 2020.

“If we take the technical as well as the cultural characteristics of the various European countries into account, we are particularly successful there,” says Marc Possekel, Managing Director of LogCoop GmbH. For this reason, the cooperation for the expansion of a geographical region always employs people who are linguistically and culturally at home in the respective country. That works, shows Elisabet Castro Gomez. The 55-year-old is significantly involved in the expansion of LogCoop in Spain and Portugal. “The acquisition of new members on the Iberian Peninsula is progressing so well that we plan to open a branch in Alicante on January 1, 2020,” says Possekel. Castro Gomez has set an even more ambitious goal: she considers it realistic at the end of October. For the expansion of the network in Spain, Alicante is strategically located. “All major logistics locations in the country are no more than 500 kilometers from there

Castro Gomez will manage the Spanish LogCoop office. “She is the ideal cast for it,” Possekel is sure. In addition to German, Spanish is also the mother tongue of the native of Stuttgart, and she also has fluent English, Italian and French skills. She also spent 17 years in Spain and five years in Rome, during which time she gained the intercultural skills necessary for her current position. Originally from the fashion industry, in 2014 she discovered the logistics industry. Prior to joining LogCoop in October 2018, she worked for almost five years as Area Manager for DACH at the Spanish freight exchanges WTransnet and Qualis Logistics, with in-depth knowledge of customer service and management. She herself says about her current position: “I am confident that I can continue to drive LogCoop forward with full commitment and have found a professional challenge here.” In the foreseeable future, the passionate rider and sailor will move to her dream home in Alicante, when the LogCoop Network in Spain developed as expected. On 18 October, Castro Gomez will travel to Barcelona for the network event WConnecta. The network event is an opportunity to meet existing members, introduce LogCoop to interested logistics companies and make initial contacts for collaboration.