Logistics and freight management business CEVA Logistics has named a new managing director to lead its Australia and New Zealand business.
Former Fuji Xerox Australia chief operating officer Clayton Noble was announced as the new ANZ managing director this week.
Noble was responsible for running Fuji Xerox’s operational functions, including supply chain, customer support, managed services, professional services and business outsourcing services.
He also has experience in senior executive positions leading supply chain and logistics functions, with organisations including Dell (Asia Pacific and Japan), BAX Global and the Coles Myer Group.
Noble replaces Casey Fisher, who is returning to the USA to become the executive vice president of business development for CEVA’s North American operations.
“I am thrilled that Clayton has joined CEVA. I look forward to seeing him support our customers’ strategies and developing our operational footprint across Australia and New Zealand,” CEVA chief executive Xavier Urbain said.
“I would also like to thank Casey for his contribution at the helm of CEVA in Australia and New Zealand over the past three years. He played a key role in successfully restructuring the Australia and New Zealand business, introducing a new suite of offerings and increasing overall customer satisfaction”, Urbain said.
Noble said he was “excited to join CEVA in Australia and New Zealand at such an important time in the company’s evolution”.
Prior to his role as chief operating officer, Noble was executive general manager of supply chain operations at Fuji Xerox Australia from December 2010 to April 2014.
Before that he was an executive director at the computer company Dell, from September 2005 to December 2010.
Earlier roles included various executive positions over an eight-year stint at BAX Global (a former freight forwarder since integrated into DB Schenker) from September 1998 to September 2006.
He was also a logistics manager for Coles Myer for just under four years.
Noble is also a former officer in the Royal Australian Air Force, serving 15 years from 1979 to 1994.
He holds an MSc in Logistics Management (1990) from the US Air Force Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Business (1981) from the University of Southern Queensland.