Who’s on the move: Sept. 23, 2024

Prince Rupert Port Authority

The Prince Rupert Port Authority (PRPA) said Peter Lantin has been appointed as chair by its board of directors for a two-year term, which took effect July 1.

Initially appointed to the PRPA board of directors by the Government of British Columbia in 2019, Lantin is currently in his second term as the provincial appointee. During his tenure on the board, he has served as vice-chair, chair of the sustainability and audit committees, and as a member of the human resources and compensation committee.

Lantin has more than two decades of experience in financial administration and governance and was the elected president of the Haida Nation from 2012 to 2018. Prior to that position, he was chair for the Gwaii Trust, a society that owns and manages a perpetual fund for the benefit of all the people of Haida Gwaii. He was also the chief operating officer for TRICORP, an Indigenous-owned capital corporation that supports and finances economic development initiatives, local entrepreneurs and small business and skills and training for Indigenous communities throughout northwest B.C.

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) announced the appointment of Arturo Gutiérrez Hernández to the CPKC board of directors, effective Nov. 1.

Gutiérrez, of Monterrey, Mexico, has been the chief executive officer of Arca Continental, the second largest Coca-Cola bottler in Latin America, since January 2019.

Prior to being named CEO at Arca, Gutiérrez served as deputy chief executive officer and previously held several company positions over the last 23 years, including chief operating officer, director for the Mexico Beverages Division, along with leadership positions in human resources, planning and legal. Gutiérrez holds a law degree from the Escuela Libre de Derecho and a master’s degree in law from Harvard University.

AutoScheduler.AI

AutoScheduler.AI, a warehouse orchestration platform and WMS accelerator, has added Jordan Lawrence as vice-president, commercial strategy, to support the go-to-market strategy for its warehouse orchestration platform. Lawrence brings more than 15 years of enterprise sales and supply chain leadership across distribution, manufacturing, transportation and logistics technology.

As vice-president of commercial strategy, Lawrence will help shape and scale AutoScheduler to continue reaching its growth targets. He will work closely with clients to understand their current challenges and then deliver appropriate solutions that create value in the supply chain.