CEVA Appoints Mate Szombathelyi as Country Manager of Hungary

JOC Staff |
CEVA Logistics, a leading global supply chain management company, has announced the appointment of Mate Szombathelyi as Country Manager of Hungary.

Mate has eight years experience in the logistics industry and joined CEVA in 2006 as Sales Manager in Hungary. He was then promoted to Regional Sales Manager for Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania in 2008. Prior to joining CEVA, Mate worked for DHL Global Forwarding as Sales Executive and Tradelane Manager for North America.

In his new role, Mate is responsible for growing CEVA’s business and operational capability across both Freight Management and Contract Logistics operations in Hungary and reports to Piotr Zborowski, CEVA‘s Senior Vice President, Eastern Europe.

Piotr Zborowski, CEVA’s Senior Vice President, Eastern Europe said: “With his strong background in the logistics industry and international experience, I am confident in Mate’s ability to drive forward our integrated Freight Management and Contract Logistics activities and services and that he will accelerate our business growth in Hungary.”

Mate Szombathelyi holds a Master's degree in Economics from University of Pécs, Hungary.

For more information contact:

Veronika Brázdilová
Marketing & Communication Specialist
+420 224 241 146
veronika.brazdilova@cevalogistics.com


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