Express Trailers Ltd stalwart Franco Azzopardi has left the transport and logistics company after 10 years as Group CEO, he shared on Monday.
“So, today 31st October 2022 marks the day I close the ‘Orange’ episode of my life,” Mr Azzopardi wrote on social media, referencing the company’s ‘orange community’.
“It’s been an exciting 10 years in the driving seat of Express Trailers,” he said.
Mr Azzopardi shared that his mandate as CEO was “to build an organisation to last”, and that he considers his personal “hallmark goals” during his time at the helm to have been accomplished. Here, he cites his goals as having been to train the public beam on the logistics and freight industry, restructuring towards comparability with listed companies, good governance, respect towards all stakeholders – especially external ones, to invest in people and finally, to build a lasting corporation.
“Bidding farewells is hard but looking to the future, filling the unwritten chapters that remain in the book of my life, is an exciting déjà-vu,” Mr Azzopardi continued.
He concluded by saying that now it is all about “looking and listening in all directions. It’s the way of the warrior. It’s awakening the spirit within me. Episode closed. Back to the future.”
Mr Azzopardi initially joined Express Trailers as Group Chairman in 2011, before he was then named Group CEO a year later. His time as the former came to an end in 2021.
Apart from his role at the logistics company, he is also Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee at APS Bank, two positions he has served in for more than 13 years. Mr Azzopardi is also Director and Chairman of the Audit Committees at both RS2 Software Group and Grand Harbour Marina plc. He is also Founder and Principal at Franco Azzopardi Consulting and InstituteOfKarate.com.
Mr Azzopardi holds a Master of Science in Finance from University of Leicester and is a Fellow Member at both Malta Institute of Accountants and UK-based Institute of Directors.
Express Trailers is a leading transport and logistics company connecting Malta to mainland Europe, the Mediterranean, North Africa, China, North and South America, the Middle and the Far East, by road, air and sea. It services its clients’ supply chain needs in industrial, fashion and retail, food and beverage, oil and gas, and various other sectors. Its ‘orange community’ is made up of its employees, shareholders, and stakeholders, who share the company’s “same commitment to excellence, experience and expertise”. The community also includes its partners and customers who “recognise this commitment and keep choosing Express Trailers as their transport and logistics partner of trust”.
