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Article: PROFILE: Martin Gwynn.
- Article from:
- Logistics Manager
- Article date:
- September 4, 2009
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High flying Gist chief executive Martin Gwynn talks to Lucy Tesseras about the company's ethos, the #2bn M&S deal and why he chose logistics over being a pilot.
The industry has been rife with reports of redundancies, cut backs, closures and bankruptcy of late, so it makes a refreshing change to hear that third party logistics firm Gist is steaming on regardless, providing a glimmer of joy in a sector where many have been bitten hard by the credit crunch.
Gist has signed and renewed a number of contracts in the past year, most notably the landmark ten-year deal with Marks & Spencer worth an estimated #2 billion - a sizeable contract at any time, but ...