Lineage Logistics has appointed Brooke Miller as president of its Asia-Pacific (APAC) operations. In this role, she will oversee the cold storage logistics company’s business across the region, including in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.
Miller brings to Lineage a broad range of senior executive experience across profit and loss leadership, strategy, finance, sales and marketing. Most recently, she led the Asia-Pacific region of Castro, a BP-owned $2 billion company that supplies high-performance lubricants to the automotive, industrial, marine, and aerospace industries. In that capacity she was responsible for a team of 900 employees working in 11 countries. Prior to this position, Miller was Castrol’s vice president of retail, sales and marketing. She also served as chief financial officer for BP Australia, New Zealand and China, responsible for the strategic and operational leadership of the B2C and B2B business.
“Brooke brings awesome experience in building and scaling successful businesses across Asia-Pacific markets, and I am confident she will be instrumental to the success of our operations in the region Her customer-centric approach and proven track record in logistics and transportation will critically drive efforts to create additional value for customers across the region’s food supply chain,” said Jeff Rivera, Lineage’s global chief operating officer, to whom she will report.
“I am delighted to join Lineage as the company continues to deliver the most comprehensive and integrated solutions for our customers and working to create a broader, more connected food supply chain for the region’s growing population,” said Miller. “I look forward to working with our facility teams to reinforce the highest safety and operational standards as well as the superior customer service excellence our customers, which include many of the most respected regional and global food brands, have come to expect from Lineage.”
Novi, Michigan, USA-headquartered Lineage Logistics marked its entrance to the Asia-Pacific region with the purchase of Emergent Cold in 2020. Since then, it has expanded organically and through acquisition in all regional markets in which it operates, most recently announcing purchases in both New Zealand and Singapore. Globally, the company operates a network of over 400 refrigerated warehouses offering nearly 2 billion cubic feet of capacity across North America, Europe and the APAC region.
