Arriva Group has announced the appointment of Gianfranco Sgro as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective from 1st October 2025.
Sgro joins the public transport company after almost 11 years at Kuehne+Nagel, the global logistics firm, where he currently serves as Executive Vice President for Contract Logistics. In that role, he leads a business valued at CHF 5 billion (£4.4 billion) with approximately 53,000 employees across 45 countries. He is also a member of the company’s Management Board.
Prior to this, Sgro was Chief Operating Officer for Latin America at Pirelli and held various leadership positions at Ceva Logistics.
David Martin, Executive Chair at Arriva Group, said: “I’m delighted that Gianfranco is joining Arriva at such an important time for our Group. His wealth of experience running complex, high value operational businesses through periods of growth, innovation and change means he’s ideally positioned to lead this company. He has an exceptional track record in growing and developing successful businesses and I’m confident that under his leadership we will strengthen our ambition to be the leading passenger transport partner across Europe”.
Gianfranco Sgro commented: “It’s an incredibly important time for the public transportation sector, which plays a huge role in some of the big societal issues like decarbonisation and urbanisation that face the world today. I’m excited by the tremendous opportunity ahead of us and I’m looking forward to working with talented teams across the UK and Europe to deliver against the Group’s ambitions”.
