Our Team
Martin Sieg
Managing Director and Shareholder
Martin Sieg is a highly qualified logistics professional with over 30 years of experience in the international logistics and supply chain industry. Since 2015, he has been a partner and managing director at WCL Worldwide Consultants in Logistics, where he is responsible for developing M&A, growth and go-to-market strategies for the freight forwarding and logistics industry.
Prior to his current role, he held various senior positions in global logistics companies such as Rhenus Logistics, Maersk, Bolloré and Hapag-Lloyd. At Rhenus Logistics, as CEO Air and Ocean Europe, he was responsible for all European air and ocean freight activities and managed procurement, sales, marketing, process development, controlling, M & A and human resources.
Before joining Rhenus Logistics, Martin Sieg was Global Head of Ocean Freight at DAMCO/Maersk, a global provider of freight forwarding and supply chain management services. He also worked for Bolloré for more than 13 years, most recently as Managing Director until December 2011. Martin Sieg started his career in the logistics industry as Managing Director of Hapag-Lloyd UK, a container shipping company based in Germany.
In addition to his current role at WCL and his previous executive positions, Martin Sieg has served on the advisory and supervisory boards of several start-ups and leading logistics companies.
Throughout his career, Martin Sieg has built a reputation as a skilled and experienced logistics professional with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, strategic distribution development, restructuring and change. His expertise has made him a sought-after speaker at logistics and supply chain conferences around the world.
- Elaborating M&A Strategies for seller and buyers
- Development of Growth and Go To Market strategies
- Management coaching for Start-Ups in Logistics
Christian Nebel
Shareholding Partner
Christian Nebel, born and raised in the port city of Hamburg, has a proven record of 42 years in International Freight Forwarding and Logistics across Europe, USA, and Asia Pacific. He joined WCL as a partner in April 2022 and became a shareholder in January 2023. His main activities within WCL are executive search and recruitment.
Before joining WCL in Hamburg, he worked many years in the logistics industry. His career started in 1980 as an apprentice with Schenker & Co, GmbH – today know as DB Schenker in Hamburg. He accepted a transfer to Los Angeles in 1986, taking over the ocean freight activities for Southern California.
In 1990, Christian was transferred to Schenker Hong Kong where he worked in various management positions including heading all commercial and ocean freight activities for Southern China. After 12 years in Hong Kong, he transferred to New Delhi, India and was appointed Managing Director. In 2006, he led the organization through the merger with Bax Global and took over the management of both entities. DB Schenker India became a market leader in Ocean / Airfreight and developed contract logistics as well as vertical market entry strategies under his leadership.
In 2012, Christian joint JAS as Executive Vice President Asia Pacific, based in Singapore. His main objective during the first year was to re-organise the country management structure across the region. Furthermore, he implemented an Air-and Ocean freight Product Management Organisation, followed by building a solid Key Account / Sales team in Asia.
He decided to move back to his native Germany in 2016, taking over the position of Managing Director FF at Geodis Germany. Geodis, being part of SNCF (French Railways) is a midsize logistics player in Germany with three hundred staff and 7 office location.
In 2018, Christian moved back to Hong Kong, resuming the Position as Regional CEO – Asia Pacific for Fr. Meyer`s Sohn (FMS) a privately owned Logistics Provider, based in Hamburg. FMS is a TOP 15 Global NVOCC, focusing on commodity FCL shipping activities.
Beginning of 2021, he joint Agility in Hong Kong as Regional CEO, North Asia. He was responsible for Agility´s activities in China & Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and Korea. After the take over of Agility by DSV, Christian decided to permanently move back to Hamburg.
- Multi-cultural business leader with solid experience working in the USA, Asia, India, and Europe
- Comprehensice Leadership experience to build and manage high performing teams in different companies / positions.
- Very strong interpersonal and communication skills, building relationships with business partners, clients, and network partners.