John Batten is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Gateway Services for Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA). He was previously the WFS CEO Gateway Services of Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA). He joined the company in 2015 as the Executive Vice President for WFS Business Development. He later took on the role of EVP for WFS’ cargo operations in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
John has over 45 years of senior leadership experience in the aviation industry. Before joining WFS, John was executive vice president of Cargo at Swissport. Prior to this, he was senior vice president of cargo at Qatar Airways and also held a leadership position at TNT and TNT Airways and was responsible for setting up the airline. He has been an active member of IATA working groups on e-Freight, e-AWB and Cargo 2000/CargoIQ.