• Experienced Pharmaceutical Logistics Manager Thomas Handlos takes over – Current Managing Director Stefan Gerber will support transition process until 2025

Weinheim, 5 August 2024. trans-o-flex ThermoMed Austria (TMA), the network for actively temperature-controlled pharmaceutical transports at 2–8 and 15–25 °C in the Alpine Republic, is implementing a generational management switch by way of a seamless transition. Effective as of 1 August 2024, Thomas Handlos has been appointed Managing Director for the Operations division. He succeeds Stefan Gerber, who will assist Handlos in his familiarisation process until 2025 before then retiring from active professional life. “We wish to sincerely thank Stefan Gerber, who has successfully contributed to the development of trans-o-flex’s services in various positions for more than fifteen years,” said Eugen Günther, management spokesman of trans-o-flex ThermoMed Austria. “Additionally, we are pleased that the solution we have found will help to ensure a seamless transition in this important position.” Alongside Günther and Handlos, Michael Schmidt remains a part of TMA’s management, where he is responsible for the Finance division.

Handlos, who is 45 years old, has worked as a Key Account Manager at the Augustin Quehenberger Group for the past two years. Prior to that, he held various positions at the pharmaceutical delivery service transmed in Austria, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia for over seven years. Among other roles he held, he was also the Managing Director in Austria and headed the Slovakian company in Bratislava. His career also includes positions at the logistics service provider Fiege in Vienna and Schachinger Pharmalogistik & Logistik Holding, also in Vienna.