Jean Luc Bessade is Managing Director Central Europe for GXO Logistics, the world’s largest pure-play contract logistics provider. He has been with the company for over 25 years. Jean Luc began his career in logistics as a site manager, advancing steadily into project management roles and then leadership positions in France, Russia and Poland. In his current position, he is responsible for GXO’s Central Europe region — including Poland, Czech Republic and Romania — which provides industry-leading logistics services to blue-chip customers from the ecommerce, fashion, FMCG and retail industries. Jean Luc is a graduate of Université Saint Jérôme Marseille in France.