Kuehne + Nagel International AG has announced the appointment of Markus Blanka-Graff as the new CFO. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Board, with the appointment taking effect on July 1, 2014, the date on which his predecessor, Gerard van Kesteren, will retire after 25 years service with the company. Since 2009 he has been based at the headquarters of the Kuehne + Nagel Group in Schindellegi, first as Head of Corporate Accounting and since 2012 as Director of Corporate Finance and Investor Relations.