CEVA Recruits Ryan as First COO

CEVA Logistics has appointed Matthew Ryan its first chief operating officer, the company announced on July 2. He will manage the company’s global operations team and be responsible for global procurement, CEVA said.

Ryan previously was executive vice president of worldwide operations and logistics at Flextronics International, a contract manufacturer based in Singapore that specializes in electronics.

Slated to start Aug. 3, Ryan will work at CEVA’s headquarters in Hoofddorp, Netherlands. Private equity firm Apollo Management carved CEVA out of the former logistics arm of Dutch express delivery company TNT N.V. and then merged it with EGL Inc., Houston.