Phoenix Announces New Vice President of North America

Wood Dale, Illinois - January 20, 2010 - Phoenix International Freight Services, Limited is pleased to announce the promotion of Mike Short to the newly-created position of Vice President, North America.

Short joined the company in 1999 as the St. Louis branch sales manager, and steadily advanced to the positions of St. Louis general manager, central regional manager, and now vice president of North America.

"Mike took over from me our second largest-producing branch in 2001, and doubled its size; generating $60 million in new revenue while increasing the staff from 40 to 150," said president and chief executive officer Stephane Rambaud. Rambaud opened St. Louis in 1988 as the company's fourth location. "In his new position Mike will use his proven expertise to further the continued growth of Phoenix's 24 U.S. offices."

Short's accomplishments also include successful branch startups and consistently hiring and developing many of the company's top-producing sales representatives.

"First move will be to analyze current business practices to help our branch managers better craft optimal solutions designed to surpass customer needs; while ideally also bolstering work environments leading to increased productivity," said Short.

Phoenix International is the largest privately-owned international freight forwarder, NVOCC and Customs broker headquartered in North America, with 1900 employees in 73 global offices and sales exceeding
$733 Million.