18 August 2026
Life Couriers gains new CEO with sale to private equity firm
Munich, Germany-based Life Couriers, a provider of expedited and temperature-controlled logistics services with a core competence in the healthcare sector, has been acquired by private equity firm JLL Partners, the companies announced on Monday. Concurrently, Life Couriers named Edward DeMartini as CEO. DeMartini served until October as CEO of The Quick Group of Companies, a global time-critical logistics and priority transport provider owned by Kuehne+Nagel. Prior to Quick Group, DeMartini was vice president airfreight development at Kuehne+Nagel, where he held a number of leadership roles over 12 years. His experience at Quick (Quick Logistics, QuickSTA and Sterling) supporting the pharma, biotech, life sciences, technology, aviation, automotive and semiconductor industries with white-glove solutions fits the type of work conducted by Life Couriers.
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