While the world stayed home with their pets, many people in the pet  supplies industry had no choice but to stay on the front line to ensure  our furry friends didn’t go without. This week on Behind The Mask,  Andreas Reuther joined us to reflect on how adapting to change every day  has become routine for so many of us in 2020, and made us more  resilient as a result.

This week on Behind the Mask, host Oliver Kahrs chats to Ian Mears from Etex Group. An Englishman living in Belgium, Ian shares his views on how different nations continue to experience lockdown in different ways, recognising the global medical community for the personal sacrifices they’ve made to prioritise the health and lives of others during such difficult times. 

Day to day, Ian is Business Process Manager, Transport and Warehousing at global industrial group, Etex, where his role is all about harmonizing processes to enable expansion and growth. For him, embracing a more digital way of doing things signals the future for the building industry, whether we’re in lockdown or not. But can you guess what Ian misses the most about office life?

This week on Behind the Mask, we’re joined by Daniel Fuchs, VP of Group Partnership at Coface. Join us to get a glimpse into what recovery might look like, as Daniel provides an important reminder that the new normal will vary greatly across countries, regions and sectors.

Daniel offers an expert view of the economic crisis accelerated by Covid-19 related restrictions, and the role a global credit insurer like Coface has played in insuring trade credit and keeping the economy running. But, perhaps most importantly, what have we learned? Listen in to get Daniel’s perspective on positive trends witnessed despite the difficulty, and how there’s nothing like a crisis to drive digitalization.

We are happy to welcome Eline de Vries as a guest for our first episode of our podcast! Eline is a Dutch vlogger, content creator, truck driver and presenter. Since 2014 she’s driving trucks for the promotion of truck brands, writes about the trucking industry and has a large network in this sector.

Behind  the Mask is a new podcast from Transporeon. We’ll be discussing the  realities of life within the world of logistics — and how the Covid-19  pandemic has changed everything.

Each  week we’ll welcome a new guest to share their perspective on their area  of the industry, how the pandemic has affected their working life, and  what we can all do to stay sane and make the most of a tough situation.

Hosted  by Oliver Kahrs, Managing Director of Tim Consult, Behind the Mask  promises to deliver an insider perspective on logistics management and  life on the road.