Supply chain technology provider Descartes Systems named freight industry veteran David Beatson to its board of directors.

Beatson, a former president and CEO of Emery Worldwide and Circle International, has been working as a consultant on strategic planning and mergers and acquisitions since leaving logistics provider Panalpina early last year.

"We look forward to David's strategic insight, not only as a global logistics industry veteran, but also as a successful executive familiar with the tremendous value that logistics technology can bring to transportation and logistics services provider markets," said Arthur Mesher, Descartes' CEO and member of the board of directors.

Based in Ontario, Canada, Descartes on-demand software to transportation, logistics and other industries.

Beatson is CEO of Ascent Advisors and is an industry representative member of the executive advisory committee to the National Industrial Transportation League.

Paul Page