PETROLEUM DIRECTORY: Lynden Air Freight names Tony Ruiz new accounting director

Lynden Air Freight, a full service air and ocean freight forwarder, has appointed Tony Ruiz to director of general accounting, the company said in mid-January.

Based in the company’s Seattle corporate office, Ruiz will oversee Lynden’s general accounting staff and lead all financial accounting activities for Lynden Air Freight and its group of managed companies.

Ruiz previously worked 14 years with Bestfoods Baking Co., most recently as Northwest market controller. His 22 years accounting experience also includes eight in the public sector.

Lynden Air Freight is part of the Lynden family of companies, whose combined capabilities includes domestic and international air forwarding, international ocean forwarding, trade show shipping, truckload and less-than- truckload transportation, scheduled and charter barges, intermodal bulk chemical hauls, scheduled and chartered air freighters, sanitary bulk commodities hauling and multi-modal logistics.

For more information on the Lynden group of companies go to http://www.lynden.com