David Macken wins IIFA 2025 Young Freight Forwarder of the Year

Hawthorn Logistics Solutions Ltd is delighted and very proud to announce that one of our colleagues, David Macken, has been selected as the 2025 Young Irish Freight Forwarder of the Year by The Irish International Freight Association (IIFA).
There are more than 150 full trading members of IIFA and David emerged from all entrants to secure the award and will now proceed to represent Ireland as its Candidate for the 2025 FIATA Young Logistics Professional competition.
David joined the company in 2021 as part of our annual Apprenticeship intake and has shown remarkable aptitude and dedication for both our industry and our company. He has become an integral part of the team and is regarded very highly by all who work with him.
Hawthorn Logistics Solutions Ltd was established in 2007 and since then we have had several winners of this prestigious title through its various iterations.
William Yang Lei was our first successful entrant in 2010, followed by Silvia Valles Barrera in 2011. Silvia went on the secure the European title and continued that trend with Global success, being named World Young Freight Forwarder of the Year by FIATA.
( https://www.iifa.ie/article/irelands-silvia-valles-barrera-is-global-young-freight-forwarder-for-2011 )
Since Silvia’s success we have been lucky to have had Peter Furlong (2017), Joseph Wylie (2018) and Manuel Cristobal Diez (2021) selected to represent Ireland globally at FIATA level.
As a company we value the vibrancy and dynamism that our apprentices bring to both our work and more importantly our culture. We work with these young people to provide an environment where they can grow their industry knowledge and their own careers.
We wish David all the best in the competition to come but irrespective of that we are extremely proud of him and his achievements to date.