Freightos Appoints Pablo Pinillos as Chief Financial Officer

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Freightos (NASDAQ: CRGO) has appointed Pablo Pinillos as Chief Financial Officer, effective March 1, 2025. Pinillos brings over 20 years of global leadership experience in finance, strategy, and operations, with expertise in scaling high-growth tech companies.

Most recently, Pinillos served as CFO at Coincover, a blockchain software company, and previously at Bitrise, a DevOps software company. He also spent nearly 14 years at Qlik in various senior leadership roles, including VP of Strategic Growth and Business Transformation, where he supported the company's IPO and subsequent private equity acquisition.

CEO Zvi Schreiber highlighted Pinillos's experience in financial strategy and scaling high-growth businesses as key factors in his appointment to help drive Freightos's mission of digitalizing the international freight industry.

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• Appointment of seasoned CFO with 20+ years of leadership experience
• New CFO brings significant experience in scaling high-growth tech companies
• Previous experience includes supporting successful IPO and private equity acquisition

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BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- February 4, 2025 - Freightos Limited (NASDAQ: CRGO), a leading vendor-neutral digital booking and payment platform for the international freight industry, today announced the appointment of Pablo Pinillos as Chief Financial Officer, effective March 1, 2025.

Pablo Pinillos brings over 20 years of global leadership experience spanning finance, strategy, and operations, with a proven track record of scaling high-growth tech companies through strategic decision-making, financial discipline, and operational efficiency. Most recently, as CFO of Coincover, he oversaw financial operations and implemented strategic initiatives to drive growth and operational excellence at a blockchain software company. Prior to that role, he served as CFO at Bitrise, a DevOps software company, where he scaled operations and drove organizational transformation during a period of rapid growth. Earlier on, during his nearly 14-year tenure at Qlik, Mr. Pinillos held several senior leadership roles, including VP of Strategic Growth and Business Transformation. At Qlik, he led transformative initiatives to align financial and operational strategies, optimize capital allocation, and enhance efficiency. His contributions were pivotal to supporting the company's IPO and its subsequent acquisition by a private equity firm.

"Pablo's exceptional leadership across finance, operations, and strategy, combined with his experience in financial strategy and scaling high-growth businesses, make him the ideal leader to propel Freightos forward in close partnership with me, the executive team and the board," said Zvi Schreiber, CEO of Freightos. "We are excited to welcome Pablo as we continue to scale and digitalize the vast international freight industry."

Pablo Pinillos remarked, "Freightos has built a category-defining platform in international freight. I am honored to join this talented team and contribute to driving the company's continued growth, operational efficiency, and stakeholder value, as we take on the monumental task of digitalizing international freight to improve global trade."

About Freightos

Freightos® (NASDAQ: CRGO) is the leading vendor-neutral global freight booking platform. Airlines, ocean carriers, thousands of freight forwarders, and well over ten thousand importers and exporters connect on Freightos, making world trade faster, more efficient and more resilient.

The Freightos platform digitizes the trillion dollar international freight industry, supported by a suite of software solutions that span pricing, quoting, booking, shipment management, and payments for global businesses of all shapes and sizes. Products include the Freightos Marketplace, WebCargo, WebCargo for Airlines, Shipsta by Freightos, 7LFreight by WebCargo, and Clearit.

Freightos is a leading provider of real-time industry data via Freightos Terminal, which includes the world's leading spot pricing indexes, Freightos Air Index (FAX) for air cargo and Freightos Baltic Index (FBX) for container shipping.

More information is available at freightos.com/investors.

Contacts

Media:

Tali Aronsky
press@freightos.com

Investors:
Anat Earon-Heilborn
ir@freightos.com

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FAQ

When will Pablo Pinillos start as CFO of Freightos (CRGO)?

Pablo Pinillos will start as CFO of Freightos (CRGO) on March 1, 2025.

What is Pablo Pinillos's previous experience before joining Freightos (CRGO)?

Before joining Freightos, Pinillos was CFO at Coincover and Bitrise, and spent 14 years at Qlik in senior leadership roles, including VP of Strategic Growth and Business Transformation.

What are Pablo Pinillos's main responsibilities as new CFO of Freightos (CRGO)?

As CFO, Pinillos will be responsible for driving growth, operational efficiency, and stakeholder value while helping to digitalize the international freight industry.

How many years of experience does the new Freightos (CRGO) CFO have?

Pablo Pinillos brings over 20 years of global leadership experience in finance, strategy, and operations.