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Grand Cross for Dreeke

03.02.2025
BREMEN. At an official ceremony in Bremen last October, the Ambassador of Finland to Germany, Kai Sauer (centre), presented the Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland to Frank Dreeke (left), Chairman of the BLG LOGISTICS GROUP Management Board and Honorary Consul of Finland. During the ceremony, Sauer emphasised Dreeke’s extraordinary accomplishments in nurturing relations between Finland and Germany on an economic, cultural and social level. He has been reinforcing the existing bridges between both countries and building new ones since 2013.

Credits: BLG LOGISTICS

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