Agility Global
A Kuwait-based, Abu Dhabi-listed multi-business owner and investor focused on logistics, transportation and strategic infrastructure.
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Overview
Agility Global PLC is a Kuwait-based multi-business owner, operator and long-term investor whose portfolio spans logistics, transportation, aviation services, fuel logistics, industrial real estate, e-commerce logistics, remote-site services and public-sector logistics. Although the group’s earlier business identity was closely associated with Agility Logistics, the Agility Global entity represents a broader portfolio following major changes to its operating structure and investment holdings. The company began trading on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange in 2024. Its principal operating businesses include Menzies Aviation, Tristar and Agility Logistics Parks. Menzies Aviation provides aviation ground services and related airport support. Its roots in the wider Agility group trace back to National Aviation Services, which began operating at one Kuwaiti airport in 2003 and expanded across emerging markets in the Middle East and Africa. Agility acquired Menzies Aviation in 2022 and combined it with National Aviation Services, creating a large aviation-services platform by geographic reach. In 2025, Menzies expanded further through the acquisition of G2 Secure Staff. Tristar is a Dubai-based fuel-logistics company founded in 1998. Agility acquired a stake in the business in 2003. Tristar provides fuel transportation, storage and maritime logistics services and operates across multiple continents. Its activities include tanker operations and logistics for energy-sector customers. Agility Logistics Parks develops and operates industrial and logistics real estate in the Middle East, South Asia and Africa. Its portfolio includes warehousing and logistics facilities in markets such as Saudi Arabia, India and Côte d’Ivoire. The business has incorporated energy-efficiency and green-building standards into selected facilities, including EDGE Advanced-certified warehouses in Côte d’Ivoire and Saudi Arabia. Agility Global’s investment portfolio also includes a minority holding in DSV, one of the world’s largest freight-forwarding and logistics companies. This interest arose from the 2021 sale of Agility’s Global Integrated Logistics business to DSV in an all-share transaction. Global Integrated Logistics had been assembled between 2003 and 2020 through more than 40 acquisitions, ultimately forming a network of more than 550 offices in over 100 countries. Agility also holds an interest in Reem Mall, a retail and entertainment development in Abu Dhabi that opened to visitors in 2023. Other businesses associated with the group include Alliad, Agility Defense & Government Services, Shipa, Labco, United Projects for Aviation Services Company and MicroClear by Inspection & Control Services. Together, these operations give Agility Global a portfolio model rather than the profile of a single-service freight-forwarding company. Sustainability is managed through a group-level framework under which operating companies establish sector-specific environmental and social programs. Agility has reported net-zero commitments by 2050 or earlier from businesses representing more than 96% of its workforce and more than 90% of its greenhouse-gas emissions. Its social-impact activities include education, digital skills, humanitarian relief and community investment. The group has also participated in the Logistics Emergency Team since 2006, supporting humanitarian responses coordinated through the United Nations World Food Programme-led Logistics Cluster.
History
Agility Global’s business history combines the development of a Kuwait-based logistics group with later diversification into aviation services, fuel logistics, industrial real estate and strategic investments. The group’s earlier identity was strongly associated with Agility Logistics and its Global Integrated Logistics division, but the present Agility Global structure is broader and is organized around multiple operating companies and investment assets. Aviation services became an important part of the group’s portfolio through National Aviation Services, commonly known as NAS. NAS began operations in Kuwait in 2003 from a single airport and subsequently expanded into aviation-support markets across the Middle East and Africa. In 2022, Agility acquired Menzies Aviation and combined the business with NAS. The transaction created a larger aviation-services platform with a broad international airport network. Menzies Aviation continued its expansion in 2025 through the acquisition of G2 Secure Staff, which increased the combined business’s stated presence to 350 airports in 65 countries. Agility also acquired a stake in Tristar in 2003. Tristar had been founded in Dubai in 1998 and developed into a fuel-logistics company providing transportation, storage and maritime services. Its operations serve energy and industrial customers in numerous countries and include a fleet of more than 20 tankers. The business reported approximately US$1.2 billion in revenue for fiscal 2024 according to the reference material. The group’s logistics-real-estate activities developed under Agility Logistics Parks. Beginning in the Gulf, the platform expanded into the Middle East, India and Africa. In Saudi Arabia, it operates more than 1.5 million square metres of warehousing across Riyadh, Dammam and Jeddah. Selected facilities have pursued high-efficiency building standards. Warehouses in Côte d’Ivoire and Riyadh were described as the first EDGE Advanced-certified logistics facilities in West Africa and the Middle East, respectively. A major structural turning point came in 2021, when Agility sold its Global Integrated Logistics business to the Danish logistics company DSV in an all-shares transaction. Global Integrated Logistics had been built between 2003 and 2020 through more than 40 acquisitions, producing a network of more than 550 offices in over 100 countries. Rather than exiting logistics altogether, Agility received DSV shares and became one of DSV’s significant shareholders. The transaction helped shift Agility’s profile from an integrated freight-forwarding operator toward a diversified owner and investor with exposure to logistics through its DSV holding and through other operating platforms. Agility Global’s portfolio later included an interest in Reem Mall in Abu Dhabi. The retail and entertainment complex opened to visitors in 2023 and includes more than 400 stores, over 80 dining outlets and Snow Abu Dhabi, an indoor snow park. Agility Global began trading on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange in 2024, formalizing the public-market identity of the diversified group. The company’s current portfolio includes Menzies Aviation, Tristar and Agility Logistics Parks as principal operating businesses, alongside activities in e-commerce logistics, remote-site services and public-sector logistics. Other associated businesses include Alliad, Agility Defense & Government Services, Shipa, Labco, United Projects for Aviation Services Company and MicroClear by Inspection & Control Services. Agility’s sustainability approach uses group-level oversight combined with business-specific roadmaps. The group has reported that companies representing more than 96% of its workforce and more than 90% of its greenhouse-gas emissions have committed to net-zero emissions by 2050 or earlier. It also reports work on renewable energy, energy efficiency, resource conservation, education, digital skilling and humanitarian relief. Since 2006, Agility has participated in the Logistics Emergency Team, a partnership of major logistics companies supporting humanitarian operations through the United Nations World Food Programme-led Logistics Cluster.
- 2025
Menzies Aviation acquires G2 Secure Staff
[1]Menzies Aviation expanded its stated network to 350 airports in 65 countries through the acquisition of G2 Secure Staff.
- 2024
Agility Global lists on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange
[1]Agility Global PLC began trading on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange.
- 2023
Reem Mall opens to visitors
[1]Reem Mall in Abu Dhabi, in which Agility Global holds an interest, opened to visitors with retail, dining and entertainment facilities.
- 2022
Menzies Aviation is combined with National Aviation Services
[1]Agility acquired Menzies Aviation and combined it with National Aviation Services to form a large international aviation-services platform.
- 2021
Global Integrated Logistics is sold to DSV
[1]Agility sold its Global Integrated Logistics business to DSV in an all-shares transaction and received a significant minority interest in DSV.
- 2003
Agility acquires a stake in Tristar
[1]Agility acquired an interest in Tristar, expanding its exposure to fuel transportation, storage and maritime logistics.
- 2003
National Aviation Services begins operations
[1]National Aviation Services began operating at a single airport in Kuwait and later expanded across emerging aviation markets in the Middle East and Africa.
- 1998
Tristar is founded in Dubai
[1]Tristar, which later became part of Agility Global’s operating portfolio, was founded in Dubai as a fuel-logistics company.
Products and positioning
A diversified, enterprise-focused logistics, transportation and strategic-infrastructure group with operating companies and investment holdings across international markets.
Aviation services
Menzies Aviation
Menzies Aviation is Agility Global’s aviation-services platform. It provides airport-support activities and related ground services across an international airport network. The business was combined with National Aviation Services after Agility acquired Menzies in 2022, and it expanded further through the acquisition of G2 Secure Staff in 2025.
Fuel logistics · 1998
Tristar
Tristar provides fuel transportation, storage and maritime logistics services for energy and industrial customers. Founded in Dubai in 1998, the company operates across multiple continents and includes tanker operations among its capabilities.
Industrial real estate
Agility Logistics Parks
Agility Logistics Parks develops and operates warehousing and industrial-logistics facilities across the Middle East, South Asia and Africa. Its portfolio supports storage, distribution and supply-chain operations, including large facilities in Saudi Arabia and certified energy-efficient warehouses in selected markets.
Freight forwarding and supply-chain services · 2003
Global Integrated Logistics
Global Integrated Logistics was Agility’s former integrated freight-forwarding and logistics business. Built through more than 40 acquisitions between 2003 and 2020, it operated a broad international network before being sold to DSV in 2021 in exchange for DSV shares.
Retail and entertainment real estate · 2023
Reem Mall
Reem Mall is an Abu Dhabi retail and entertainment complex in which Agility Global holds an interest. It opened in 2023 and includes more than 400 stores, over 80 dining outlets and attractions including Snow Abu Dhabi.
Specialized logistics
E-commerce and public-sector logistics
Agility Global also operates or invests in specialized logistics activities serving e-commerce, remote-site, defense, government and public-sector customers. These activities complement the group’s larger aviation, fuel-logistics and industrial-property platforms.
Marketing campaigns
- 2024Community investment and social-impact programs
International
Agility reported programs focused on education, digital skills, workforce development and humanitarian partnerships. The company stated that these initiatives reached more than 284,000 people in 2024.
Outcome. Reported expansion of community and social-impact activity.
- 2006Logistics Emergency Team participation
International
Agility joined the Logistics Emergency Team, a partnership of major logistics companies supporting humanitarian operations coordinated through the United Nations World Food Programme-led Logistics Cluster. The partnership has responded to humanitarian emergencies in numerous countries.
Outcome. Ongoing humanitarian-logistics participation.
Brand decisions
2025
Expand Menzies Aviation through G2 Secure StaffM&ABackground
Menzies Aviation sought to broaden its airport-services network after its combination with National Aviation Services.
Action taken
Menzies Aviation acquired G2 Secure Staff.
Aftermath
Menzies Aviation increased its stated presence to 350 airports in 65 countries.
2024
List the diversified group on the Abu Dhabi Securities ExchangeStrategyBackground
Agility’s portfolio had broadened beyond freight forwarding to include aviation, fuel logistics, industrial real estate and strategic investments.
Action taken
Agility Global PLC began trading on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange.
Aftermath
The listing established Agility Global as the public-market vehicle for the group’s multi-business portfolio.
2022
Acquire and combine Menzies Aviation with National Aviation ServicesM&ABackground
National Aviation Services had expanded from a Kuwaiti airport operation into an aviation-services business serving emerging markets.
Action taken
Agility acquired Menzies Aviation and combined it with National Aviation Services.
Aftermath
The combination created one of the larger aviation-services platforms by geographic footprint and became a principal operating business of Agility Global.
2021
Sell Global Integrated Logistics to DSVM&ABackground
Agility had built Global Integrated Logistics through more than 40 acquisitions and developed a large international freight-forwarding network.
Action taken
Agility transferred Global Integrated Logistics to DSV in an all-shares transaction and received a significant minority stake in DSV.
Aftermath
The transaction shifted Agility toward a diversified holding-company and investment model while preserving exposure to global logistics through its DSV shareholding.
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