NORWAY – Wallenius Wilhelmsen has nominated Rune Bjerke for election as Vice Chair of the Board at the company's Annual General Meeting on April 28. The Nomination Committee believes that it is important to take a long-term view and to plan for the eventual recruitment of a new Chair of the Board when the current Chair's term expires in 2021.
Håkan Larsson, the current Chair, shall continue to serve through his term, and the Nomination Committee considers that a period of overlap between Larsson and his successor will benefit the Company and the functioning of its Board.
Bjerke's employment as CEO of DNB expires on June 17 and he will not be able to take up his nominated role until after this date. The Nomination Committee therefore proposes that he is elected as a member of the Board with effect from June 18.
NORWAY – Norcod has appointed Hilde Rutledal Storhauf as its new Managing Director, effective from May 1.
GERMANY – Lasse Carøe Henningsen is to become the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Hamburg Süd. He will be succeeding the current CFO Jakob Wegge-Larsen, who has held this position since December 2017 and will be finally returning to Maersk in Copenhagen at the end of June. Already at the end of February 2020 he, in parallel, assumed the position of CFO of the Maersk division Ocean & Logistics there.
When Lasse Carøe Henningsen starts at Hamburg Süd on June 1, he will be in charge of the Business Finance and Accounting divisions as well as the important SAP project. He previously served as Head of Accounting & Control at Maersk Tankers A/S and, since 2018, he has been CFO and a member of the Executive Board of Christiania Shipping A/S, a Copenhagen-based carrier that specialises in transporting chemicals.
UK – The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has announced the appointment of Becky Martin as Senior Transport Advisor within its Member Advice Centre (MAC) to assist the team in supporting logistics businesses through the Covid-19 outbreak.
UK – U-Freight Group has promoted Daniel Ludlow to Operations Director of U-Freight UK. Ludlow started his career in the freight industry as a trainee export clerk with U-Freight UK in 2006, then worked in the freight forwarder's import department, before becoming export supervisor. In April 2018, he was named Operations Manager.
UK – Meantime Communications has appointed Alex Roberts as Account Manager, bringing additional B2B experience and maritime insight to the team. Roberts has worked as a journalist and editor in the pharmaceutical and hazardous goods verticals, most recently serving as Deputy Editor at Hazardous Cargo Bulletin magazine.
UK – The West has announced that Sumit Madhu has joined the Club’s London Underwriting Team as a Senior Underwriter on April 14. Madhu is a Master Mariner, having served as a Captain on LNG vessels with a major Japanese shipowner
EUROPE – CHEP has named David Cuenca to succeed Michael Pooley as President of CHEP Europe, effective from July 1. Cuenca currently leads the LATAM business of CHEP's parent company, Brambles.
DUBAI – LOC Middle East has appointed Wayne Nash to the role of Marine Engineer. Nash will be based in the Dubai office.
CANADA – Logistec Corporation has announced that Kevin Bourbonnais will be stepping down from as President of Sanexen Environmental Services and Logistec Environmental Services, citing personal reasons. Madeleine Paquin, President and CEO of Logistec, will assume the role on an interim basis of President of Sanexen, which is part of the Logistec Corporation.
US – Nivel Parts & Manufacturing has appointed Mike Myers to lead the Nivel Heavy Duty division. With over 30 years of experience in the industry, Myers started as a warehouse associate and quickly progressed to positions of greater responsibility. He eventually became an owner of Howard Enterprises, which was acquired by Nivel in 2012.
Myers was previously Senior Vice President of Reliance Power Parts, one of Nivel's largest heavy-duty businesses. As Executive Vice President, he will manage the full Nivel Heavy Duty business portfolio which includes Reliance, RF Engine and AgKits.
Photo: Rune Bjerke, nominated for the role of Vice Chair of the Board at Wallenius Wilhelmsen.
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