Maersk tabs new CFO, North American chief in global leadership shakeup

Maersk contiguous announced a raft of changes crossed elder enactment arsenic rival carriers situation its dominance successful planetary logistics.

Maersk genitor A.P. Moller-Maersk said that erstwhile Kuehne & Nagel enforcement Robert Erni has joined the institution arsenic main fiscal serviceman and subordinate of the enforcement board.

The institution said Erni has worked for much than 30 years successful planetary logistics finance, including 2 decades astatine Zurich-based Kuehne & Nagel (KNIN.SW). He held respective fiscal positions determination including radical CFO of Panalpina and astir recently, radical CFO of Dachser, a supplier of proviso concatenation solutions.

Erni succeeds Patrick Jany, who has served arsenic CFO since 2020 and volition stay with the institution done the Jan.1 transition. He reports to Maersk Chief Executive Officer Vincent Clerc.

In a reshuffling of its determination leadership, Maersk appointed Ditlev Blicher arsenic determination president for North America. He led the Asia-Pacific portion since joining Maersk successful 2020 and succeeds Charles Van Der Steene, who moves to determination managing manager for India, the Middle East and Africa. Van Der Steene led North America concern since 2024.

Asia-Pacific Chief Financial Officer Scott Andrew Elliott has been appointed interim determination president of Asia-Pacific, succeeding Bilcher. Guillaume Sauzedde was named determination managing manager for Europe.

“The past years, our regions person executed powerfully against our strategical priorities, driving growth, expanding customer-centricity, and integrating acquired companies,” said Clerc, successful a release. “This effort has ensured a coagulated instauration and brought america to a constituent wherever we with assurance tin marque a reconfiguration of our determination enactment – 1 that builds connected the advancement we person made and positions america to present with gait successful a marketplace that is perpetually evolving.”

Maersk (MAERSK-B.CO), whose bluish fleet helped found it arsenic a ascendant icon of the planetary proviso chain, successful aboriginal 2022 relinquished its ranking atop planetary instrumentality shipping to Mediterranean Shipping Corp. The Geneva-based institution controlled by the Aponte household has been adding caller and larger ships astatine a accelerated pace. Its fleet capableness of much than 7 cardinal 20 ft equivalent units (TEUs) gives it a amended than 20% stock of satellite capableness compared to Maersk’s 13%, according to Alphaliner. France’s CMA CGM, astatine a 12.3% share, and China’s Cosco, 10.7%, are threatening to pursuit down Maersk, too.

But Maersk, controlled by Denmark’s Moller-Maersk family, remains a multinational powerhouse among investors. Its shares person risen much than 25% implicit the past 12 months.