Knudsen took over the Damco regional role covering Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia and Oceania based from Singapore on 1 July.
Marc Gijsbrecht, Maersk Line’s regional chief executive for West Central Asia has been appointed interim chief executive for Asia – Pacific in addition to existing role. Gijsbrecht will manage the region until a new chief executive is appointed at the start of 2015.
Speaking about his new role at Damco Knudsen said: “The diversity of markets and customer needs in Asia create vast opportunities for Damco to partner with stakeholders in terms of supply chain management and freight forwarding. For example we anticipate growth of sourcing activities in Southeast Asia with the increased shift of manufacturing out of China, and regional Free Trade Agreements are also opening up new, exciting opportunities for logistics players like us.”
He will report directly to Damco ceo Hanne Sorensen.
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