Clerc, previously cco of Maersk, takes up the role of executive vice president of Maersk and ceo of ocean and logistics putting him in charge of the world’s largest container line. The container business had been headed Toft as coo, who quit last month to join rival and 2M partner MSC as ceo of their container line business.
Soren Skou, ceo of Maersk, had in the interim been ceo of the container and logistics business.
Meanwhile Henriette Hallberg Thygesen, has been appointed to Maersk’s executive board and to the new position of ceo of towage, manufacturing & others. She will continue in her role as ceo of Svitzer a position she has held since 2016.
Maersk painted the changes in its senior management as part of its strategy to become an integrated supply chain solutions company, with it having exited the tanker and oil and gas businesses.
“With the new leadership structure announced today, I am confident that we will increase the pace. We have a simple and agile foundation for profitable growth and the new Executive Board is united in the goal of integrating our value proposition and maximizing the value creation across the business,” said Skou.
Maersk is yet to find a replacement for cfo Carolina Dybeck Happe, who announced she was quitting last month to join GE. Currently she remains a member of the executive board along with Skou, Clerc, Hallberg Thygesen, and Morten Englestoft, who also heads APM Terminals.
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