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Maersk Line and Oetker anticipate the future management of Hamburg Süd
Arnt Vespermann will assume the charge of chairman of the board of directors of the German company
May 4, 2017
The company of Danish navigation Maersk Line and the German group Oetker has announced which it will be new management of the company of navigation Hamburg Süd once that its cession to the Scandinavian company will be completed, transaction that is agreed at the end last year, that it is subject to the authorization by the competent authorities and that is previewed will be capacity to term in the last trimester of 2017 ( on 1° December 2016).
The reorganization of the directive summits of Hamburg Süd previews that Ottmar Gast lasci the assignment of chairman of the board of directors of the society in order assuming the same assignment in the within of the surveillance council of the company. Søren Toft, general manager of Maersk Line, will become member of the surveillance council of Hamburg Süd. and will be responsible Comunicazione and image of the company and Columbus Ship Management, the society of ship management of Hamburg Süd. Moreover Vespermann will guide the regional directions Region North America (RNUMS) and Region Caribbean & Latin America West Coast (RCW). Frank Smet will maintain the charge of member of the executive board Hamburg Süd with the responsibility for the areas Sales & Marketing, Customer Order Management and of all the operating activities of the company and will guide the regional directions Region Asia Pacific (RAP) and Region South America East Coast (RSE). Jakob Wegge-Larsen, the current direction financial of Maersk Line Operations, will enter to take part of the board of directors of Hamburg Süd, will assume the responsibility of the areas Finance & Accounting, Controlling and Information Technology & Services and will guide the regional direction Region Europe (REU).
Moreover the two parts have announced that Maersk Line and Hamburg Süd will institute a which charged team to assure that the operating activities will continue regularly until the completion of the transaction, concluded which Maersk Line has the intention of maintain to the business model of the German company and its commercial structure in the various regions unchanged. The team will be guided by Lars Mikael Jensen for Maersk Line and Michael Triskatis for Hamburg Süd.
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The company of Danish navigation Maersk Line and the German group Oetker has announced which it will be new management of the company of navigation Hamburg Süd once that its cession to the Scandinavian company will be completed, transaction that is agreed at the end last year, that it is subject to the authorization by the competent authorities and that is previewed will be capacity to term in the last trimester of 2017 
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