Danish shipowner A.P. Møller-Mærsk announced today changes to several top positions of the company with new assignments that will come into force on next January 1st. The Swiss Robert Erni was appointed new CFO of the group and will take over Patrick Jany, who has held the role in the company in the last six years. Erni, who will also join the board has over 30 years' experience in positions in the financial sector in the logistics sector having spent 20 years in Kuehne+Nagel working in Hong Kong, India, Argentina, USA and Switzerland and then held the role of group CFO of Panalpina, until the acquisition of the company by DSV, and then that of group CFO of Dachser.

In addition, the Danish group has also announced changes to its regional boards with the appointment of Ditlev Blicher as president regional for North America, of Scott Andrew Elliott as president interim regional for Asia-Pacific, by Charles Van Der Steene Regional General Manager for India, Middle East and Africa and of Guillaume Sauzedde as regional general manager for Europe. Antonio Dominguez will continue to serve as Regional Director General for Latin America.