Damco strengthens North Asia leadership with two appointments
Damco has appointed two new senior executives to lead the company’s drive for strategic growth in the North Asia region.
The company has appointed Henriette Hallberg Thygesen as Chief Executive Officer of the North Asia Region and Richard Morgan as Chief Commercial Officer for the region. Both appointments went into effect on January 2, 2012.
Henriette Hallberg Thygesen has been with the A.P.Moller-Maersk Group for 16 years, primarily working within the field of logistics and comes most recently from a role as global Chief Process Officer for Damco. Earlier in her career, Thygesen also worked in China both as Shanghai Branch Manager of then Maersk Logistics (now Damco) and later as Operations Manager for the Greater China Area.
"North Asia is a key territory for Damco and I am very pleased that Henriette has agreed to take the position as CEO. It is a challenging task as our overall growth ambition is high, but I have no doubt that Henriette is the right person for the task", said Rolf Habben-Jansen, CEO of Damco.
Henriette replaces Steffen Schiottz-Christensen who will remain in the North Asia region as Vice President & Head of Airfreight for the recently acquired New Times International Transport Service Co. Ltd. (NTS).
Reporting directly to new CEO, Richard Morgan will be responsible for the overall commercial and business development activities in the region.
Morgan comes from the position of Chief Commercial Officer in the UK and Ireland and has had other senior supply chain management posts since joining A.P. Moller-Maersk Group in 2003.
"It’s a great opportunity to be part of a fast growing region which offers a full spectrum of logistics and supply chain services. I am looking forward to working with my colleagues in the region to further strengthen our commercial performance and drive additional value for our customers across all of our products" said Morgan on his new appointment.
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