FORMER Maersk chief operations officer Soren Toft has taken over as the new CEO of the Swiss-Italian Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) after spending 12 months of 'garden leave' after his abrupt resignation.
'Soren is the ideal match to help lead MSC into the future at the helm of our family company,' said MSC chairman Diego Aponte.
Mr Aponte said that Mr Toft's 25 years of experience at Maersk, and his understanding of the container shipping supply chain, would build on the strategy that made MSC such a success these past five decades'.
Said Mr Toft, the first outside the Aponte family to take over as CEO: 'I am very excited and humbled by the opportunity given to me by the Aponte family. Helping to preserve the MSC DNA and lead such a successful company into the future is a great honour and a privilege for me.'
Mr Toft will also be a member of the board of directors of Terminal Investment Ltd (TIL), the terminals business that is majority-owned by MSC.
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'Soren is the ideal match to help lead MSC into the future at the helm of our family company,' said MSC chairman Diego Aponte.
Mr Aponte said that Mr Toft's 25 years of experience at Maersk, and his understanding of the container shipping supply chain, would build on the strategy that made MSC such a success these past five decades'.
Said Mr Toft, the first outside the Aponte family to take over as CEO: 'I am very excited and humbled by the opportunity given to me by the Aponte family. Helping to preserve the MSC DNA and lead such a successful company into the future is a great honour and a privilege for me.'
Mr Toft will also be a member of the board of directors of Terminal Investment Ltd (TIL), the terminals business that is majority-owned by MSC.
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