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handles more than half Denmark’s container volumes. His
younger brother Robert recently took over as chief executive
of Svitzer, AP Moller-Maersk’s harbour towage and salvage
subsidiary.
Both are said to be down-to-earth, personable, and
approachable, with neither expecting special treatment
despite their family connections. If they are being quietly
fast-tracked up the corporate ladder, it is being done in a
way that has not caused any apparent resentment from work
colleagues.
Both are getting to know various parts of the business,
although their career paths have taken quite different routes.
Johan Uggla, who is 35, has focused on the ports
division, spending time most recently in Brazil as project
implementation manager for an APM Terminals facility in
Itajai, before his move to Aarhus.
He is “unflappable” and “easy to talk to”, say associates.
He understands the need to live up to the high standards set
by his grandfather, but does not pull rank.
Younger brother Robert, who had a spell with an
investment bank before joining AP Moller-Maersk, has been
more involved in financial matters, working for Maersk
Line initially where he was part of the team responsible for
managing the takeover of P&O Nedlloyd. He moved on to be
country manager in Dubai.
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kathrine and cecilie Fredriksen
Fredriksen twins being taken onboard
Kathrine and Cecilie both hold directorships at many Fredriksen companies
THEY appear high up on most lists of offspring of
billionaires, the more lurid of these lists placing them just
below Paris and Nikki Hilton as the “hottest heiresses of big
fortunes”.
But unlike the ubiquitous party animal Hilton sisters,
you’re not likely to read about the antics of the 27-year-old
Fredriksen twins on the front pages of the tabloid press.
Instead of blurred paparazzi shots of them falling out of
taxis at the end of the night, images of the Norwegian pair
tend to be tightly choreographed press shots of them in the
boardroom, glaring intently into the lens, or either side of
their billionaire shipping tycoon father John Fredriksen
at an international shipping conference, as if they were
protecting him from the demands and attentions of the
industry.
Of course, that is not to say they eschew glamour – far
from it. Both sisters exude wealth and privilege, standing
out in an industry that tends to be dominated by middleaged
men who would probably not know a Louboutin heel
if it passed directly under their noses. One unverified story
about Kathrine was that she broke her leg in an accident
Immediately prior to his new job at Svitzer, he was
managing director of Broström and in charge of the
integration into Maersk Tankers. At Svitzer, which has a
fleet of more than 500 vessels, he will head up a workforce
of 4,500 people.
Those who have worked with Robert Uggla describe him
as very bright, with a relaxed, easy-going manner and the
charm of his grandfather.
“He is highly intelligent, very articulate, and has a nice
air about him,” says one former colleague
But there are no guarantees that either one will eventually
rise to the top of AP Moller-Maersk, the business that dates
back to 1904 when their great-grandfather Arnold Peter
Moller set up the Steamship Company Svendborg.
The group has been transformed in recent years as it
adapts to changing times. The appointment of an outsider,
former Carlsberg boss Nils Andersen, as group chief
executive a few years ago suggested that Moller family
members will not automatically command the most senior
jobs in future, regardless of their heritage.
“It is not a definite,” says one ex-Maersk executive.
Whoever is appointed chief executive or group chairman
in future will have to have been selected on merit, and
not because of their parentage, say those who know the
company well.
In the front line:
the Fredriksen twins
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