BTJ 5/2011 - Baltic Press

Who is whoFall draws on, companies riseTHOMAS BAGGENew CEO at Maersk PolandThomas Bagge has been chosen as newchairman of the board as well as the headof Central and Eastern Europe at MaerskPoland. He started his career in A.P. Møller-Maersk in 1996 and most recently workedfor the company’s process improvementteam and managed the corporate servicescentre in Copenhagen. Thomas Baggeholds a degree in applied finances, executiveMBA and has completed training inleadership skill development.CHRISTOPHER J. CONNORCCO at WWLWallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics hasnamed Christopher J. Connor its newchief commercial officer for the company’sglobal organization. His task in thisnew role will be to draw up WWL’s strategyas well as enhance commercial developmentin all products across the world.Together with his new position, ChristopherJ. Connor will continue working asdeputy CEO of WWL AS.CLAUS ELLEMANN-JENSENCMP’s COO of port and terminaloperationsClaus Ellemann-Jensen has been chosenthe new chief operating officer of ro-ro,car and container operations at CopenhagenMalmö Port. The new COO’s mainaim will be to burst the development ofthe newly opened Northern Harbour inMalmö. Claus Ellemann-Jensen has 25years of experience in shipping and containertraffic and at the same time he isCMP’s chief commercial officer.JOAKIM LANDHOLMHead of commercial at SASScandinavian Airlines System (SAS) haveappointed Joakim Landholm as their newcommercial director and at the same timea member of SAS Group’s managementteam. Joakim Landholm holds an M.Sc. inbusiness and economics from StockholmSchool of Economics and is currentlyworking as COO at RSA Scandinavia. Healso has a broad leadership backgroundin strategic and analytical functions at GEMoney Bank, Accenture and Swedbank.KIMMO MÄKIManaging director at Port of HelsinkiThe Helsinki City Council has elected KimmoMäki its new managing director at Portof Helsinki. Kimmo Mäki obtained an M.Sc.in engineering and earned his spurs for thenew position with versatile experience inthe port and logistics sector, where he wasresponsible for operator, export and logisticsduties.JAN MILLERManaging director at JadeWeserPortLogistics ZoneDr. Jan Miller has taken over the managementof JadeWeserPort Logistics Zone. Hehas 12 years of experience in neighbourhood,project and waterfront development.Previously, he worked for ING Real Estate, theIrish LNC Property Group and HanseProjekt.Jan Miller will be responsible for equippingthe JadeWeserPort deepwater port withproper infrastructure along with attractingcompanies to set up business in the port.GERHARDT RÜDIGERManaging director at Rickmers-LinieRickmers-Linie, part of Hamburg’s RickmersGroup, has appointed Gerhardt Rüdiger itsnew MD. Gerhardt has been working forRickmers since 1978 and most recently, asa director, he was responsible for the company’shuman resources, administrationand finance department. In his new postGerhardt Rüdiger will remain responsiblefor his previous business areas, but will alsotake command over the logistic services.MARCO VAN WALVERENDirector of operations at Menlo EuropeMenlo Worldwide Logistics has appointedMarco van Walraven as the new directorof operations at the company’s Europeanheadquarters. Van Walraven has beenworking for Menlo for eight years, in variousmanagement positions, delivering qualityservice to customers. Now Marco will bealso responsible for developing and puttinginto practice lean management procedureswithin the company’s operations.58 | Baltic Transport Journal | 5/2011