GERMAN shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd has appointed Maximilian Rothkopf as its new chief operating officer, replacing company veteran Anthony Firmin, who at 65 is set to retire on June 30.
Thirty-eight-year-old Dr Rothkopf will start his new job on July 1. He has been a partner at consultant McKinsey & Company since 2014, a member of its global travel, transport and logistics leadership team, after joining the firm in 2005.
As an executive board member at Hapag-Lloyd, he will assume responsibility for the global shipping business and advance the implementation of the company's 'Strategy 2023'.
Chairman Michael Behrendt said: 'With Maximilian Rothkopf, we are bringing on board a proven and internationally experienced logistics expert who is familiar with Hapag-Lloyd and has already given the company much strategic advice during his time as a consultant in the past three years. We are very much looking forward to working with him.
The other members of the Executive Board of Hapag-Lloyd AG are Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Rolf Habben Jansen, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Nicolas Burr and Chief Personnel and Global Procurement Officer (CPO) Joachim Schlotfeldt, reports UK's The Loadstar.