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People & Companies

Toft Takes the Helm at MSC keting, content creation, production, product/technology, distribution and oversight of some of the world’s most recognizable brands and properties.

Most recently he served as Executive

Vice President, Marketing and Digital

Development at Sotheby’s.

Brandy D. Christian Honored

Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA)

President and CEO and CEO of the

New Orleans Public Belt Railroad (NOPB) Brandy D. Christian received the 2020 C. Alvin Bertel Award, which was established in 1967 and is present- ed each year to an individual who has

Toft Takes the Helm at MSC made signi? cant contributions to the

Soren Toft started his new role as CEO

Louisiana port and maritime communi- at MSC Mediterranean Shipping Com- ty. Christian oversees all cargo, cruise pany on December 2, 2020, reporting and industrial real estate operations at to Diego Aponte, MSC Group Presi-

Port NOLA. As the CEO of NOPB, she dent, and Gianluigi Aponte, Founder sets strategic direction and oversees all and MSC Group Chairman. Toft will rail holdings.

oversees MSC’s global cargo business- es including ocean liner and logistics.

Fritz Vilhelmsen new CPCO in Hempel

He will also be a member of the board

Pernille Fritz Vilhelmsen was appoint- of directors of Terminal Investment Ltd ed Executive Vice President & Chief (TiL), the terminals business which is

People & Culture Of? cer and member majority-owned by MSC. Soren Toft of the Executive Management Board joins MSC from Maersk, where he in Hempel A/S. She succeeds Peter served as COO since 2013 and later as

Kirkegaard, who accepted a new job a Member of the Executive Board. outside Hempel. Pernille has been Tal-

RightShip New CEO Brodsgaard Lund ent Management Director at Hempel

RightShip New CEO Brodsgaard Lund since she joined from Maersk Line in

RightShip announced the appointment 2017, and she has delivered remarkable of its new CEO, Steen Brodsgaard results in a few years.

Lund, succeeding Martin Crawford-

Brunt, who departs RightShip on

Svitzer Grows its Americas Ops

December 18, 2020. Brodsgaard Lund

With increasing growth opportuni- will be based in Singapore and expand ties within the terminal towage sector

RightShip’s global reach from the of the Americas region, Svitzer is maritime hub that counts many of its strengthening its organisational and customers.

managerial setup in order to pur- sue these opportunities. To support

Lindblad Names Goodman CCO/CMO this growth accordingly in selected

Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc. countries and ports, Svitzer is appoint- named David Goodman as its Chief ing Rutger Thulin as new Managing

Commercial and Marketing Of? cer.

Director for the Terminal Towage

Goodman spent 30+ years running

Lindblad Expeditions RightShip MSC

Cluster in Americas, spanning Svitzer’s divisions of global multi-media orga-

Lindblad Names Goodman CCO/CMO operations in Canada, Peru, Costa Rica, nizations, overseeing revenue, mar- 38 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • December 2020

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