Safmarine has announced the appointment of Grant Daly as its new chief executive officer, a position he will take up from 1 February when he leaves his current position as head of the group's multi-purpose vessel unit.
Daly replaces the outgoing Tomas Dyrbye and follows the anouncement in October last year of Maersk liner business' intention to integrate the corporate and regional management activities of Safmarine into those of Maersk Line, whilst retaining and growing a separate Safmarine brand and operating model.
Safmarine will continue its own independent pricing, capacity, sales and customer services structure, supported by more than 1,400 Safmariners located across the world.
'For close on two decades I have been fortunate to enjoy a varied, exciting and immensely fulfilling career with Safmarine and it's an honour to take the helm as chief custodian of the Safmarine brand,' said Daly, who will be based at the new Safmarine headquarters in Copenhagen. 'My immediate priority is to establish the Safmarine Centre team in Copenhagen and to ensure we provide Safmariners in the countries with the support they need to deliver on our Safmarine promise to customers. I also look forward to meeting, and working with, Safmariners and customers in the months ahead; together we can build an even stronger Safmarine for the future.
'I also wish to thank outgoing CEO, Tomas Dyrbye, for his constribution to Safmarine,' he added. 'Under his tenure, Safmarine acheived record volume growth in 2011 and record profits in 2010.'
