Jesper Kristensen is quitting as chief executive of Unifeeder, having led the group for 17 of his 34 years there.
He has also stepped down as global chief operating officer of marine services at parent company DP World.
His deputies, Martin Gaard Christiansen and Ganesh Raj, become chief executives at Unifeeder A/S in Denmark and Unifeeder FZCO in Dubai, respectively.
Christiansen joined Unifeeder in 2020 as group chief commercial officer before being promoted to chief executive of Unifeeder Europe.
In his new role, he will be responsible for the company’s business in Europe, the Americas, West Africa and North Africa.
Raj joined DP World in 2004 as chief executive and managing director in the Middle East and Africa, and most recently was Unifeeder’s chief executive for the Indian subcontinent.
He will now be in charge of Unifeeder’s business in Asia, the Middle East and the eastern and southern parts of Africa.
Kristensen will remain as an active, non-executive DP World representative to P&O Ferries, P&O Ferrymasters and P&O Maritime Logistics businesses for the next few months.
Unifeeder expressed its gratitude to Kristensen in a social media post on Thursday, thanking him for his “invaluable contribution, incomparable dedication, energy and true Unifeeder DNA”.
He played a pivotal role in the company’s acquisition by DP World in 2018.
