Loyal AP Moller-Maersk executive Claus Hemmingsen has been rewarded with a board position at parent AP Moller Holding.
The Danish company said that former Google board member Diane Greene is also becoming a director.
They will take up their roles from April.
Hemmingsen has been at Maersk since 1981, holding various positions including deputy chief executive of the group, and CEO of Maersk Energy, Maersk Drilling and APM Terminals.
He has also been based in Singapore and Hong Kong at times during his long career with the shipowner.
Oversaw energy divestments
Hemmingsen spearheaded the recent separation of the Energy-related businesses from the group, including the $7.5bn divestment of Maersk Oil to Total, the demerger and separate listing of Maersk Drilling, and the sale of Maersk Tankers to the parent whose board he is now joining.
He is currently chairman of Maersk Drilling, chairman of Danish ro-ro owner DFDS and a member of the board of Den AP Mollerske Stottefond.
Greene is an American who invests in and advises tech start-ups.
The software engineer was a director of Google between 2012 to 2019.
In 2015 she was CEO of Google Cloud, and before this ran three companies: VXtreme, which was sold to Microsoft in 1995, VMware,which she ran for 11 years and took public to a $19bn valuation in 2007, and Bebop, sold to Google in 2015.
She was also the US national sailing champion in 1976 and remains an avid sailor.
AP Moller Holding chairman Ane Maersk Mc-Kinney Uggla said she was delighted to welcome both to the board.
"Diane brings a wealth of entrepreneurial, leadership and investment experience from the technology and software industry, with a personal passion for the sea," she added.
"Claus has an in-depth knowledge of our group heritage and values, combined with extensive international, commercial and leadership experience from shipping and logistics and the energy markets."
Hemmingsen has also been appointed to the board of the charitable AP Moller Foundation.
Pay packets under scrutiny
AP Moller Holding is the parent of AP Moller Group which includes AP Moller–Maersk, Danske Bank, Maersk Drilling, Maersk Tankers, KK Wind Solutions and AP Moller Capital.
AP Moller-Maersk has come under scrutiny from shareholders in recent weeks after it revealed its executive pay structure for the first time.
Hemmingsen quit as Energy boss in June last year but still received DKK 17.6m ($2.63m) in salary for the year.
He will still be paid up to 30 June 2021.
