Russian trader Litasco's shipping arm Eiger Shipping has a new boss.
According to a change in the commercial register of the canton of Geneva, the "powers" of former managing director Kristian Aursnes have been struck off and conferred on US-born Shell executive Lars Wogen.
Wogen, born in March 1978, was previously the oil major's global crude freight trading manager.
Aursnes told TradeWinds he was leaving in February after 14 years.
Wogen confirmed his appointment to TradeWinds.
Shell said it did not comment on staff matters.
Eiger is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lukoil's Litasco.
Its website says it operates 35 time-chartered vessels of about 2.5 million dwt.
The fleet has an average age of under 10 years. Vessel sizes range from small LPG carriers to VLCCs.
Aursnes, 44, declined to comment on what he would do next, but said he would stay in shipping.
Lukoil’s Litasco arm had four different chief executives during his tenure and has seen massive growth.
It is now lifting more than 100 million tonnes of crude and products per year on chartered tankers.
And it is trading more than double this volume.
Litasco fixes between 1,800 and 1,900 vessels for this business.
It is led by chief executive Nazim Suleymanov and managing director Dimitrios Anyfantakis, who is also chairman of Eiger Shipping.
