BIMCO announces new Secretary General/CEO
BIMCO announces that its new Secretary General/CEO to succeed Mr Torben C.Skaanild on his retirement later this year will be Mr Angus R. Frew, currently Chief Executive of the UK Chamber of Shipping, the company reports.
The appointment of Mr Frew was unanimously approved last week by the BIMCO Executive Committee at its meeting in Shanghai. It is expected that Mr Frew, who will be relocating to Denmark, will take up his appointment on 1st October 2013. Mr Skaanild will continue in a support role to the new Secretary General, and the incoming President of BIMCO, for a period of six months thereafter.
The BIMCO Executive Committee also unanimously supported the appointment of Mr Michael Lund, BIMCO’s Chief Shipping Policy and Economics Officer, to Deputy Secretary General, an appointment that reflects the importance of this particular area to BIMCO and to the shipping industry in general.
Organisationally, Contractual and Legal Affairs will continue to be headed by Deputy Secretary General Søren Larsen, Technical and Operational Affairs by Deputy Secretary General Lars Robert Pedersen, with Shipping Policy and Economics Affairs led by newly appointed Deputy Secretary General Michael Lund. BIMCO Informatique A/S covering BIMCO's Education, Publications, Web solutions, Apps plus handling of in-house IT platforms is headed by Managing Director Anders Fagerberg. The administrative and financial functions continue to be headed by CFO Rodica Donsmark.
Commenting on the changes, Secretary General Torben Skaanild spoke of his delight at the appointment of his successor. “Angus Frew has had a distinguished career in business and the shipping industry, in several part s of the world and brings so many special qualities to BIMCO. BIMCO is very much looking forward to having him at the helm.”
BIMCO is a shipping association providing a wide range of services to its global membership of stakeholders who have vested interests in the shipping industry, including shipowners, operators, managers, brokers and agents. The association’s main objective is to facilitate the commercial operations of its membership by means of developing standard contracts and clauses, and providing quality information, advice, and education. BIMCO promotes fair business practices, free trade and open access to markets and is a strong advocate for the harmonisation and standardisation of all shipping related activity. Accredited as a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) with all relevant United Nations agencies and other regulatory entities, BIMCO actively promotes the application of international agreed regulatory instruments.
