Guillaume Sauzedde takes over as Maersk's regional managing director for Europe

Danish shipping line Maersk announced that with the start of the new year, Guillaume Sauzedde has assumed the role of regional managing director for Europe, the company’s largest region.

Mr Sauzedde is a French national with over 25 years’ experience in the logistics industry. He joined the shipping company in 2024 as head of Logistics & Services for Europe, and is already well known among employees and customers in Europe.

His previous roles include Central & Eastern Europe area MD and regional MD Middle East & Africa at Ceva Logistics, and country MD Poland and SVP Contract Logistics in Central & Eastern Europe at Kühne + Nagel.

Mr Sauzedde succeed Aymeric Chandavoine, who left Maersk at the end of the year for a new position outside the industry.

Commenting on his new role, Mr Sauzedde said:  “I am looking forward to continuing serving our customers with the great Maersk teams I got to know over the past 16 months with the company.”

Over the past years, Maersk has established itself with an extensive logistics footprint across Europe including ownership and control of decisive assets and expertise across all parts of the supply chain.

Mr Sauzedde added: “It’s exciting to have such a powerful and differentiating offering for our customers in these disruptive times and to deliver resilient, value adding end-to-end solutions to them.”

Mr Sauzedde lives in Warsaw and will be based in Maersk’s main office in the Polish capital, while also commuting regularly to the headquarters in Copenhagen.

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