Comment / Mærsk CEO Clerc by the book – 'to each their own'

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It was never meant to be easy.

Warmly welcomed at the end of 2022 by the local press as the first-ever foreigner to take over the executive office at Esplanaden in Copenhagen…

… Vincent Clerc was described as a commander-in-chief strongly focused on (emphasis in bold added) “digital operations and for his key involvement in transforming the organisation from carrier to logistics group“.

Before the new AP Møller-Mærsk (APMM) CEO announcement, ominous signs were already apparent with regard to the former aspect.

The self-defined, ...