Samad Osman appointed new group COO at West Africa specialist OMA Group

West African shipping and logistics specialist OMA Group has appointed Samad Osman (pictured above) as its new group chief operating officer.

Mr Osman was previously chief executive of Hapag-Lloyd’s Africa region, and prior to that held various director positions in the AP Møller Maersk group.

Based at OMA’s HQ in Accra, and partly in its hub office in Mauritius, he will be responsible for business development strategy, particularly in logistics.

CEO Gerrit Van der Merwe said: “We are excited to have Samad join ...