OREANDA-NEWS. August 6, 2012. Managing Director Claus V. Hemmingsen (40), at present Hong Kong, is as of 1 July 2003 appointed Senior Vice President in A.P. Moller - Maersk A/S.

Claus V. Hemmingsen joined A.P. Moller in 1981 as a trainee, and after having finalised his education he was assigned to the Line Department (now Maersk Sealand). In 1984 he was transferred to Maersk Contractor's Human Resource Department, and in 1988 the appointment to manager followed. Subsequently, Claus V. Hemmingsen returned to the Line Department in 1989.

In 1992 Claus V. Hemmingsen was stationed for Maersk Line (now Maersk Sealand) in Hong Kong where he worked as the General Manager, Operations and from 1994 acted as Deputy Chief for Maersk Hong Kong Ltd.

Claus V. Hemmingsen was transferred to Maersk Line in Singapore in 1997 with regional responsibility for the line activities in Asia and returned to Hong Kong in 2000 where he as Managing Director took over the overall responsibility for A.P. Moller's activities in Hong Kong SAR.

On 14 July 2003 Claus V. Hemmingsen will return to Copenhagen, where he will be responsible for the container activities' Global Service Delivery, including Global Shared Service Centres.

Claus V. Hemmingsen has supplemented his education with management courses at London Business School and Cornell University.