Damco Appoints Asia Pacific Chief Commercial Officer

Damco has appointed Henning Malmgren as chief commercial officer for Asia Pacific to drive sales, business development and marketing in the region.

Henning Malmgren brings with him 20 years experience in the logistics industry, having held senior positions in greater China, Southeast Asia and Latin America. Most recently, he served six years as CEO of Damco’s Latin America region. In his new role, Malmgren will be based at Damco’s regional office in Singapore and report to Damco’s Asia Pacific CEO Tony Hotine.

“Henning is a very valuable addition to our regional leadership team,” said Tony Hotine. “He has vast end-to-end industry knowledge and has spent much of his career in senior roles here in Asia. So we’re very glad to welcome him back home.”

Malmgren will oversee Damco’s commercial strategies and ensure Damco delivers customised, state-of-the-art solutions that allow customers to maximise the potential of this diverse, high-growth region.

“It is an excellent opportunity to be part of a region with a range of very dynamic developing as well as developed markets,” says Malmgren. “We provide our customers with efficiencies on every level as well as unique, leading-edge solutions that are nimble enough to match the speed with which these economies are changing. I look forward to driving the growth and innovation of Damco’s business in the region.”