Samskip Appoints Laaksonen as Group CEO
Samskip, a European multimodal service provider group, appointed Kari-Pekka Laaksonen as the Group Chief Executive.Laaksonen, who takes up his post at Samskip’s Rotterdam headquarters on August 1st, 2019, is the former CEO of Samskip competitor Containerships, where he led the Finnish group’s aggressive growth from 2012. He also brings significant experience from the shipper perspective, having occupied progressively senior logistics roles in the chemicals, forest products and automotive sectors.
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asset in growing our business at both of our shipyards in Seattle, Washington and Rainier, Oregon," Magill said. Smith is a mechanical engineer and prior to pursuing opportunities in the marine industry, he designed and constructed industrial facilities primarily in support of the forest products processing industry. Originally from Northern California, Smith lived in Alaska for nearly 30 years and welcomes the change to life in the Pacific Northwest.
