The Marcura Group, a Dubai-based group of companies focused on providing business solutions to the global maritime industry, today announced that Hans-Christian Mordhorst has been appointed as the Group’s Chief Commercial Officer and Non-Executive Chairman of its flagship company, DA-Desk FZ-LLC, effective February 15, 2021. Hans-Christian Mordhorst (49) has for the past 7 years been the Managing Director of DA-Desk and for the past 20 years held senior positions in the global shipping industry.
According to the Group CEO, Jens Lorens Poulsen: “Marcura has set very ambitious targets to deliver value to its customers in 2021 and beyond, anchored by its three business units: DA-Desk, PortLog and MarTrust. Our value propositions need to evolve and become even more digital, more attuned to risk & compliance management, more integrated and even more focused on customer success. With his appointment, Hans-Christian will focus entirely on driving this value delivery across the Group together with the commercial and operational leadership in each of these business units.”
For his part, Hans-Christian said: “It has been extremely gratifying to be part of the most successful and transformational years of DA-Desk's 20-year history. I am both excited and humbled to now get the opportunity to focus, with customers and our organization, on value delivery across all our Group companies.”
Succeeding Hans-Christian as Managing Director will be Dionysis Tzelepis who is promoted from a role as Director of Financial Services in DA-Desk. Prior to DA-Desk, Dionysis (40) was heading up Treasury & Corporate Finance at a major ship owner; he has 20 years' experience in shipping and finance. Together with the senior management team of DA-Desk, Dionysis will focus on adding value to customers through digitalization and against the backdrop of a heightening global regulatory compliance environment for the industry.
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About Marcura:
The Marcura Group provides the maritime industry with 24/7 operational support services and specialised cloud-based platforms managed by industry specialists. We work closely with our global customers and partners to develop innovative solutions to everyday industry challenges, and together raise standards along the way.
Founded in 2001 on the principles of independence and transparency, we are headquartered in Dubai with a global network of offices. Our group includes, among others, the world’s largest port cost and port time management company, DA-Desk; a leading supplier-vetting and procurement services provider, PortsDirect; and a maritime-focused payment processing company for secure, efficient and cost-effective international payments, MarTrust. In the tramp shipping sector, in particular, our companies also provide structured cash management, fixture management and business intelligence services.
We deliver voyage-optimising systems and the benefits of scale to over 350 leading maritime enterprises worldwide. Our team of over 600 people includes maritime operations experts, software developers, scientists, engineers and data analysts from 30 different countries – all committed to supporting the frontline of the maritime industry.
For more information, please visit www.marcura.com.
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