APM Terminals Bahrain, the operator of Khalifa Bin Salman Port, has announced that Matthew Luckhurst will be the new managing director, assuming his new role on 2 July.
Luckhurst joins APM Terminals from his current role as vice president for Container Shipping at Milaha based in Qatar. He takes over from chief financial officer and interim managing director Farooq Zuberi who assumed the role after the previous managing director resigned for personal reasons.
In his previous positions, Matthew Luckhurst was vice president at Bahri Logistics in Saudi Arabia and managing director of United Africa Feeder Line out of Mauritius. Additionally, he held multiple roles with P&O Nedlloyd and Maersk Line, across East Africa, Indonesia, Korea and Japan, as well as a short role with Kuehne & Nagel in Kenya.
APM Terminals managing director for Asia and the Middle East Jon Goldner, commented, “Matthew brings valuable commercial and business development flare and extensive leadership experience across the Middle East. He has a strong background in the maritime sector and its related operations and is the perfect candidate to propel APM Terminal Bahrain’s future growth.”
