The Supervisory Board of Hapag-Lloyd AG has appointed Dheeraj Bhatia to the company’s Executive Board effective from 1 January 2024.
Dheeraj Bhatia will also become chief executive officer of the new Rotterdam-based Hapag-Lloyd Terminal Holding, in which Hapag-Lloyd AG’s infrastructure holdings will be pooled.
In 2014, Bhatia joined Hapag-Lloyd as managing director and initially headed Area India. Since 2018, he has been based in Dubai and serving as senior managing director of Region Middle East. At the same time, he has been a member of Hapag-Lloyd’s Executive Committee.
“With Dheeraj Bhatia’s appointment, we are gaining a proven expert in container shipping for the Executive Board of Hapag-Lloyd AG. Thanks to his international experience, the Supervisory Board is firmly convinced that the development, expansion and integration of our terminal portfolio will be in the best of hands,” stated Michael Behrendt, chairman of the Supervisory Board of Hapag-Lloyd AG.