Samskip picks Kari-Pekka Laaksonen as Group CEO to lead customer-focused logistics strategy.
Pan-European transport service provider Multimodal operator Samskip has named Kari-Pekka Laaksonen as group chief executive tasked with aligning logistics services more closely with the business objectives of its client base.
Laaksonen, who takes up his post at Samskip’s Rotterdam headquarters on 1st August 1st, is the former chief executive of Samskip competitor Containerships, where he led the Finnish group’s aggressive growth from 2012.