April 19, 2010
Safmarine has announced the appointment of Eric Herman as its chief commercial officer. Based at Safmarine’s head office in Antwerp, Belgium, he will lead the carrier’s sales, key accounts, commercial planning, customer service, e-business and public relations and communications teams.
Mr. Herman has extensive commercial experience in the petrochemicals, plastics and automotive supplier industries. Before joining Safmarine, he was business unit director (polypropylene) for SABIC, one of the world’s top 10 petrochemicals companies and the largest non-oil company in the Middle East.
Mr. Herman started his career at GE Plastics in the Netherlands in 1991, working in a number of senior sales, marketing, customer service, quality and commercial management positions before being promoted to his most recent position in 2008 following SABIC’s acquisition of GE Plastics in 2007.
Mr. Herman has management experience in Asia, Europe and America and has lived and worked in the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom and China.
“We are delighted to welcome Eric on board,” said Safmarine CEO Tomas Dyrbye. “His extensive commercial experience outside the liner shipping industry will give us new insight and an extra edge in propelling our commercial focus forward ahead of our closest competitors.”
Mr. Herman was born and raised in the Netherlands, where he completed his master’s degree in material science and engineering at Delft University.
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