Hull, United Kingdom - August 29, 2013, Hull, United Kingdom - InterBulk, a logistics solution provider to the chemical, polymer, food and minerals industries, announced that Koert Van Wissen has decided to retire and step down as chief executive officer, effective September 30, 2013.
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Mr. van Wissen will be appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the Company.
Mr. van Wissen has more than 30 years experience in the industry and has been the CEO of InterBulk since February 2006. From 1980 until his present appointment he held various roles in United Bos BV (later United Transport Tankcontainers (UTT)) starting as GM of the Rotterdam Europoort office responsible for operation of the Liquid Bulk business between England and the European continent in road-tankers.
In the late 1980's Mr. van Wissen bought the first tankcontainers and was Operations Director of UTT from 1989 to 1996. Between 1996 and 2000, he was Operations and Business Development Director of Initial Tank Containers (renamed while a subsidiary of Rentokil Initial), with responsibility for worldwide operations and business development and was Managing Director from 2000 until he led the management buy-out of UTT in 2002.
Mr. van Wissen has spent more than 33 years as a leading figure in the tankcontainer and intermodal operating business. Following the acquisition of United Transport Tankcontainers in 2006, the formation of InterBulk Group and the subsequent acquisition of UBC in 2007, he integrated the businesses.
The company also announced that Louis Frans Jacob Kullberg will replace Mr. van Wissen as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective October 1, 2013.
Mr. Kullberg will join the Company as Chief Executive designate, and subject to an amendment to the Company's Articles of Association to be approved by shareholders in general meeting, will join the Board and be appointed as Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Kullberg has extensive experience in the international maritime and transport industry and in the development and expansion of businesses. Most recently he was Divisional Director of Towage at Royal Boskalis and Managing Director of Harbour Towage and Terminals at SMIT International.
Prior to joining SMIT International in 2004, Mr. Kullberg held various positions at DHL and Royal Nedlloyd where he was Managing Director of Danzas Chemicals and its predecessor Nedlloyd Road Cargo from 1996 until 2004. During that period he was accountable for all international chemical transport and distribution services. ■