Maximilian Rothkopf will step down as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Hapag-Lloyd in June. A successor for the position has not yet been appointed.
The company announced that he is leaving “on the best of terms”. Rothkopf will remain associated with Hapag-Lloyd in an advisory capacity for a transitional period in order to ensure a seamless succession. The Supervisory Board will decide on his successor at a later date. The manager has been a member of the Executive Board of Germany’s largest shipping company since May 2019. In July 2019, he took over operational responsibility for the shipping company’s global shipping business as COO.
“Over the past seven years, Dr Rothkopf has contributed with great commitment and dedication to modernizing and gradually decarbonizing Hapag-Lloyd’s fleet, among other things,” said Karl Gernandt, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Hapag-Lloyd. The fact that Hapag-Lloyd today has a modern fleet of around 300 ships with a capacity of around 2.5 million TEU is also thanks to Rothkopf. He also made a significant contribution to the strategic realignment of the company and to strengthening its operational performance.
Before joining Hapag-Lloyd, Rothkopf, who holds a doctorate in economics, worked for McKinsey. He became a partner there in 2014 and was part of the global management team for Travel, Transport and Logistics. In this role, he advised liner shipping companies, airlines and international logistics companies, among others.
Rothkopf was born in 1980, studied business administration at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich and graduated with a degree in business administration in 2004. He then completed his doctorate in economics at the European Business School in Oestrich-Winkel in 2008.
