Ship Management Company, V.Group, has announced the appointment of Ian El-Mokadem as chief executive officer today.
Ian El-Mokadem comes from the position of Non-Executive Director at Serco, where he spent 4 months; with a CEO position Exova Group preceding that.
V.Group have stated that they are delighted to have someone on-board with such a large amount of international business experience.
John Pattullo, V.Group chairman, said: “We are delighted to have Ian on board and look forward to this next phase of V.Group’s journey as we strive to deliver superior world-class solutions for our clients. On behalf of the Board, I’d like to thank Hanne Sorensen for her leadership, helping to ensure that we were able to keep the momentum of our ambitious plans to shape the future of the ship management industry.”
On joining the Group, Ian El-Mokadem added: “I am delighted to be starting at V.Group today and I’m very much looking forward to meeting my new colleagues and our customers. My initial priority is to learn more about our business and that of our customers so I’ll be spending a lot of time listening over the coming weeks and months.
“With a talented organisation – both at sea and ashore – I am very confident that we will achieve our ambition of becoming a blue chip, innovative, highly professional service provider to ship owners around the world.”
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