Mads Skov-Hansen has as Area Managing Director the overall responsibility for the activities of Maersk in Eastern Africa. Comprising of 11 countries: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan, Somalia and Eritrea.
He is responsible for driving his Area Leadership Team, staff engagement and stakeholder management as well as profitability, land based operational efficiency, strategy execution and corporate governance in the Area. As part of this scope he oversees Maersk and Safmarine, Sales, Customer Service, Delivery and Product functions.
Previously, Mads was based at the Maersk head office (Copenhagen) in the Africa Trade team for seven years, initially as Portfolio Manager for East Africa and since 2012 as Portfolio Manager for West Africa. In the late 1990s, he spent three years as Sales Manager in Kenya. Since then he has worked in South Africa, mainly as Operations Manager, as well as Mauritius, where he headed up the then-Indian Ocean Islands cluster.
He has been with the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group since August 1993.
Mads also holds the rank of 1st Lieutenant in the Danish Army.
Mads is married with two children.
He enjoys the outdoors including hiking and cycling as well as reading, music, arts, history and spending time with family and friends.