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Orsel is the first woman to head up ECSA

02.02.2024
BRÜSSEL. Early in the new year, Dutch national Karin Orsel (CEO of the MF Shipping Group) became the first woman to head up the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA). The former vice president is taking over from the Cypriot Philippos Philis and has been elected for two years, which is the tradition at ECSA, as is the succession plan that the vice president is then appointed as president. Mikki Koskinen (Managing Director of ESL Shipping Oy) of Finland is the new ECSA vice president.

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