OOCL TO MOVE SENIOR MANAGERS
'Hong Kong-based Orient Overseas Container Line will reshuffle its key management in Asia and Europe at the end of the year, when the company’s outspoken managing director for Asia-Pacific, Jim Poon, will retire.
''''Poon, a senior industry figure for many years, will become a consultant to the company.
''''He will be replaced as head of the Asia-Pacific region by C.L. Ting, who is managing director of OOCL (Europe) Ltd. and was head of OOCL (USA) Inc.
''''Ting will be succeeded in Europe by Ted Wang, managing director of OOCL (China) Ltd.
''''The senior management moves do not affect OOCL’s North America region, which will continue to be run by Philip Chow.