PEARSON TO HEAD HUTCHISON PORTS (UK) LTD.
Richard Pearson, managing director of Hutchison Westports Ltd., has been named to succeed Chris Gray as chief executive of Hutchison Ports (UK) Ltd.
Gray will retire at the end of December this year, but will continue to undertake projects for the group in the future, the British port operator said.
Hutchison Ports (UK), which owns and manages several large container ports in the United Kingdom, is a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Hutchison Port Holdings.