New COO for APM Terminals
Olaf Gelhausen will join APM Terminals as chief operating officer on 15 November 2023. In this role, he will head all COO-functions, including global operations, asset management, automation, project execution, asset design and engineering, lean economics, decarbonisation, and procurement.
Gelhausen most recently worked for automotive supplier Brose where, as member of the executive board, he was responsible for the companywide transformation. Prior to this, he was COO of Thyssenkrupp Bilstein, in charge of manufacturing plants, product and process development, supply chain and quality management, operations, IT and HSSE.
Gelhausen also served as general manager for Hella in China and brings experience from operations, procurement and supply chain leadership roles with Infineon Technologies, having worked in the USA, Singapore, and Germany. (cj)