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Kim Spalding to take over as CEO of TradeLens

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Kim Spalding to take over as CEO of TradeLens

 Kim Spalding will take charge as CEO of GTD Solution, the Maersk business unit responsible for TradeLens, an open and neutral platform underpinned by blockchain technology to simplify global trade. "Current CEO Mike White is retiring at the end of April after a career spanning more than three decades in shipping and logistics," an official statement said. Spalding has been general manager and product leader for local business advertising & emerging markets for the last six years at Google where she led teams across multiple locations including California, Boston and India.


Prior to that, she held the position as COO of San Francisco-based startup Homejoy. From 2008-2015, Spalding held several leadership roles at Starbucks, including vice president of operations and vice president of product, global coffee. "With his planned retirement, now it's time for Mike to hand over the reins and I'm pleased to announce that Kim Spalding is joining Maersk," says Vincent Clerc, CEO, Ocean & Logistics, A.P. Moeller-Maersk. "Kim has over 20 years experience working with numerous major companies as well as start-up ventures, leading on product innovation that integrates technology and operations to drive customer value.


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