The chief executive officer (CEO) of Stolt-Nielsen, Niels G. Stolt-Nielsen, will step down from his role after 23 years on September 1, 2023.
Niels G. Stolt-Nielsen will assume the role of chairman of the board of Stolt-Nielsen Limited, replacing Samuel Cooperman. The company announced that he will be succeeded as CEO by Udo Lange.
Stolt-Nielsen informed the board of the company that he would be stepping down from the CEO role back in January 2022. He has been the CEO since November 2000, having joined the famous Scandinavian tanker company in 1990.
Udo Lange, who will join Stolt-Nielsen as CEO on September 1, 2023, has more than 20 years of experience in the international trade industry, with expertise in freight forwarding, express and parcel logistics, and airline catering.
He was most recently president of healthcare, logistics, and Americas International at FedEx Express, leading a team of more than 50,000 employees across 80 countries.
Lange was also part of the FedEx Senior Management Committee which sets the strategic direction of the circa $90bn revenue enterprise and has held several other senior roles at FedEx since joining in 2015.
The incoming CEO currently serves as a member of the White House Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force and has been involved in the task force’s Freight Logistics Optimization Works group.
Lange has a seat on the boards of the NASDAQ-listed e-commerce startup Freightos, the German American Chamber of Commerce of the Southern U.S., and the Memphis Symphony Orchestra.
