The AdvanFort Company today announced that Axel Tuetken, its business development director for Northern Europe, has been chosen for the private maritime security leader’s newly-created global position of Vice President for Sales and Business Development.
The decision to appoint Tuetken, the former
country president in Tokyo for Maersk Line and Safmarine, comes as AdvanFort
was instrumental in putting together a growing sales team for the Asia market,
where—as the International Maritime Bureau
(IMB) recently revealed—Southeast Asia was the region reporting the highest
number of pirate attacks, with 57 cases in the first six months of 2013.
“AdvanFort's reputation as an industry leading Private
Maritime Security Company— combined with Axel Tuetken’s emergence as a key
leader in AdvanFort’s carefully-calibrated effort to offer best-practice
services at an affordable cost to a growing number of clients—comes as our
company has been able to attract a truly
remarkable team in Asia, reflecting in part Axel’s own reputation there and in
other parts of the world,” said AdvanFort President William H. Watson.
“We are very happy to welcome Ken
Park, Shinobu Yamazoe, and Jimmy Chan, who are sure to be key players in our
continued efforts to help protect the free and peaceful flow of commerce around
the world.”
Watson pointed out that nearly four decades
working for the world’s largest maritime shipping company puts Ken Park, the
former President and Representative Director for both Maersk Korea Limited and
Safmarine Korea, in a unique position as the representative in Korea for one of
the world’s most respected private maritime security companies.
Shinobu Yamazoe is similarly qualified to help
AdvanFort maintain and accelerate its growth in terms of new business
acquisition, Watson added, given his experience as a general agent for
Safmarine Container Lines N.V. (a member of the A.P.Moller-Maersk Group), where
he acquired both deep industry knowledge and GM-level relationships with key
clients in Japan.
“Shinobu’s more than 35 years working for Maersk
is proof that sales are not just due to good products and good prices;
relationships are a major factor, with communication a significant predictor
not only of where those relationships are headed, but also the possibilities
that exist in mutual respect for the bottom line,” Watson noted.
As AdvanFort's sales representative in
Singapore, Jimmy Chan exemplifies this company’s proactive understanding that key
to our own success is seizing opportunities to embrace our customers and to
build sustainable relationships of mutual trust and genuine concern in the
maritime community.
Fluent in both English and Mandarin, Jimmy has
held key country sales positions throughout South East Asia, working in the
maritime, offshore and oil & gas industries. His work in Indonesia,
East Malaysia and China is of special note due to its successful penetration of
some of the region’s toughest markets, reflective perhaps of his 17 years of
service in the Republic of Singapore Navy.
“I’m very encouraged to see that Ken Park, Shin
Yamazoe, and Jimmy Chan have decided to join our global sales team,”
said Axel Tuetken. “With these experienced people AdvanFort will be
able to open new markets and at the same time be able to serve our ever growing
number of clients even better in the future.
“With the shipping knowledge Ken, Shin, and
Jimmy bring to the table, AdvanFort is in the position to offer our customers
what they are looking for – reliable, affordable service, and quick
response to protect their assets.”