COPENHAGEN, March 20 (Reuters)– Danish delivery team A.P. Moller-Maersk claimed on Tuesday its primary economic police officer has actually chosen to leave the firm after just 16 months in the function.

The separation of Jakob Strausholm, that took the function as primary money, method and also makeover police officer in December 2016, follows Maersk determined to divide the money function from its IT and also electronic makeover feature, the company said.

The modification comes in the middle of a significant restructuring and also electronic drive which Maersk hopes will certainly streamline the procedure of relocating items all over the world.

“Digitalisation is changing our business model and the way in which we drive and implement our strategy. With this organisational change, we expand our management capacity within digitalisation to accelerate the transformation,” Chairman Jim Hagemann Snabe claimed in a declaration.

Maersk did not state that would certainly head both features.

After after Strausholm’s separation on March 31 the exec board will certainly contain chief executive officer Soren Skou and also Vice- Chief Executive Officers Claus V. Hemmingsen, Vincent Clerc, Soren Toft and also Morten Engelstoft, Maersk claimed.

Maersk shares were down 2.9 percent at 0900 GMT.

(Reporting by Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen, modifying by Louise Heavens)

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