Rolf Habben Jansen, who has been a member of the Hapag-Lloyd AG's Executive Board since 1 April, 2014 has assumed the position of CEO effective 1 July, 2014. He succeeds Michael Behrendt, who left the Hapag-Lloyd AG's Executive Board as scheduled on 30 June, 2014 as did COO Ulrich Kranich. The new COO is Anthony J. Firmin who joined the Executive Board on July 1, 2014 after 19 years at the company.

Peter Ganz continues as CFO, a position he has held since April 2009.