Camillo Fontana has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Hanseatic Global Terminals (HGT), effective 1 August 2024. HGT, part of Hapag-Lloyd’s Terminal and Infrastructure division, holds stakes in 20 container terminals across Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Africa.
Fontana brings over 15 years of finance experience in container shipping and land logistics. He began his career at MSC in Geneva as a Finance Manager, later becoming Regional CFO for Asia and the Middle East, based in Singapore, in 2014. In 2018, he was appointed CFO of Medlog, MSC’s land logistics division, a role he held until 2022. For the past two years, Fontana has been a board member for several MSC agencies and Head of the MSC Group CFO Office.
“We are delighted that with Camillo, we have found a very experienced financial expert to be the new CFO of Hanseatic Global Terminals,” said Dheeraj Bhatia, Chief Terminal and Infrastructure Officer of Hapag-Lloyd and CEO of HGT. “We have ambitious growth plans with HGT and will make major investments in quality, efficiency, and sustainability. Managing the related financial aspects will be crucial.”
Fontana’s extensive experience is expected to support HGT’s strategic initiatives and growth ambitions effectively.
