We are pleased to announce that Birgitte Henrichsen will join the A.P. Moller - Maersk Group on 1 September 2008 as Head of Media Relations. Birgitte Henrichsen will have overall responsibility for global media contact.

Birgitte Henrichsen (53) is a journalist, and has since 2000 been Senior Vice President Communication in Scandinavian Tobacco.

Contact: Senior Vice President, Group Communication Steen Reeslev, +45 3363 3507