Sune Stilling was appointed head of Growth in January 2017 reporting to Group CEO, Søren Skou. Following an early career in the IT industry, Sune joined the Maersk Group in 1999 as a trainee and has gained 20 years of experience within a broad spectrum of corporate disciplines in the group’s transportation, logistics and energy divisions. Sune has held MD/CEO and senior leadership roles focused on radical turnaround, transformation, divestment and profitable growth in emerging-and developed markets across a number of regions and countries. Prior to assuming the position as Head of Growth, Sune was the CEO of Egyptian Drilling Company (EDC), a leading joint stock oil field services company in the MENA region. Sune holds a Graduate Diploma in Economics (HD/U) from Copenhagen Business School, an MA in Information and Communications Technology from AAU, an MSc in Applied Finance from Singapore Management University (SMU) and an MBA (honors) from IMD. Married to Elsa, Programme Manager at World Diabetes Foundation with two children, Noam born in Senegal, and Maya born in Singapore.