SPECTAINER has appointed Simon Aynsley as chief commercial officer. Mr Aynsley has served as a non-executive director for the company since February 2020.
Mr Aynsley brings with him a wealth of knowledge of the shipping industry, including more than 20 years of experience working for world leading container carrier as the former managing director Australia/New Zealand for CMA CGM Group. Mr Aynsley was also a director of Shipping Australia from 2010 to 2019.
Spectainer managing director Nicholas Press said, “Simon brings with him decades of shipping and logistics experience. He also brings extensive executive leadership from his many years holding senior management positions”.
Mr Aynsley has worked for several global firms, including DHL International (in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Kuwait and Bahrain), Nedlloyd Swire, P&O Nedlloyd, and NYK before joining the CMA CGM Group in 1998.
Mr Aynsley said he was “thrilled” to be joining Spectainer as the new chief commercial officer.
“The global supply chain is committed to and investing substantial sums into sustainable solutions to reduce carbon dioxide emissions,” he said.
“Investment in vessel efficiency, new fuel types, wind, hydro and solar power throughout the supply chain are all making a contribution but to date, no one has re-imagined the shipping container and its full impact on the environment, until now. As an advocate for sustainable solutions, I’m excited to join founder and CEO Nicholas Press in taking the Spectainer product offering to the world.”
Spectainer has developed a collapsible shipping container called Collapsecon.
Spectainer aims to establish Collapsecon as the world’s first mass-produced collapsible container.
Mr Aynsley brings with him a wealth of knowledge of the shipping industry, including more than 20 years of experience working for world leading container carrier as the former managing director Australia/New Zealand for CMA CGM Group. Mr Aynsley was also a director of Shipping Australia from 2010 to 2019.
