ZAG International appoint new Managing Director

Daniel Ulestig has been appointed Managing Director, Head of Global Shipping and European Business operations of ZAG International PTE, effective 1 May 2019. Mr Ulestig takes responsibility for all of ZAG's shipping activities around the world as well as leading the company's business interests in Europe.

Daniel brings extensive experience in the cement industry, specifically the shipping sector.  He began his career as a trainee at Holcim Trading in Madrid, Spain in 1998. In 2003, he joined Belden Shipping as a market analysts and moved to Singapore in early 2004 where two years later, he was promoted to the position of Commercial Director. Belden Shipping was subsequently acquired by Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Skipsrederi of Bergen, Norway, in late 2006. In 2008, Daniel was named Assistant Vice President of KGJ Cement (Singapore) Pte Ltd, with responsibility for all chartering activities east of the Suez. KGJ Cement is the world's largest cement carrier owner.  

In 2010 he assumed oversight of the Singapore  office and was named to the entity's Board of Directors in 2011. In 2014, Daniel was made Vice President of KGJ Cement in Singapore. He moved back to Sweden in late 2017 where he continued to serve as KGJ Cement's Vice President Chartering.