{"id":151207,"date":"2026-08-24T05:56:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T05:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/151207\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T05:56:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T05:56:16","slug":"dfds-head-of-ferry-division-mathieu-girardin-to-leave-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/151207\/","title":{"rendered":"DFDS HEAD OF FERRY DIVISION MATHIEU GIRARDIN TO LEAVE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>INVESTOR NEWS no. 21 &#8211; 7 August 2026\u00a0 Mathieu Girardin, EVP, Head of Ferry Division and member of the Executive Management Team will step down from his position on 14 August 2026. Mathieu Girardin joined DFDS in October 2022.<\/p>\n<p>During Mathieu Girardin\u2019s four-year tenure with DFDS, he has led a significant transformation of the Ferry Division while growing DFDS\u2019 presence in strategic and emerging markets.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would like to thank Mathieu for his contributions to DFDS. Under his leadership, the Ferry Division has strengthened and expanded its network and enhanced its organisational capabilities to prepare the division for the future. As we enter the\u202f next \u202fphase of\u202f our ongoing transformation, the management change\u00a0will bring\u00a0new perspectives to our strategic direction\u201d, says Michael Hansen, CEO of DFDS.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It has been a privilege to lead the Ferry Division and work alongside talented colleagues across DFDS. I am proud of what we have achieved and confident that both the Ferry Division and DFDS are well positioned for continued improvement&#8221;, says Mathieu Girardin, Head of Ferry Division.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Hansen, CEO will assume responsibility as Interim Head of Ferry Division until a successor is in place. The recruitment process for a new Head of Ferry Division has been initiated.<\/p>\n<p>Get the latest news<br \/>\n                <br class=\"br-line\"\/><br \/>\n                delivered to your inbox<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for The Manila Times newsletters<\/p>\n<p>            By signing up with an email address, I acknowledge that I have read and agree to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manilatimes.net\/terms-of-service\" title=\"Terms of Service\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Terms of Service<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manilatimes.net\/privacy-policy\" title=\"Privacy Policy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>DFDS\u2019 Ferry Division provides ferry, port terminal, and rail services connecting people and businesses across the North Sea, the Mediterranean, the Channel, the Baltic Sea, and the Strait of Gibraltar. Ferry Division\u2019s revenue was DKK 17bn in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Contact<\/p>\n<p>S\u00f8ren Br\u00f8ndholt Nielsen, IR +45 33 42 33 59<\/p>\n<p>Dennis Kj\u00e6rsgaard, Media +45 42 30 38 47<\/p>\n<p>About DFDS<\/p>\n<p>We operate a transport network in and around Europe with an annual revenue of DKK 30bn and 15,000 full-time employees.<\/p>\n<p>We move goods in trailers by ferry, road &amp; rail, and we offer complementary transport and logistics solutions.<\/p>\n<p>We also move car and foot passengers on short sea and overnight ferry routes.<\/p>\n<p>DFDS was founded in 1866 and headquartered and listed in Copenhagen.<\/p>\n<p>This information is subject to the disclosure requirements pursuant to Section 5-12 the Norwegian Securities Trading Act<\/p>\n<p>Attachment<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/Tracker?data=7N97pTdgRMZSuCIAIj14jxDYfeCuqs8kQvQTEPRV4jMt7vSYpb1yn8kft7TXQMmfAKMBK8riHdjVbghuv5FUtiTOYKIUIcvLaQ0LiMM_b3B9ajA3_4hun-SBM8Qkj__iBl805G-WonwD12bMkJrvHnqpLxr0Cduw9gXy3hMW8dAKYZMMAPpe8pMLmZSfYWEiFEp0tewIijYsoobO-Vadlg==\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DFDS_NO_21_07_08_2026_FERRY_MANAGEMENT_CHANGE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787550976_839_DFDS-A-S.png\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"INVESTOR NEWS no. 21 &#8211; 7 August 2026\u00a0 Mathieu Girardin, EVP, Head of Ferry Division and member of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151208,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[6052],"tags":[6057,25945,1358,68086,26571,35890,68085,1381,217],"class_list":["post-151207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dfds","tag-dfds","tag-division","tag-ferry","tag-girardin","tag-head","tag-leave","tag-mathieu","tag-of","tag-to"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/117148948248988171","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}