Duarte previously spent a decade with the global logistics company between 2014 and 2024, holding several positions across regions.<\/p>\n
A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk)\u00a0has appointed Roberta Duarte (pictured above)\u00a0as its new Chief People Officer, effective 1 November 2026.<\/p>\n
Duarte will rejoin the company\u2019s Executive Leadership Team<\/a>, succeeding Susana Elvira, who announced in August that she would explore opportunities outside Maersk after 24 years with the organisation.<\/p>\n The appointment marks a return to Maersk for Duarte, who previously spent a decade with the global logistics company between 2014 and 2024. During this period, she held several senior people leadership positions across Latin America and Asia Pacific, before taking on global roles supporting Maersk\u2019s Ocean, Logistics and Services businesses.<\/p>\n Duarte most recently served as Chief People Officer at medical diagnostics company Werfen, a role she has held since May 2024<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI am truly honoured to return to Maersk. It is a company that feels like home to me \u2013 both because its values resonate strongly with my own and because of the many relationships I built during my years with Maersk,\u201d Duarte said.\u00a0<\/p>\n Before joining Maersk, Duarte built her HR career at Citi, working across Latin and North America. Her previous positions included HR Head for Costa Rica and Panama, Country HR Officer and Public Affairs Officer in Ecuador, and HR Vice President for Corporate and Consumer Bank Independent Risk and Compliance, Public Affairs, and Legal across Latin America.<\/p>\n If you’d like your senior HR leadership appointment to be featured in ‘Up the ranks’, please write in to us at\u00a0editorial@humanresourcesonline.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n