Susanne Marston, former Vice President & Chief Counsel for the EMEA region at the Eaton Corporation joined APM Terminals, an independent unit of the Danish Maersk Group, as their General Counsel in August and is based in The Hague, Netherlands.
Marston was previously based in Morges, Switzerland. As part of her role with Eaton, she was heading up the regional law department and was responsible for the handling of all legal aspects of doing business in Europe, Middle East and Africa, including Intellectual Property, the implementation of tax strategies, and the management of risks related to the expansion into Russia, Middle East, and Africa. Prior to joining Eaton in September 2006, she worked for a little over 5 years as International Legal Counsel with GMAC Automotive and GMAC Insurance in the United Kingdom.
APM Terminals operates a Global Terminal Network of 20,300 employees on five continents which includes 65 operating port and terminal facilities in 39 countries, and over 160 Inland Services operations in 47 countries. The company provides port management and operations to over 60 liner shipping customers who serve the world’s leading importers and exporters of containerized and other cargoes.
In CEE, the company’s global terminal network of ports includes Tallinn in Estonia, and St. Petersburg, (4 Terminals: Petrolesport, First Container Terminal, Moby Dik Container Terminal and Ust-Luga Container Terminal), Moscow, and Vostochny in Russia, while its network of inland services includes terminals in Romania, Russia, and Turkey. The company reported a 2013 revenue of USD 4.33 billion.
