Markus Popken is a skilled marketing professional with 30 years of experience in the shipping industry, specialising in the South African market with key partner countries including Europe, the Mediterranean, the Middle East and the USA. Markus is passionate about improving logistics processes in deep sea shipping with a focus on service orientation. He is a results-driven individual with a strategic mindset, integrity and analytical skills, balancing interactions at various levels. Markus has been National Sales Marketing Manager at Deutsche Afrika-Linien/John T. Essberger Group of Companies and Container Manager at MACS Maritime Carrier Shipping. He has studied Bcom, Business Economics at University of South Africa/Universiteit van Suid-Afrika, MBA, Business at University of Cape Town and Reedereikaufmann, Tramp shipping at Berufsschule für Schiffahrt & Reiseverkehr Hamburg.