Privately-owned SeaLead, founded in 2017 and headquartered in Singapore with presence in 21 countries has appointed Shiva Mahadevan as MD for South Asia and Middle East to be based in Mumbai, reporting to SeaLead MD, Henry Schmidl.

He will work closely with the team in Singapore to advance commercial and operational competencies, build and enhance customer relationships, develop products and services to grow the company’s presence in the region and responsible for vendor and agency relationships in the region.

Shiva’s 30 years of experience, skills, knowledge and relationships will benefit SeaLead’s next stage of growth and development of its global network. Previously with APL, NOL and as CEO of Perma Shipping Line Pte Ltd, his roles span across trade management, equipment control, sales and strategy, agencies and management.

We are delighted to be extending SeaLead’s capabilities and reach with the appointment of Shiva. He brings with him tremendous knowledge of liner shipping and will enable us to continue our rapid development. We have extensive plans for the South Asia and Middle East region and are confident that Shiva will help us execute on those plans, commented Schmidl.

SeaLead operates a fleet of 22 vessels and cover 34 ports to serve their customers with the movement of their goods between the Far East, South East Asia, the Indian subcontinent, the Arabian Gulf, the Red Sea, the Mediterranean, Oceania and both the US West Coast and US East Coast and Mexico. Their team is committed to providing high-quality, efficient and timely connections.