Maersk Broker is seeking expansion of its consultancy and advisory business after recruiting two well-known industry figures with backgrounds in shipowning and finance.

Former Torm executive Jesper Bo Hansen has been hired to lead a division that has been rebranded Maersk Broker Advisory Services. He is joined by Peter Willems, previously of Oldendorff and most ­recently with HSBC.

Anders Hald, chief executive of Maersk Broker, says the division is an enlarged version of what was previously marketed under the Maersk Broker Financial Services umbrella.