Executive recruitment firm Amrop is launching a global team of maritime headhunters, with industry veteran Esben Poulsson playing a key advisory role.

The new shipping practice will be headed by Christian Reich and Peter Poulsen from Amrop’s Copen­hagen office and Thomas Hofer in Singapore, where Poulsson is also based.

Recruiters in the partnership’s Amsterdam, Hamburg, Hong Kong and Oslo offices will also take part, including Amrop’s Hamburg-based group chair Annika Farin, who told TradeWinds she is just starting a search for a shipping client —...