Jonathan Mercer News

Current Group Vice President for Hempel South & East Asia, Pernille Lind Olsen, becomes new Group Vice President for Hempel Europe & Africa starting on 1 July 2020. At the same time, current Finance Director for Hempel Middle East Jonathan Mercer will take over Pernille Lind Olsen’s position as Group Vice Presi-dent for Hempel South & East Asia.Olsen has been with Hempel since November 2013. Since then, she has held positions as Group Product Director, Group Product & Portfolio Director and…

Knut Vollebaek, Norwegian Ambassador to the United States, visited the ms Oosterdam in Seattle, Wash., recently with his wife, Ellen, as a guest of Stein Kruse, Holland America Line president and CEO. From left to right on the bridge of the Oosterdam: Stein Kruse, who was born in Oslo, Norway, his wife, Linda Kruse; Captain Jonathan Mercer, master of the Oosterdam; Ellen Vollebaek; and Knut Vollebaek. Vollebaek and his wife sailed to Alaska with Holland America Line.