Mr. Christoph Gessner
Chief Operating Officer
Offen Group
Mr. Christoph Gessner grew up on the island of Föhr and started his career with a shipmechanic apprenticeship at Hamburg Süd followed by studies in nautical and technical sciences in Hamburg.
He continued in different job positions at sea and shore within the shipping company. After four years heading the shipmanagement department of the Brazilian subsidiary Aliança in Sao Paulo, he was 2014 appointed as Managing Director for Columbus Shipmanagement in Hamburg.
In direct continuation of a short stint at Maersk in Copenhagen he joined the Offen Group in December 2018 as Managing Director.
As Chief Operating Officer he is responsible for the technical and nautical inspection, technical development, crewing, procurement and quality, health, safety and security (QHSS) of the fleet.
