With a heavy heart and deep sorrow Maritime Gateway informs the sad demise of Mr. Julian Michael Bevis, Senior Director – Group Relations, AP Moller Maersk Group. Late Mr. Julian Michael Bevis expired on Wednesday, 13 December 2023. He will be missed immeasurably by all of us, his colleagues, friends and associates.
Through his Impactful career and initiatives in promoting containerised maritime trade, Julian Michael Bevis had a most remarkable influence on the shipping and logistics sector and was a source of great inspiration and knowledge for all whose lives he touched.
He was soft spoken, humble but firm on ideology, always keen to bringing in change, committed to the growth of container trade.
A British national, educated at Oxford University from where he holds a Master’s degree as well, Mr. Julian was an Indophile – a true friend of India, fun loving, ready to blend with any age group.
He last served as the Senior Director, Group Relations, South Asia, Maersk Group, for which he was appointed in October 2013. He was also a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Maritime Gateway.
In October 1971, he started his career with Overseas Containers Limited (OCL), one of the first deep sea container operators, as a Management Trainee in London. Throughout his spectacular career, he worked in a number of management positions in Europe and overseas, before being involved in the integration of OCL into the P&O Group when the company was renamed P&O Containers Limited in 1986. Thereafter, he worked in Senior Management positions in London and Europe before being appointed in 1992 as Chief Executive of the South Africa Europe Container Service Consortium for a period of two years.
He then transferred to Singapore as General Manager South East Asia and when P&O Containers merged with Nedlloyd Lines to form P&O Nedlloyd, he was appointed as Regional Director, Middle East, South Asia and African Region based in Mumbai where he lived for eleven years. Throughout the time he was in India, Julian was the Chairman of the Container Shipping Lines Association of India.
On the acquisition of P&O Nedlloyd by Maersk Line in 2005, Julian was appointed as Area Line and Operations Manager for South Asia for Maersk Line. In May 2008 he was transferred to New Zealand as Manager of Maersk Line’s operations in New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. In October 2013 Julian moved to the position of Senior Director, Group Relations, South Asia, based in New Delhi where he was responsible for all government, regulatory and major stakeholder matters.
