Rob Harrison
Regional Head of Business Development and Strategy for PSA EuroMed and Americas

Rob was born in South Africa, graduated from University of the Witwatersrand and spent 5 years with EY. He then worked for a large Industrial Holding Co Bidvest Ltd in the capacity as CF0 at various of their operating units.

He ventured into and fell in love with transport logistics in 2004 when Rob joined the A P Moller Maersk Group. There he spent 3 years in Nigeria followed by 2 years in Copenhagen leading a Global Finance transformation project and then moved to Belgium as CFO for the Maersk subsidiary Safmarine Container Lines. From 2012 to 2023 Rob moved into the Ports sector initially overseeing DP World’s businesses in the Benelux including the Antwerp Gateway Terminal and later the integration and formation of the DP World Intermodal Freight Division in Europe as VP leading the integration of DP World Intermodal, Imperial Europe and parts of Syncreon post acquisition.

Today, Rob has taken responsibility for Business Development and Strategy at PSA Euromend & Americas with the ambition to support the further development of PSA’s service offering across the supply chain. These being driven by the need for more sustainable, resilient and cost effective logistics solutions from Port to door. He is now based out of Antwerp and is part of the Euromed & Americas leadership Team.

He is a staunch believer in open markets and liberal economies and goes by the mantra that “trade is at the centre of societal wellbeing”.