Emile Hoogsteden is an entrepreneurial executive with over 30 years of experience in developing global business partnerships in commercial shipping, ports, and logistics. He leads SOHAR Port into its next stage of expansion, robust business growth, and energy transition towards becoming a fully integrated industrial port and logistics hub.
Results-driven with a focus on global trading and shipping lanes, he aims to realise SOHAR Port and Freezone’s potential as an engine for economic diversification, sustainability, and investment to support Oman’s development goals. He has a strong track record in senior management at P&O Nedlloyd B.V., APM Terminals International B.V., and most recently, the Port of Rotterdam as Vice President Commercial
Alongside a commercially oriented mindset and experience working with international governmental authorities, Emile possesses deep expertise in defining and executing Commercial Digitalisation strategies. He has served on the boards of Sohar Industrial Port Company, Rotterdam Port Promotion Council, and Greenport Venlo.
Emile holds a master’s degree in Corporate Law from Erasmus University Rotterdam and several diplomas in management and leadership.
