Maersk chairman after virus outbreak: We were unprepared

Maersk Chairman Jim Hagemann Snabe says that the world was unprepared for a global virus outbreak. He describes it as worrying that the world's countries have proven "uncoordinated" in a global and integrated time, reports Berlingske.
Photo: Niels Hougaard/ERH
Photo: Niels Hougaard/ERH

We were unprepared for the outbreak of a pandemic, and that is cause for concern, says A.P. Moeller-Maersk Chairman Jim Hagemann Snabe, whom Berlingske has interviewed in his capacity as chairman of Maersk as well as chairman of Siemens and as a board member of the World Economic Forum.

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