Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu of Japan, after 26 years of service to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) steps down today and Lim Ki-Tack of South Korea has been appointed as successor.

Ki-Tack is currently president of Busan Port Authority, and former Commissioner of the Korean Maritime Safety Tribunal and a long-term diplomat, including a period as head of the Tokyo MOU and chair of the IMO’s Flag State Implementation sub-committee. Ki-Tack overcame challengers from Denmark, Cyprus, Russia, Kenya and the Philippines, defeating Danish candidate Andreas Nordseth in the final round. He will assume his four-year post at the end of 2015.

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