Kolding to become bank chairman

Kolding to become bank chairman    Eivind Kolding, chief executive of Maersk Line, is expected to be named chairman of Danske Bank at the end of March, the bank said in a statement earlier this month.

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   Kolding is vice chairman and has served on the board of Scandinavia's largest bank since 2001. He'll replace current Chairman Alf-Duch Pedersen, who is not standing for re-election, the bank said.
   The A.P. Moller – Maersk Group, parent of Maersk Line, has a 22.7 percent stake in the bank.
   Kolding, meanwhile, reportedly denied in the Danish press the impending bank chairmanship would affect his duties with the world's largest container-shipping line. Maersk is set to release its annual report Wednesday and is expected to announce record profits for 2010. The line also said Monday it has signed an order for as many as 30 18,000-TEU containerships, which would be the biggest vessels in operation today.