Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) has announced that Mark Whitehead has been approved by the Board of Directors to be the next managing director of Hactl with effect from 1 September 2010. Over the last 23 years Whitehead has held numerous management positions within the Jardine Matheson Group and most recently as executive director of Hongkong Land.

Whitehead is replacing Anthony Wong who joined Hactl in 1999 as managing director and is now retiring, but remaining as advisor to the company. The change in leadership comes as Swire Pacific and Cathay Pacific sell their stakes in Hactl to begin construction on Cathay’s ownterminal at HKIA.