Michael Kastl was born in Hamburg in 1975. He was appointed Senior Director Treasury & Finance at Hapag-Lloyd in July 2009 being responsible for Group Treasury, Financing- and Debt Capital Markets Activities. He reports directly to the CFO.

He graduated in 2003 from the Faculty of Economic Sciences at the Leuphana University of Lueneburg. He is working for Hapag-Lloyd since 1996 where he started his professional career in a trainee program. In 2003 he returned to Hapag-Lloyd as Manager Treasury.