Heather Wood
CMA CGM
Head of Sustainability-North America
Heather Wood is Head of Sustainability for North America. With over 25 years’ marine industry experience, Heather leads the Group’s Sustainability strategy for People, Planet, and Fair Trade in the U.S. and Canada. Her focus is sustainable business development, specifically ensuring the Group’s energy transition, decarbonization, ocean stewardship, and innovation strategies and the Foundation community investments bring customer value, drive innovation, and support the CMA CGM mission in North America.
Heather’s career in maritime started at The Port of Virginia, the third largest container port complex on the U.S. East Coast. As Vice President of Sustainability and Government Affairs, Ms. Wood developed and directed sustainability strategy, policy, and programming for the Port and was responsible for environmental performance, public engagement, and regulatory affairs related to port and terminal operations.
Prior to joining CMA CGM, Heather was sustainability management consultant to Norfolk Southern Railroad, and the ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, Houston, North Carolina, Massachusetts, and Virginia.
Heather was appointed to the Marine Board by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine in 2023, and from 2019-2023 served as Chairman of the Virginia State Water Control Board. Outside of her work in maritime and sustainability, one of Heather’s passions is opening doors to education and to career networks for young women and men of purpose and vision.