SCURRAH TO JOIN DP WORLD

Recently departed Aurizon Holdings Ltd executive, Paul Scurrah, will be appointed chief executive officer of DP World Australia, The Australian Financial Review reports.

Last week, Aurizon issued a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange, announcing Mr Scurrah, the group's executive vice president of commercial and marketing, "had been appointed to a more senior role external to Aurizon."

The AFR reports Mr Scurrah will replace DP World chief executive Ganesh Raj, in an appointment to be announced early this week.

DP World is Australia's second-largest ports operator.