Success in the freight industry and logistics arena, at Director level, including the establishment of 9 overseas offices, in the Middle East, Far East and India; personnel recruitment, marketing and the establishment of a multi-million £Sterling revenue base. Additionally I have successfully undertaken the formation and management of a first-class worldwide agency network for the same group. Major clients included The World Bank, IMF, DOD USA, UK MoD, UN, donor agencies, NGOs and many overseas government depts; commercial clients included several international telecommunications companies, Landmark Group and ABB. In depth knowledge of logistics and procurement stemming from early experience as an Officer of HM Customs and Excise UK followed by expatriate experience in Saudi Arabia (Oil Industry), Sultanate of Oman (Government) and UAE (Commercial general management and international freight forwarding and logistics). A major career change and relocation in 2007 led to the position of Managing Director, Intuitive Logistics Resources (ILR), Thailand, a media and marketing company focussed on developing programmes specifically for the freight and logistics industry and in particular the WCA Family of Logistics Networks. Now managing 50+ staff in Bangkok headquarters of a multi-million US$ company producing conferencing events, exhibitions, advertising, graphic design, multi-media, IT programmes and networking systems specifically for the logistics community.Specialties: Financially responsible and administratively excellent. A mature manager with a youthful outlook, a good communicator, self motivated and confident. A long-term British expatriate industry-professional with extensive knowledge of the Middle East, Asia and the Far East, which together with a willingness to understand languages, culture and training skills, equips me well to progress my career further in those regions.
