RODOLPHE SAADÉ Executive Officer, CMA CGM	RODOLPHE SAADÉ, executive officer of CMA CGM, was born in 1970. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Concordia University in Montreal, where he majored in marketing. Rodolphe Saadé got his start in business selling water coolers for Dynamics Concept in Lebanon and in Syria, a company he founded and where he served as chairman and chief executive officer. In 1994, he began his career at Compagnie Maritime d’Affrètement (CMA) with a training period in New York. Soon he was appointed director of the Northern Europe/Far East line, based in Hong Kong. From 1997 to 2000, he was back in Marseille, where he was successively director of the United States/Mediterranean, Far East/Northern Europe, and Far East/Northern Europe/U.S. West Coast lines. He was appointed director of the Transat and Trans-Pacific line in 2000, and named vice president of the line in 2002. In 2004, Rodolphe Saadé joined the Group Executive Board as chief executive vice president of the North/South routes. He is in charge of managing and developing regular lines on the routes to North America, Central America, the Caribbean, South Africa, West Africa, Australia, and the Indian Ocean. In addition, he was appointed in 2006 to expand Delmas lines in West, East, and Central Africa and the Indian Ocean, and to develop synergies with lines operated by CMA CGM Group and Cross Trade as well as U.S. Lines. In 2010, Rodolphe Saadé was appointed executive officer of CMA CGM and director of the board.
	ROBERT P. KUSICIEL Vice President, Inbound Transportation, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.	ROB KUSICIEL is responsible for all aspects of global logistics in support of direct sourcing activities for the company. He is also responsible for all inbound freight to Wal-Mart’s U.S. distribution centers. Wal-Mart has over 8,100 retail units under 55 different banners in 15 countries spanning Asia, Europe, Latin America, and North America. Mr. Kusiciel joined Wal-Mart in 2001 as director of global transportation. He has also served as director of global services within the Global Supply Chain and Global Procurement divisions. He was promoted in 2004 to vice president of global logistics and global sourcing. In 2011 he was promoted to vice president of inbound transportation and head of global logistics, integrating the two areas. Prior to joining Wal-Mart, Mr. Kusiciel was vice president of product development for an internet-based service provider delivering global order fulfillment systems. Prior to that, he spent 15 years with industry leaders in the global transportation arena, holding positions as sales representative, rate group specialist, manager of pricing, and marketing director. Mr. Kusiciel has a bachelor of science in marketing from the University of Illinois.
	ROLF HABBEN-JANSEN CEO, Damco International A/S	ROLF HABBEN-JANSEN has been the CEO of Damco since 1 January 2009. Based in Copenhagen, he is responsible for all of the global activities of Damco. Rolf Habben-Jansen comes from a position as head of global customer solutions with DHL. He was responsible for the account management and growth of the top 100 customers across all of DHL's Business Units since 2006. Before that, he headed up the Contract Logistics activities of DHL in most of Mainland Europe since 2001. In the 1990's, he held various senior positions in Nedlloyd and Danzas, both of which were merged into DHL later. Rolf Habben-Jansen was born in 1966, and today is married and has two children. He was born in Holland, and he holds a degree in economics from Erasmus University of Rotterdam.
	MARK MILLAR Managing Director, M Power Associates	CLIENTS HAVE ENGAGED MARK MILLAR as speaker, moderator, master of ceremonies, or conference chairman at more than 200 functions in 17 countries. Acknowledged as an industry thought leader, Mr. Millar has published articles regularly in trade magazines in five languages. He leverages over 20 years of global business experience to develop and deliver enlightening keynote speeches and to provide independent consulting, education, and advisory services that create value for clients by improving the performance of their logistics and supply-chain activities in China and the Asia Pacific region. With extensive experience in the mainland China market, Mr. Millar has worked with, and for, many leading companies in the consumer retail, high-tech electronics, and third-party logistics sectors. Mr. Millar serves as advisor to several organizations, including various non-profit associations, and his commitment and contribution to the industry has been recognized with several accolades: "Pro’s to Know, Supply Chain Providers” 2011; “Chartered Fellowship” awarded by Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport 2010 ; "Supply Chain Thought Leader” Pro's to Know 2009; “One of the most Progressive People in World Logistics” Global Institute of Logistics, 2008; "Supply Chain Veteran” Who's Who of Supply Chain in Asia 2007; "China Supply Chain 20: the Who, What and Why of China Supply Chain" 2007; "Pro's to Know in Fulfillment and Logistics" Supply & Demand Chain Executive 2007; and "Top 20 Who's Who of the Power Players in Supply Chain Management in China" 2006. During Mr. Millar’s distinguished international business development career, he has lived in the U.K., The Netherlands, Australia, Singapore, the U.S., Ireland, China, and Hong Kong. Mr. Millar achieved an M.B.A. with distinction from the University of the West of England, is a graduate of the U.K. Chartered Institute of Marketing, and holds a post-graduate diploma in management studies.
	RONG HE President, Century 3 (Shanghai) Inc.	RONG HE is chairman and president of Century 3’s organization in China, which helps multi-national corporations (MNCs) manage foreign investment construction projects coming to China, as well as Chinese companies with operations going to the United States and Europe. His team conducts site selection, master planning, project management, engineering design, sourcing, construction, and plant relocation worldwide for diverse industrial facilities. The projects in which Rong He has been involved include general industrial, high-tech, new energy, chemical, commercial, and high-speed railroad. He is particularly knowledgeable on China site selection and industrial park master planning, the protection of intellectual property (IP), and plant relocation. Prior to assuming his current position with C3, in 2004 he served as director of China business development for IDC, a part of the CH2M HILL family of companies, where he focused on high-technology industrial development projects in China. Rong He also worked for Fluor Corporation with the firm’s high-tech group as architect, project manager, and operations manager of Asia. Before that, he taught in Suzhou Institute of Urban Planning and Construction, and Zhejiang University of Technology. Rong He, year 1992, graduated from the University of Arizona with a Master of Architecture. He also holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Zhejiang University and a Master of Chinese Architecture History from Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology
	MARCEL EGGER Member of the Board of Directors and Chief Financial Officer, Eurogate GmbH & Co. KGaA, KG	IN JULY 2009 MARCEL EGGER became a member of the group executive board of Eurogate Group, responsible for finance, controls, and administration; he also sits on the executive and supervisory boards of several subsidiaries or companies in which Eurogate Group has a participating interest, both in Germany and elsewhere. Marcel Egger joined the Eurokai/Eurogate Group in January 1991 as financial manager for Eurokai; in 1999 his remit was expanded to include finance management for the Eurogate Group. Prior to 1991 he worked for the BfG bank in Hamburg in accounts, internal auditing, and business client relations. He also received his initial training at this bank before taking up further studies at the Banking Academy in Frankfurt am Main, graduating while already employed with Eurokai.
	BJORN VANG JENSEN Vice President, Global Logistics, Electrolux	BJORN VANG JENSEN joined Electrolux in 2004, as vice president in charge of supply chain for Electrolux Major Appliances in Asia/Pacific. Today, he is the head of Global Logistics in the Electrolux Group, where he manages a logistics spend of more than US$700 million. Mr. Jensen and his team are solely responsible for purchasing and operations of ocean freight, air freight, courier services, and associated logistics services for the entire Electrolux Group. Additionally, he manages the group that purchases road and rail freight, as well as warehousing services, in Europe. A 1988 graduate of the A.P. Møller/Maersk Shipping School, Mr. Jensen has lived in Asia for the past 23 years, during which he has been based in Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Singapore. In addition to his roles at Electrolux, Mr. Jensen has worked in management roles within vessel and terminal operations, warehouse management, sales, and logistics solution design for Maersk Line, Thyssen Haniel Logistics, Exel, and TNT Logistics. Mr. Jensen is a very experienced supply-chain practitioner, whose background spans all aspects of the supply chain, including forecasting, S&OP, supply-chain design, modeling and re-engineering, warehouse management, transport management, customs clearance, project logistics, ocean freight, air freight, courier services, and consolidation. Mr. Jensen is 46 years old, and married with two sons and one daughter. He is Danish, and lives in Singapore.
	NICHOLAS KWAN Chief Economist Asia, Head of Research East, Standard Chartered Bank	NICHOLAS KWAN heads up the Global Research team of Standard Chartered Bank in the Eastern Hemisphere, including Japan, Korea, Greater China, Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. The team includes 14 economists located in eight different cities, plus about 80 other research professionals in FX, rates, credit, commodities, equities, and support functions. Mr. Kwan joined Standard Chartered Bank in August 2005 as the regional head of research for Northeast Asia, focusing on macro-economic research, in which he continues to play a leading role on top of other research responsibilities. Based in Hong Kong, Mr. Kwan was formerly with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), where he was a senior economist specializing in macro-economic and policy research for seven years. Prior to the HKMA, he was regional chief economist of Merrill Lynch covering the Asia Pacific region, having been based in Singapore and Hong Kong for 11 years. He led his Merrill team to second place in the Institutional Investor Asian poll. Mr. Kwan is an economics graduate of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, with an M.B.A. From Warwick University in the UK and is a chartered financial analyst.
	RICHARD IOZZO Global Manager, Logistics and Compliance, Fellowes, Inc.	RICHARD IOZZO recently joined Fellowes as global manager, logistics and compliance. Fellowes, a Chicago-based company founded in 1917 in Chicago, Illinois, and specializes in the manufacture of boxes and shredders. In 1972 Fellowes began to diversify itself globally and today operates distribution facilities in several countries such as the U.S., the U.K., and The Netherlands. Much of Fellowes manufacturing takes place in China but it is one of the few companies that still maintain manufacturing operations in the U.S. Mr. Iozzo is responsible for managing Fellowes global logistics. He oversees an ever-changing network of partners and vendors as the business expands to new markets. Mr. Iozzo began his career at Emery Worldwide and since then has held a number of key strategic positions in companies such as Enesco, Brookstone, and CNH during his 30 years in the industry. Mr. Iozzo has diverse expertise, having worked in more than 28 countries. In addition to logistics, Mr. Iozzo is known for his vast experience large-scale distribution centers, both in the U.S. and internationally. Mr. Iozzo holds two undergraduate degrees, including a bachelor of science degree from Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, Illinois. Mr. Iozzo also is currently pursuing his M.B.A., with specialization in global business, at Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, one of Chicago’s largest not-for-profit graduate business schools. Mr. Iozzo was recently honored as the Maurice F. “Moose” Dunne scholar awarded to top students who embody the entrepreneurial spirit as well as a Hotchkiss Scholar Scholarship awarded to students in the top 5% of their graduating class.
	Hayden Swofford Executive Director Pacific Northwest Asia Shippers Association.	HAYDEN SWOFFORD is executive director of the Pacific Northwest Asia Shippers Association based in Seattle, Washington, a position he has held since 1996. He has guided the association’s growth and membership to become one of the United States premier groups shipping lumber and solid wood products around the world. He negotiates and administers the association’s multiple carrier contracts to ensure that member coverage and competitive transportation needs are consistently met. He is also actively involved in the warehouse, distribution, transload, transportation, and consulting needs of the membership with appropriate third-party global Logistics companies. Mr. Swofford’s previous experience includes positions with the U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, and executive positions with transportation providers, including both ocean carriers and third-party logistics companies.
	Christian Sur Vice president - Key Account Team Hanjin Shipping Co, Ltd.	CHRIS SUR of Hanjin Shipping is a California native who currently holds position of vice president of Hanjin Shipping’s key account management based in Seoul, Korea, responsible for overall management of key corporate accounts for the company. With over 20 years of experience with Hanjin Shipping, Mr. Sur has held a wide variety of sales and marketing roles in both the U.S. and globally. In his most recent prior role, he was accountable for heading company’s Midwest region in U.S. He also led sales and marketing organization for the America region, being responsible for region’s trade and sales. His career includes global marketing and sales leadership assignments in Long Beach, California; Paramus, New Jersey; Chicago, Illinois; and Seoul, Korea.
	DR. SIMON SU Director and Chief Economist, BMT Asia Pacific Ltd.	DR. SIMON SU is director and chief economist of BMT Asia Pacific Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group, a leading international multi-disciplinary business strategy, sustainability, economics, development, operation, engineering, science, and technology consultancy offering a broad range of services, particularly in the transportation, logistics, port, and maritime sectors. With more than 16 years' industry and research experience in port and transportation consulting industries, Dr. Su leads BMT's regional branch's global economic team to support multinationals, governments, investors, and leading corporations with state-of-the-art strategic advice, innovative thinking, and effective solutions. Dr. Su has managed many high-profile studies in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, the U.K., the U.S., Germany, The Netherlands, Australia, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, the U.A.E., Lebanon, Mauritius, and Nigeria. He is also an expert on operational and planning issues for logistics-related sectors. Dr. Su is a committee member of the Shipping and Transport Committee, the China Committee, and the Economic Policy Committee of Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce (HKGCC). He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of London, an M.B.A. from the Imperial College London and an M.Sc. in economics from the Warwick University of the U.K. Dr Su is also an EEP graduate from Harvard University. He has published in several international journals and magazines, including many articles on the port and logistics industry and on the impact of China’s WTO accession.
	David Deng Assistant General Manager China Merchants Holdings International	DR. DAVID WEIDONG DENG, assistant general manager of China Merchants Holdings (International) Co., Ltd (“CMHI”), was born in July 1967 and joined the company in July 2009. He graduated from Naijing University with a Ph.D. of Physical Geography in 1994. He obtained a master’s degree of marine management from Dalhousie University, Canada in 2002. He has vast experience in port management and port operation. Prior to joining the Company, he worked in the Administration Bureau of Hainan Yangpu Economic Development Zone, and he was general manager of the Business Development Department of China Nanshan Development (Group) Incorporation and deputy general manager of Chiwan Container Terminal.
	THUE BARFOD Asia Business Development Manager, Center Reefer Management, Maersk Line	THUE BARFOD joined the A. P. Moller group in July 1993 as a cadet and graduated in 1997 with a master mariner degree from the Danish Merchant Marine Academy in Svendborg. Following a few years at sea, he began his shore-based career in 2000 and has held different positions within the group in mainly Latin America and Asia. He worked as part of the company’s Chilean country organization and later on as part of their Regional Reefer Management team for Latin America in São Paulo. In September 2006 he was asked to start up the dedicated reefer desk covering what was once called the Greater China Area in Maersk: China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. He held this position until position the end of 2009. In January 2010 Mr. Barfod relocated to Hong Kong as reefer business development manager for Maersk Line covering the Asia Pacific, including South Asia and the Middle East.
	TROY SHORTELL Senior Vice President, Greater China, HAVI Logistics Services (Shanghai) Ltd.	TROY SHORTELL is senior vice president for HAVI Logistics Greater China, and is based in Shanghai. Having worked with most of the global Fortune 100 companies with logistics needs over the past 20 years, Mr. Shortell has helped companies overcome supply-chain challenges across a wide range of industries in the intensely competitive Asian market. Prior to joining HAVI, Mr. Shortell held senior strategy, business development, and operations management roles for 12 years with DHL. He also founded a logistics industry consultancy in Singapore three years ago to serve contract logistics industry leaders like Toll to develop and execute their growth strategies in the region. Mr. Shortell has a particularly unique and extensive experience in China, where he spent the early part of his career establishing domestic logistics operations for global multinational companies at the start of the China consumer boom. Among his educational qualifications, he conducted mid-career business training at INSEAD (France and Singapore), received a Master of Arts in History from the University of California, and a Bachelor of Arts (Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs) degree from Princeton University. Mr. Shortell is a native Californian, and now resides in Shanghai with his wife and three young children. He speaks Mandarin Chinese. HAVI Logistics prides itself on being China’s leading food safety logistics company. It established a leadership position more than 10 years ago and it has maintained a reputation for high-quality service. Today, its China network of purpose-build distribution centers and satellite hubs reaches more than 85 percent of China's increasingly wealthy urban population and the key locations for retail growth. Besides McDonald's, it is a dependable partner for market leaders, including Subway, IKEA, and Aramark. The company is also very proud of its cold-chain logistics service contracts for the catered restaurants at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games. Its comprehensive service offering includes domestic multi-modal transport, duty-deferred bonded warehousing, network and route optimization, customized online ordering, in-store logistics services, and supplier management. Its local management team has unparalleled cold-chain logistics industry credentials and leads their teams daily in performing quality assurance programs, inventory control and management, and on-time and flexible deliveries with strict temperature control across this vast country. In the future, HAVI will continue to strive for leadership in China, together with its customers in this intensely competitive logistics market.
	Li HaiDong China Division Global Cold Chain Alliance	HAIDONG LI graduated in 1985 from the University of International Business and Economics with a bachelor’s degree. For five years, he worked in the Asian Affairs Department of the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Cooperation. Two of these years he spent in the commercial office of the Embassy of PRC in Malaysia. Following this, he worked for 12 years in China National Silk Import & Export Corporation, including time spent as deputy general manager of China Silk Star Import & Export Corporation, a subsidiary of China National Silk Import & Export Corporation. Since 2002 Haidong Li has been Representative of the Washington State Department of Agriculture in China and since 2009 he has served as Representative of GCCA in China.
	NEAL RIDER CEO, China Merchants Americold Logistics Co., Ltd.	FOR NEARLY 30 YEARS, NEAL RIDER has been involved in both the strategic and operational aspects of food-related retail and distribution. Since 2004, Mr. Rider has served as president and chief operating officer of Americold Realty Trust. With 6,000 employees, Americold is the largest owner and operator of temperature-controlled warehouses and supply-chain solutions in the world. Americold has increased its operating margin by more than 500 basis points over his tenure. Mr. Rider was recently named chief executive of CMAC, the joint venture between China Merchants and Americold for the development of the cold chain throughout China. His other past experience includes service as executive vice president of business and operations development for Fleming Companies, Inc., a leading food wholesaler. There he oversaw key strategic initiatives and the $10 billion central procurement organization. Mr. Rider also led the successful $2 billion convenience distribution division through its acquisition of CoreMark. Mr. Rider worked with American Stores Company, a $20 billion revenue food and drug retailer, and its divisions, including Acme, Jewel, Lucky, Osco, and SavOn, for 18 years in various financial and operating capacities. His first position was in Buttrey Foods as a store clerk. At American, he held the positions of senior vice president of healthcare operations, senior vice president of Procurement and Logistics Co., treasurer, and controller. He was chief financial officer of American when it merged with Albertson's in 1999. A Montana native, Mr. Rider earned an M.B.A. From the University of Utah in 1987 and obtained a Bachelor of Science in accounting at the University of Montana. He was a certified public accountant and has served the Board of Directors of the International Association of Refrigerated Warehouses (IARW),TDS Logistics, RxAmerica PBM, and the China Merchant Americold joint venture.
	MathijsSlangen Maritime Advisor Seabury	Mr. Mathijs Slangen joined Seabury Group in 2009 where he is responsible for the development of the maritime branch of the Cargo Advisory Group. In his role he contributed to the development of the global ocean trade database as well as the ocean forecast models. Besides the market intelligence products he is involved in all maritime related advisory studies and projects of Seabury and a frequent speaker at international maritime related conferences. Before joining Seabury Mr. Slangen worked at Maersk Line in various functions. His expertise ranges from sales & business development, market intelligenc e, reefer cargo, marketing and business strategies and operational excellence projects. Mr. Slangen started his career in 2004 at Ernst & Young as business consultant. In this role he advised his customers, mainly in the transport and logistics sector, with the development of innovative (inter)national projects such as terminal development, modal shift projects and network optimization. Mr. Slangen holds a master’s degree in International Business from Maastricht University.
	Tim Smith, CEO, North Asia, Maersk Line	Tim Smith graduated in 1985 from the University of Oxford with a BA (Hons) 1st class in Geography. He has worked in the container shipping industry for over 25 years, for much of that time in Asia. Initially with P&O Containers and then P&O Nedlloyd, Tim has been with Maersk Line since their acquisition of P&O Nedlloyd in 2005. Maersk Line is the liner shipping business within the A.P.Moller-Maersk Group. With a turnover in excess of US$26bn in 2010, Maersk Line operates more than 600 ships, has a fleet of more than 2m containers, and is represented in more than 300 offices in 125 countries. As such Maersk Line is one of the leading liner shipping companies globally. As Chief Executive of the North Asia Region, Tim is responsible for all aspects of Maersk Line’s business in Japan, Korea, China/HK and Taiwan, which together contribute more than 35% of the global Maersk Line throughput. The country and functional managers reporting to Tim are responsible for sales and marketing, operations, customer service, finance, HR, IT and administration. Tim is British and 48 years of age. He lives in Hong Kong, and is married to Helen (a doctor). They have 4 children aged from 11 to 21 years.