Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DP World and Chairman of Ports, Customs & Free Zone Corporation, is one of Dubai's leading businessmen.

Mr Bin Sulayem’s expertise and visionary leadership spearheaded the rapid expansion of Dubai’s infrastructure, including ports and free zones, contributing significantly to the stellar growth trajectory of the United Arab Emirates. He was also a leader in developing the infrastructure supporting Dubai’s successful tourism industry, among various other sectors.

Highlights of his three-decade business career include:

• Leading marine terminal operator DP World’s expansion internationally, including the purchase of the P&O group for US$6.8 billion in March 2006, which propelled it to one of the largest global port operators and trade enablers in the world with 78 marine and inland terminals in six continents
• Overseeing the rapid development of the Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) into an unrivalled business park of more than 7,300 companies
• Establishing and leading Nakheel, a real estate and tourism property development firm that has created many iconic Dubai projects including The Palm, the world’s largest man-made islands
• Establishing and leading Istithmar World, a major investment house focusing on private equity with a portfolio of investments in diverse sectors across North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East including retail, financial services, industry, tourism and hospitality, and healthcare
• Pioneering the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC), a market for gold and precious metals, diamonds and coloured stones, energy and other commodities

Mr Bin Sulayem is a BS graduate in Economics from Temple University Philadelphia, USA.

Miss Sabrina Chao became as Chairman of the Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings Limited in January 2013.

Miss Chao graduated from the Imperial College of University of London in 1996 with a bachelor's degree in mathematics and management. She began her career in finance working for Jardine Fleming and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

In 2001, she joined the shipping industry through enrolling in the Galbraith’s Shipping course in London and subsequently gained experience in various shipping sectors from working with Tanker International, Britannia P&I Club, Bureau Veritas before joining the family business in 2002.

Miss Chao currently is the Chairman of the executive committee of the Hong Kong Shipowners Association. She is also a trustee of the Hong Kong Maritime Museum. She is a director of the Britannia Steamship Insurance Association Limited, the member of HKTDC – Logistics Advisory Committee and the member of Hong Kong Maritime and Port Board. She serves on the Hong Kong Board of the Charterhouse School. Sabrina is a member of Jiangsu CPPCC and a member of YPO Hong Kong.

Chow Chung-kong is the Chairman of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited. He is also a non-official member of the Executive Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, a non-official member of the Economic Development Commission of the HKSAR and Convener of the Working Group on Transportation under the Commission, and non-official member of Commission of Strategic Development. He was appointed the Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Corruption of the Independent Commission Against Corruption in January 2013. Prior to joining HKEX, Chow was the Chief Executive Officer of the MTR Corporation Limited from 2003 to 2011; the Chief Executive Officer of Brambles Industries PLC, a global support services company listed in the UK and Australia, from 2001 to 2003; and the Chief Executive of GKN PLC, a global engineering company, from 1997 to 2001.

Chow is an Independent Non-Executive Director of AIA Group Ltd and Steward of the Hong Kong Jockey Club. He was elected as a Director of the World Federation of Exchanges in October 2012.

Vincent Clerc was appointed Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) in January 2016 and Damco Chairman in November 2016.

Vincent joined the Maersk Group in 1997 and has held various positions in financial control and trade management in both North America and Denmark. He headed the transpacific service and Maersk Line’s Asia-Europe service on the world’s largest trade lane.

Vincent holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and a MBA from Columbia Business School.

Mr Fei Weijun received his Master Degree in Transportation Planning at Dalian Maritime University and his Bachelor’s Degree in Ship Engineering at Dalian University of Technology. Mr Fei also received Certificate in International Shipping and Logistics at University of British Columbia. Mr Fei has been the Secretary General of APSN Since 2009. Mr Fei also serves as a senior position in a number of organizations, including Secretary General of National Container Standardization Technical Commission (SAC/TC6), Vice Chairman of Container transport commission, China Navigation Association.

He Liming, male, ethnic Manchu, born in January 1954, Master Degree, Senior Economist. He was appointed as Vice Director General of Personnel Department of Ministry of Materials and Equipment, Vice Director General of Personnel Department of Ministry of Internal Trade, General Manager of China Non-Ferrous Metal Materials Corporation. He is now President of China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing, Chairman of China Society of Logistics, President of International Federation of Purchasing and Supply Management (IFPSM), Vice Chairman of Asia-Pacific Logistics Federation (APLE).

Vivek Kele is graduate in Economics from the prestigious Fergusson College, Pune with a post-graduation in Business Management. After working for 14 years in the logistics industry, he started his own business of logistics under the name of Teamglobal Logistics Pvt Ltd in year 2005. Today the organisation has 18 offices in India, Bangladesh & East Africa, with an employee strength of about 500 people catering to logistic requirements of their Indian and Multinational customers.

Under his leadership as President of AMTOI, Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways has invited AMTOI to forward their suggestions for the inclusion of Multimodal Transport as the 4th pillar in the Multimodal Transport Services (MTS) and has further invited its representation on various Expert Groups and committees.

Also, the association’s views have been sought on various topics such as GATS (General Agreement on Trade in Services) negotiations for maritime transport services sector. AMTOI has been involved in the shaping of many maritime and logistics related policies and legislations.

He has been a guest lecturer at Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) organized seminars, Logistics forums, Maritime Institutes and Various Rotary clubs. Recently he was invited by the Ministry of Shipping to speak about “Hinterland Connectivity” at the recently concluded Maritime India Summit 2016 and India Integreted Logistics Summit in May 2017.

Paul Loo is the Chief Customer and Commercial Officer of Cathay Pacific, responsible for all customer and commercial related activities of both Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon. He also oversees international affairs and has overall responsibility for ensuring that information technology can be a key pillar for the airlines’ sustained growth and long-term success.

From August 2015 to May 2017, Mr Loo was the Director Corporate Development & IT, responsible for the development of the Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon networks and helping to plan the long-term strategic direction of both airlines.

Prior to taking up a director role, Mr Loo worked as General Manager China from July 2014. Based in Beijing, he was responsible for overseeing the business and operations of both Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon in Mainland China.

Mr Loo joined Cathay Pacific in 1991 and has held a number of overseas assignments with the airline in Taiwan, Mainland China, the Philippines, the Middle East and Japan. He has also held a number of managerial positions in Head Office, including General Manager HKIA, responsible for overseeing Cathay Pacific’s ground operations at Hong Kong International Airport, and General Manager Cathay Pacific Loyalty Programmes (CPLP), running the subsidiary of Cathay Pacific that at the time managed The Marco Polo Club and Asia Miles loyalty programmes.

Mr Loo studied in Canada and holds an Engineering Science degree from the University of Toronto. He also has a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Michigan.

Mr Loo is also Chairman of the Board of Airline Representatives Hong Kong, and a Member of the Hong Kong Logistics Development Council.

Miguel A Lopera is President and Chief Executive Officer of GS1. He joined GS1 as CEO in April 2003.

Miguel has a wealth of CEO, Board, division management, marketing and IT experience gained in every aspect of the Consumer Goods business having spent 24 years with Procter and Gamble and over 14 years in GS1.

Joining P&G as an IT analyst in 1979, he became IT Director of P&G Spain and later IT Director of P&G Northern Europe (UK, Ireland and Scandinavia). In 1992, he changed career to Marketing. During the following years, he held various Marketing positions such as Marketing Director of Laundry Detergents-Europe, Marketing Director of Fabric & Home care in Spain and later was responsible for the Fabric & Home Care and Food & Beverages Divisions of P&G Spain & Portugal.

Miguel joined EAN International in April 2003 as CEO and, in addition, he was appointed CEO of UCC (currently GS1 US). He founded EPCglobal Inc. in 2003 and GDSN Inc. in 2004. In 2005, he merged EAN International and UCC into GS1 as President and CEO.

Miguel is a strong believer of Collaborative Commerce between trading partners. Back in 1984, he created a Collaboration Programme between key Spanish retailers and manufacturers based on multifunctional teams, that was a complete innovation at that time.

Miguel holds an Engineering MsC Degree from the Polytechnic University of Madrid and an MBA from the “Instituto de Empresa” of Madrid.

Miguel has ample experience in Boards. He is Board member of GS1 Global and GS1 US. He is a guest of the Consumer Goods Forum Board, GS1 Data Excellence Board and GS1 Innovation Board.

Dr John E Meredith is Deputy Chairman of Hutchison Port Holdings Limited (HPH) and Deputy Chairman and Non-Executive Director of Hutchison Port Holdings Management Pte Limited, the Trustee-Manager of HPH Trust.

His sea-going career, spanning a total of 18 years, included regular port calls to Hong Kong, during which time he developed a deep and abiding interest in the Asian region.

Dr Meredith joined the Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Company Group as Chief Executive of its fledgling container operations unit in 1972.

While guiding the company’s rapid growth in Hong Kong, Dr Meredith also steered its expansion into overseas markets. In 1992, he began forming joint ventures with organisations in China to develop several port facilities in Guangdong Province and China's eastern seaboard, most notably in Shanghai and Ningbo. Thereafter, venturing into Europe with the acquisition of the Port of Felixstowe

To handle the steady international expansion of the Group’s port operations, HPH was formed in 1994. Currently with over 30,000 employees worldwide, the HPH port network operates 52 ports in 26 countries spanning five continents.

Dr Meredith is a founder member of the Wellington Trust (HQS Wellington), a Liveryman of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners and a Freeman of the City of London.

Dr Meredith was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by The University of Western Ontario in March 2008.

In June 2011, Dr Meredith was awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) by Queen Elizabeth II, for services to the international ports industry.

Koichi Muto is Representative Director, Chairman of the Board, and Chairman Executive officer of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd, responsible for supervising the management of the company to ensure sustainable growth and maximize long-term MOL Group corporate value.

Before assuming his current role in June 2015, he had served as the President of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd since June 2010. As president, he promoted the medium-term management plan “GEAR UP! MOL”, which challenged the company to create new growth. In the first year of the plan, he achieved the plan's initial goals of recovering from the economic crisis and accelerating business development in growing markets. He also took a series of actions to make the MOL Group an excellent and resilient organization that leads the world shipping industry, enhancing safe operation and promoting an environmental strategy in the process.

He was appointed a Member of the Board in June 2007. Prior to that, he was the General Manager of the Corporate Planning Division from January 2003.

Mr Muto joined Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd in April 1976, and became the Manager of the General Affairs Department of Mitsui O.S.K. Passenger Line in April 1988. He served as the manager of the Bulk Carrier Department in June 1991 before becoming Managing Director of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (Deutschland) GmbH in June 1994. He continued to serve in the Bulk carrier division until 2002.

He has served as an outside director for Seibu Oil Company Limited since June 2015, Chair of the Committee on Transportation of KEIDANREN (Japan Business Federation) since June 2015, and Trustee of Japan Association of Corporate Executives since April 2011.

Previously he served as Vice President of the Japanese Ship Owners’ Association from June 2010 to June 2011.

A native of Nagoya, he graduated from Nagoya University in 1976. He has a wife and two daughters.

Mr Joseph C Phi is the President of LF Logistics, and is responsible for the global logistics and supply chain business of the Li & Fung Group. Prior to joining Li & Fung, he was the President of the IDS Group. IDS merged with sister company Li & Fung Ltd in 2010.

Mr Phi is the Chairman of GS1 Hong Kong, an industry-led organization promoting global standards and best practices, and is a Director of GS1 Global Management Board. He is a member of Supply Chain 50, an association of the top supply chain professionals in the world, and is also an Honorary Advisor to the Asian Logistics and Maritime Conference (ALMC). In 2015, he was appointed as a Board Member of Macy’s China Limited. In 2016, he was appointed as a member of the HK Trade Development Council’s Logistics Services Advisory Committee.

Mr Phi is a member of Phi Kappa Phi and Pi Gamma Mu international honor societies. He received Distinguished Alumnus Award from University of the Philippines College of Business Administration in 2011, plus Industrial Engineering Alumni Award and Alumni Engineers Global Achievement Award from University of the Philippines College of Engineering in 2013.

John Slosar is Chairman of John Swire & Sons (H.K.) Limited, Swire Pacific Limited, Swire Properties Limited, Cathay Pacific Airways Limited, and Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company Limited. He is also Chairman of Swire Beverages Limited and Swire Pacific Offshore Holdings Limited.

Mr Slosar joined the Swire Group in 1980. He has held various management positions in the group’s operations in Hong Kong, the United States and Thailand. He was appointed Managing Director of Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company Limited in 1996, Managing Director of Swire Beverages in July 1998 and Chief Operating Officer of Cathay Pacific in July 2007. He became the Chief Executive of Cathay Pacific on 31st March 2011. He was appointed to his current position on 14th March 2014.

Mr Slosar is an Independent Non-executive Director of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, as well as a Non-executive Director of Air China Limited. He is also involved in a number of trade and professional bodies. He is a Vice-President of The Real Estate Developers Association of Hong Kong. He is also a member of the Economic Development Commission’s Working Group on Transportation, a member of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, and a council member of the Employers’ Federation of Hong Kong. He is both a council member and a member of the Executive Committee of the Hong Kong Management Association. Mr Slosar is Chairman of the Hong Kong Section of the Hong Kong-United States Business Council, a General Committee Member of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce, and a co-opted member of the General Committee of the British Chamber of Commerce.

Mr Slosar is active in community activities, being a Board Member of The Community Chest, a member of the Advisory Board of Hong Kong Red Cross, Chairman of the Voting Members Committee of the Riding for the Disabled Association, as well as a member of the Board of Governors of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Society Limited.

Mr Slosar is involved in education both locally and overseas. He is a member of the Council of Lingnan University, as well as a member of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Advisory Council.

Mr Slosar was bestowed with the distinction of Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur by the French government in January 2015.

Mr Slosar is a graduate of both Columbia University and Cambridge University.

Mr Jack So Chak Kwong assumed the Chairmanship of the Airport Authority Hong Kong on 1st June, 2015.

Mr So began his career with the Hong Kong Government and joined the private sector in 1978, having held various senior positions in stockbroking, banking and property development. He served as Executive Director of the HKTDC from 1985 to 1992 and its Chairman from 2007 to 2015. He was Chairman and Chief Executive of the MTR Corporation from 1995 to 2003 and Deputy Chairman and Group Managing Director of PCCW from 2003 to 2007.

Mr So is an independent non-executive Director of AIA Group Ltd and China Resources Power Holdings Company Ltd. He is also a senior advisor to Credit Suisse, Greater China. He was an independent Director of HSBC from 2000 to 2007 and Cathay Pacific Airways Limited from 2002 to 2015.

In October 2013, Mr So was appointed Chairman of the Committee on Economic Co-operation with the Mainland. In January of the same year, he was appointed a non-official member of the Economic Development Commission, and Convenor of its Working Group on Convention and Exhibition Industries and Tourism.

Mr So is the Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Society. He is also the Chairman of Harrow International School Hong Kong. He served as Chairman of the Hong Kong Film Development Council from April 2007 to March 2013.

Mr So has been a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference since 2008 and was an International Business Advisor to the Mayor of Beijing. He has been appointed Honorary Consultant to the Mayor of San Francisco in May 2013.

A Justice of the Peace, Mr So was awarded the Golden Bauhinia Star by the Hong Kong SAR Government in 2011. In the same year, he received an Honorary Doctorate in Social Science from the University of Hong Kong.

James E Thompson, GBS, is the Chairman and Founder of the Crown Worldwide Group of Companies. Crown Worldwide is a logistics company performing various types of warehousing and transportation services throughout the world. The Crown Group is the largest privately owned company in the field of international removals and warehousing with over 265 worldwide locations in almost 60 countries around the world. Crown is also a leader in the field of document management with 32 million cartons of business documents managed from its worldwide facilities.

Mr Thompson graduated from San Jose State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering. He came to Asia shortly after completion of his university studies and has lived in Japan and Hong Kong ever since. He is a member of the International Advisory Board of the San Jose State University Business School.

The Crown Worldwide Group employs over 5,200 full time staff around the world as well as a large number of contracted personnel. The company has been awarded the prestigious Hong Kong Award for Services in Export Marketing and received the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce Innovative Services Award twice. Crown has also received the DHL/South China Morning Post International Award as Hong Kong’s best international company.

Mr Thompson is currently the Chairman of The Hong Kong Management Association and a member of the Invest HK Investment Promotion Ambassador Scheme. He also serves as a member of HKTDC HK-Europe Business Cooperation Committee. He served as a non-executive Director of the Board of the Wharf (Holdings) Ltd, a Board Member of Ocean Park Corporation, the Chairman of HKTDC Logistics Services Advisory Committee from 2004 to 2008, a Council member of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council from 2002 to 2004, a member of the Hong Kong Trade and Industry Advisory Board, a member of the ICAC Advisory Committee on Corruption and a member of HK-US Business Council and a member of HK-Japan Business Cooperation Committee. He also served two terms as the Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong for 2002 and 2003.

Additionally, Mr Thompson serves as a member of the Vision 2047 which is an organization that actively discusses Hong Kong issues with visiting politicians, journalists and academics that visit Hong Kong. He has been a speaker representing Hong Kong on numerous Hong Kong Trade Development Council trade missions around the world.

He is also a member of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Business School Advisory Council and a member of the City of University of Hong Kong College International Advisory Board.

Mr Thompson serves as Chairman or as a Board member of numerous charitable organizations. His particular interests are charities related to children, cancer, education and art. He is the Chairman of the Asian Youth Orchestra, The Honorary President of the Society for the Promotion of Hospice Care, is on the Advisory Board of the Salvation Army. He was the Chairman of the Annual “Hike for Hospice” Charity event.

He and his wife have been building schools and libraries for the children of Cambodia for the past few years.

Mr Thompson was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star, Hong Kong’s second highest award, by the Hong Kong Government in 2003. He received the Honorary Doctorate in Business Administration from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2015 and DHL/SCMP Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014.

Mr Thompson is a US citizen and a permanent resident of Hong Kong having lived here for 39 years. His wife, Sally is British and he has two children - Jennifer and Jimmy.

Mr C.C. Tung is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Orient Overseas (International) Limited (OOIL).

Mr Tung graduated from the University of Liverpool, England, where he received his Bachelor of Science degree. He later acquired a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States.

Mr Tung was Chairman of Hong Kong Shipowner's Association between 1993 – 1995 and Chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce between 1999 – 2001. He is an Independent Non-executive Director of U-Ming Marine Transport Corp.

George Yeo is the Chairman of Kerry Logistics Network Limited (a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange with stock code 636). He is also a director of Kerry Holdings Limited (a subsidiary of Kerry Group Limited).

From 1988 to 2011, Mr Yeo served for 23 years in the Singapore Government, as Minister of State for Finance, then as Minister for Information and the Arts, Health, Trade and Industry, and Foreign Affairs. Prior to 1988, Mr Yeo served in various capacities in the Singapore Army, Republic of Singapore Air Force and Defence Ministry, including Chief-of-Staff of the Air Staff and Director of Joint Operations and Planning in the Defence Ministry, attaining the rank of Brigadier-General.

Mr Yeo was a member of the Mentor Group and Governing Board of Nalanda University and its Second Chancellor. Mr Yeo is a member of the Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum, the Berggruen Institute on Governance, the Harvard Business School Board of Dean’s Advisors, the International Advisory Board of IESE Business School, the International Advisory Panel of Peking University, the International Advisory Council of Eco Forum Global Guiyang, the Economic Development Commission of Hong Kong, the International Advisory Committee of National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies and the International Advisory Committee of Mitsubishi Corporation (a company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange with stock code 80580).

Mr Yeo was a member of the Vatican Council Commission for Reference on the Organization of the Economic-Administrative Structure of the Holy See and became a member of the Vatican Council for the Economy from February 2014.

Mr Yeo is an independent non-executive director of AIA Group Limited (a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange with stock code 1299) and a non-independent non-executive director of Wilmar International Limited (a company listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange with stock code F34).

Mr Yeo was awarded Philippines’ Order of Sikatuna, India’s Padma Bhushan and Australia’s Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia.

Mr Yeo graduated from Cambridge University with a double first in engineering and also obtained a master of business administration degree (Baker Scholar) from Harvard Business School. Mr Yeo is a visiting scholar at Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy of National University of Singapore.

Zhao Huxiang graduated from Dalian Maritime University in 1980. He was awarded an MBA degree from the University of Louisville in 1997. His designated professional title is Senior Engineer.

Mr Zhao has worked in the China Merchants Group for 21 years, successively serving in the capacity of Assistant to Group President, Vice President and Managing Director of China Merchants International Company Limited.

In December 2005, he was appointed by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council as the chairman, president and party secretary of Sinotrans Holdings. As such, he takes the helm of China’s largest enterprise in integrated logistics. In January 2009, when Sinotrans Holdings merged with China Changjiang Shipping Group to form Sinotrans & CSC Holdings, Mr Zhao was appointed group president and deputy party secretary. In January 2011, he was appointed chairman and party secretary of Sinotrans & CSC Holdings. In December 2015, with the strategic restructuring of China Merchants Group and Sinotrans & CSC Holdings, he was appointed Vice Chairman of the former and Chairman of the latter.

Mr Zhao is concurrently President of the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations and President of China International Freight Forwarders Association.

Mr Zhao is concurrently Immediate Past President of the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations and President of China International Freight Forwarders Association.