Andrew Hoad

With 34 years of experience within the transportation industry, Andrew is currently CCO responsible for the commercial performance of the Gulftainer portfolio of terminal and transportation companies.

Andrew began his career with P&O where he was Commercial Manager for the Group’s Southampton Container Terminal. He also served as General Manager for the Saudi Arabia & Red Sea region for P&O Containers. To date, Andrew has been based in eight countries and territories during his professional career.

Prior to joining Gulftainer, Andrew served as CEO for DP World Asia Pacific and as Chief Network Officer (CNO) for their global supply chain and logistics function. As CEO Andrew was responsible for eleven business units throughout the Asia region, leading the acquisition and then integration of the Korean-based Unico logistics business into the wider DPW group. During this same period in 2021-22, Andrew also served as President of the Digital Freight Alliance, part of DP World’s digital enterprise.

Andrew has held roles as CEO of terminals in the Dominican Republic and Peru and was successively CEO and then Chairman of Asian Terminals Inc, DPW’s portfolio of container terminals, general stevedoring and passenger terminals in the Philippines. During this period in the Philippines, he doubled the revenue of the business, building an integrated multi-modal partnership with the country’s largest exporter, while also increasing margins. Earlier he was Commercial Director of Asia for DP World and for CSX World Terminals. Prior to this, he served successively as Commercial Director of Europe and then General Manager of Europe for CSX, leading a number of terminal concession bids.

A graduate of Cambridge University, Andrew has logistics qualifications from the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers and has participated in executive programmes at MIT, IMD Business School, the National University of Singapore, and Case Western Reserve University. He has been active in the British and American chambers of commerce in Hong Kong for a number of years.