Daniel Wright

Daniel is a seasoned senior operations management professional with 26 years of global supply chain and logistics experience.

In December 2012 Daniel made the move from the UK to the UAE becoming Terminal Manager of Gulftainer’s flagship container terminal in Khorfakkan. During Daniel’s tenure as Terminal Manager he led the management team in continuing its drive to improve and increase terminal productivity, receiving numerous industry awards for the terminal along the way.

Prior to joining Gulftainer Daniel held senior operations managerial positions, starting his career in the UK at the Royal Mail. In 2008 Daniel moved into the Ports industry to take up a quayside operational management role with Hutchinson Port Holdings at the Port of Felixstowe in the UK, being one of only two new entrants at that time, recruited from outside the industry into a management role. During his time at Felixstowe Daniel introduced several initiatives to improve productivity and management - employee communication.

Daniel is currently the Operations Support Director, responsible for driving operational growth across Gulftainer’s global ports and terminals portfolio. He is responsible for business relationship liaison between terminal operations and port authorities and customer relations at both local and group level. Along with ensuring safe, efficient and productive operations across all Terminals by effectively communicating targets and expectations for the management teams to achieve and exceed core KPI's and strategic objectives.