Hyun Jung Yoon

Chief Commercial & Strategy Officer at Yusen Terminals

HJ is the Chief Commercial & Strategy Officer for Yusen Terminals and is responsible for developing a Commercial Strategy that supports the Strategic Vision of growing the YTI Brand in the LA/LB market while also positioning the organization for the business challenges associated with zero emissions, lease extension negotiations and terminal automation direction. In addition, the IT, M&R and Business Process functions will report to HJ. HJ was most recently the Chief Commercial Officer of APM Terminals Los Angeles since 2014. At APM Terminals Los Angeles, he had the top-line responsibility of commercial activities in the North America Terminals. He was responsible for the regional commercial relationship primarily with Evergreen, SM Lines, Hyundai Merchant Marine, Wan Hai Lines and PIL Lines. He was involved in various commercial and business development activities, managing the sub-lease arrangement with California United Terminals and assisting the Commercial team to expand their Asian customer base in Southern California. HJ Yoon joined APM Terminals as General Manager of Finance in January 2010 and was promoted to Director of Finance in April 2012. In this role, HJ was responsible for financial planning, cost and revenue control and strategic implementation of business objectives via business partnering with various stakeholders around the world. Prior to APM Terminals, HJ was the Manager of Planning and Contracts at Total Terminals International, LLC (TTI) that operated container terminals in Long Beach; Oakland, CA and Seattle, WA. In addition to his role of planning and contracts, he held various assignments at TTI including a commercial deal with China Shipping, Wan Hai and Sinotrans lines and a financial transaction with Port America and Macquarie bank. Before he joined TTI, he was domiciled in Hanjin Shipping-Seoul and was responsible for logistics business projects in North America. HJ holds a B.S degree from Seoul National University and a Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Southern California. He participated in a Finance Professionals’ Program-APMM Group Development Program in 2011.

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