Johnny Ho Wing Au

Charter Link Group is a global leading neutral LCL logistics service provider for ocean cargo consolidation with corporate headquarters in HK and over 70 branch offices worldwide.

A NVOCC based in HKG with 7 offices in China managed by its subsidiary CGL-Flying Fish, holding a 1st class NVOCC licence in Shanghai.

The Member Self-recommendation Scheme for Youth (“MSSY”) is one of the key initiatives of youth development as set out in the Chief Executive’s 2022 Policy Address and the Youth Development Blueprint. To engage more young people in public affairs and enhance their interaction and trust with the Government, action is in hand to expand the MSSY, with a view to tripling the number of participating advisory committees from around 60 at present to no less than 180 within the current term of the Government to enhance their functions as talent "incubators".

As a ship-owning business representative to advise the Director of Marine on – (a) the implications and implementation of the requirements and obligations under the International Maritime Organization, the International Labour Organization as well as relevant regional and international conventions which may affect the Hong Kong Fleet; (b) the formulation of measures to enhance the services provided by the Hong Kong Shipping Registry; and (c) the formulation of measures to improve the quality of the Hong Kong Fleet.

Act as a member representing PIL in Hong Kong

#LCL Consolidation #Freight Forwarding #Board duties Crossland is a subsidiary of Mariana Lines based in Hong Kong with focus on LCL consolidation and related freight forwarding business.

Mariana Shipping (HK) Limited was a subsidiary of PIL owning the agency business in China and Hong Kong when PIL acquired Mariana Express Lines in 2015.

#Transformation #Crisis Management #Merge & Acquisition #Change Management #Integration #Outsouring #Sustainability #CSR - overall responsibilities and P&L for PIL in Hong Kong.

#NVOCC #Freight Forwarding #China branch/people management #Outsourcing Documentation/Data Entry #JV with Chinese SOA 1) Eastern Maritime Shenzhen (EMLSZ), PILHK’s freight forwarding arm with a full NVOCC license based in Shenzhen with branches in the Guangzhou, Zhongshan and Jiangmen. 2) Eastern Maritime Company Ltd. (EMLHK), as the agent for Advance Container Lines (ACL), a PIL subsidiary for regional common feeder services, plying between HKG and Vietnam during 2006-07. 3) Set up a service center in Shenzhen to enhance working efficiency and reduce staff costs in HKG by 75%.

- corporate reporting including board meetings; - marketing plan and sales processes for all regions and client management teams; - communication and conflict resolution protocols; - Sales Education & Training programs; - R&D for new products & markets; - Advertising/PR issues with the corporate marketing.

- responsible for all import commercial matters covering all regional and local offices with over 100 functional reports in Greater China; - corporate reporting for board and senior management; - attending trade fairs focusing on automobile and selected import forums; - mitigating cross regional and functional issues.

- delivered bottom-line result with a weekly budget of 1500-2000 FEU; - Led a liner department of 33 staff including a diversed team of 6 experienced local and 3 expatriate sales; - set and delivered annual marketing goals and sales targets with overseas counterparts from Europe and Asia.

- developed the sales and customer service teams of 22 staff for import cargo and global refrigerated services for HK-based customers; - executed smooth integration after the Sealand acquisition in late 1999.

- reformed sales and customer service structurally from silos into pairs of client-servicing teams with ONE-STOP approach; - as Deputy to Dept Head handled all staff management issues.