Chas Deller
Consultant
Drewry Supply Chain Advisors
Bio: Chas has over 45 years of experience in the Global Transportation sector and has had the good fortune of working and living on 4 continents, Europe, Africa, Asia and currently North America. His specialist sector is Global Ocean freight.
He learned this craft from the ground up, having started at entry level Documentation clerk, rose to VP Global ocean freight, and later Global VP Ocean freight procurement at UTI Worldwide. His experience in starting, managing and growing ocean freight business in the UK, Southern Africa, 5 countries in Asia and the USA, have given him a unique 'global' ability to drive real and repeatable value for his customers by personally understanding their needs, being able to translate those needs, and executing strategically driven, customized solutions for those customers.
Chas now is a Consultant with Drewry in London specializing in their Sourcing Ocean Freight Solution.
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