6 Richard Bell
MD, RHS Logistics
Year of establishment: 1999
Location of head office: Dubai
Total employees: 260
Years in the company: 18
Richard Bell joined 100 year old shipping house Rais Hassan Saadi Group in 1998 and immediately applied his 3PL experience to the creation of RHS Logistics, inaugurated the following year.
Bell piloted RHS Logistics from zero to AED400m in investments with a sustainable vision of a world-class Logistics Park, headquartered in Dubai South close to the Al Maktoum International Airport adjacent to the Expo2020 site and operational over three sites, including JAFZA and DAFZA, totalling around 200,000sqm in floor space.
The facilities will continue to expand until RHS has created a logistics park with 125,000 pallet capability in Dubai South, adding to the 60,000 capacity at DAFZ and JAFZ. At present, RHS Logistics holds around 120,000 cubic metres of customer inventory that values to $300m.
Bell says: We move in excess of 400,000 individual products through our warehouse from various industry segments. We are currently co-packing of approximately 1.5 million units per month and localisation of 300,000 units per month.
He adds: Being a part of Logistics District in Dubai south was a relatively easy strategic decision for us to make regarding the growth of RHS Logistics. In combination with our existing facilities in DAFZ (Dubai Airport Free Zone) and JAFZ (Jebel Ali Free Zone), Investing in Dubai South enables us to offer a multi modal logistics platform providing seamless sea-road-air connectivity complimented by state of the art facilities and systems.
Such Investments by our visionary leaders in the Logistics infrastructure firmly places Dubai at the go to destination for any forward thinking brands to avail of first class international supply chain management.
Prior to joining RHS , Richard had an extensive work experience in strategic direction making positions with international distribution companies such as Inchcape Marketing Services, Taylor Barnard Distribution Ltd, NFT Distribution, Hays Distribution Services.