12 Tom Nauwelaerts
MD, Momentum Logistics
Year of establishment: 2008
Location of head office: Part of the Gulftainer Group of Companies
Total employees: total Group 4000/ Momentum 300
Years in the company: appointed less than 1 year ago
Despite market pressures Tom Nauwelaerts first few months as MD of Momentum Logistics has been focussed on balancing current market conditions with growth targets. I response, Momentum has been rethinking its business model to adapt; a strategy Nauwelaerts reports has worked well.
The commercial strategy for the next 12 months will be fixed on leveraging the services portfolio within the current geographical span. This will bring stronger focus on Saudi Arabia, with an expansion into Jeddah and Jubail where major port operations already exist. In addition, a market entry in the USA is on the agenda, following the opening of the RSA Port Canaveral terminal.
Logistics services will be further developed as an extension of the supply chain solutions offering. At home, RSA will enhance customer reach across the UAE while ensuring the bisiness model is ready to scale up.
Nauwelaerts says: Since I only recently joined Gulftainer, some modesty would be only appropriate. One of the first changes we implemented though, was basically to build further on the many good things already there. This means that we have an ever increasing stronger focus on our customers and put them centrally in everything we undertake.
From an organisational perspective, we are going from a country structure to an integrated regional structure, which makes our management model ready for growing stronger outside of our established markets. As well, we are hereby allowing our staff to grow into more challenging positions across our logistics business.
Logistics is a pure peoples business and being able to provide careers and growth development to so many people while achieving also the companys objectives is something which gives me a sense of achievement on a personal level.