Industry Veteran Appointed as Managing Director of TNT Singapore

TNT, the leading provider of global express and
logistics services, today announced the appointment of Edward Lau as managing
director for TNT Singapore.
With more than 25 years of experience in the logistics and general management
industry, Lau has had extensive experience developing and managing customer
relationships in both local and regional leadership positions. He first joined TNT
Singapore as Director of Marketing and Sales in December 2002.
“Edward Lau is an outstanding industry veteran who has consistently
demonstrated the ability to lead and respond swiftly to changing market needs,”
said Ken McCall, CEO, Asia, Middle East and Africa. “In his earlier capacity as
director of marketing and sales, Edward played a crucial role to achieve more than
20 per cent growth for TNT’s business in Singapore. A performance which ranks
among the fastest for express and logistics operations in Asia.”
Lau is committed to sustain TNT Singapore’s business growth with a strategy
focused on TNT’s strength in providing integrated express and logistics solutions.
TNT has had significant success providing companies with supply chain
consultation services, and managing their entire back-end solutions from their
warehousing to their aftermarket logistics services. Lau will also concentrate on
providing customised express and logistics solutions for the specialised needs of
key high tech and high-value industries such as life-sciences, electronics,
telecommunications and automotive.
“Singapore is a key hub of TNT’s operations and has pioneered some of the
leading logistics solutions in Asia. In almost 30 years of operations in Singapore,
our customers have given us tremendous support, contributing to TNT’s growth,
which is in tandem with rapid development of the economy. In return, we are
committed to delivering effective value-added solutions to meet the needs of
customers in Singapore,” said Lau.
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For further information, please contact:
Belinda Tan / Ting Wee Liang
Grayling
Tel: +65-6325 4606
Fax: +65-6325 4616
Email: [email protected] / [email protected]
Notes to editors
1. TNT is a global provider of express, logistics and mail services.
2. TNT Express is the world’s leading business to business express delivery company. The company
delivers 3.6 million parcels, documents and pieces of freight a week to 222 countries using its network
nearly 1,000 depots, hubs and sortation centres. TNT Express operates more than 21,000 road vehicles
and 43 aircraft and has the biggest door-to-door air and road express delivery infrastructure in Europe.
3. TNT Express employs 43,000 staff worldwide and is the first ever organisation to achieve global
recognition as an Investor in People. The company reported sales in 2002 of €4.175 billion. Profits of
€165 million earned by TNT Express in the nine months ended 30th September 2003 were higher by
18.7% than profits for the equivalent period in the previous year (€139 million). The TNT Express website
is: www.tnt.com
4. TNT’s Logistics division is a leading global logistics company. It designs, implements and operates
complex supply chain solutions on a national, regional or global scale for medium to large enterprises.
TNT Logistics employs more than 32,000 people, who are operating in 36 countries, managing over 6.2
million square metres of warehouse space. In 2002, TNT Logistics reported sales of €3.389 billion. The
TNT Logistics web site address is: www.tntlogistics.com.
5. TNT is a division of TPG N.V., which also operates Royal TPG Post. With headquarters in The
Netherlands TPG employs over 160,000 people in 62 countries and serves over 200 countries. The
company reported sales of €11.7 billion in 2002, an increase of 5% over the previous year. In the first half
year of 2003 sales have grown by 1%.TPG N.V. is listed on the Amsterdam, New York, London and
Frankfurt stock exchanges. The TPG website is: www.tpg.com.
6. TNT Asia is headed by Ken McCall, Chief Executive Officer, Asia, Middle East and Africa.
7. TNT Singapore recently won two awards in November 2003 at the Singapore Call Centre Awards 2003
organised by the Call Centre Council of Singapore. The company has also received full-certified status
for the US Customs Trade Partnership against Terrorism (C-TPAT) programme.