Ronald Dean Widdows became Group President and Chief Executive Officer of NOL in July 2008. He was also simultaneously appointed to NOL’s Board of Directors. Based in Singapore, Mr Widdows is responsible for the commercial, financial and global operations of NOL’s container shipping and logistics businesses. Prior to leading the NOL Group, Mr Widdows was CEO of NOL’s core container shipping business, APL, since January 2003. During his tenure as CEO, APL recorded its best ever financial results and cemented its position among the leading companies in the industry.

Mr Widdows has also held senior executive roles in Asia, the US and Canada, with a particular focus on operations. He previously held the positions of APL Senior Vice President, Liner Operations and Senior Vice President responsible for APL Americas Operations and Logistics, which included management of the US West Coast terminal operator company Eagle Marine Services and APL's Stacktrain Services subsidiary. For close to four decades, Mr Widdows’ career has tracked the development of the container shipping industry, from its initial focus on pure port-to-port services to today's end-to-end supply chain management.

Since joining APL in 1980, Mr Widdows has been intimately involved in operationalizing groundbreaking innovations introduced by APL, many of which are now employed industry-wide. Mr Widdows personally drove APL's breakthrough development of operating multiple large 'gateway' terminal facilities with integrated 'on-dock rail' on the US West Coast – a key step in the advance of multimodalism. He has also been a key figure in the evolution and development of the sophisticated carrier alliances, which have created worldwide service networks.

More recently, Mr Widdows has been the US shipping industry's leading advocate on public policy issues, increasing awareness by industry and Government regarding the need for transportation infrastructure development and efforts to advance the formulation of goods movement policy. In 2006, Mr Widdows’ efforts were recognized by both the National Defense Transportation Association and the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business.

From December 2006 to January 2010 he served as Chairman of the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement and Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement research and discussion groups. Mr Widdows was instrumental in significantly expanding the Membership of the Agreements. He helped elevate their profile in advocating for carrier interests with US and Asian governments. He also initiated forums where TSA and WTSA executives engage directly with importers and exporters to better understand the dynamics affecting the shipping community.

Mr Widdows has been Chairman of the World Shipping Council since 2008. The WSC represents the Liner Shipping industry in its engagement with governments regarding; security and customs regulations, regulatory affairs, and more recently a significant focus on the development of environmental standards related to air and water quality. Also in 2008, Mr Widdows was honored with the Distinguished Leadership Award for Excellence in Maritime Security.

In 2009, he received the AOTOS award, being named an “Admiral of the Ocean Seas” by the United Seamen’s Service for his contribution to the US maritime sector.

Mr Widdows also serves on the Board of the UK P&I Club as well as the Advisory Boards of the International Transport Forum and the US Merchant Marine Academy-Kingspoint.

Cedric Foo was appointed Group Deputy President in April 2005 and, additionally, Chief Financial Officer from January 2007. He oversees NOL Group’s corporate finance and strategic planning activities. Prior to re-joining NOL in 2005, Mr Foo was Singapore’s Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry for National Development. He served as Senior Vice President at Singapore Airlines from 2000 to 2002. Mr Foo previously worked at NOL from 1985 to 2000 and held various management positions. A Member of Singapore’s Parliament since November 2001, Mr Foo serves as Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee and the Government Parliamentary Committee for National Development and Environment. He is also Chairman of Singapore’s JTC Corporation, a leading provider of industrial space solutions. Mr Foo holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering (Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering) from the University of Michigan and a Master of Science (Ocean Systems Management) degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Eng Aik Meng was appointed President of APL, NOL’s container shipping business, in September 2008. Prior to rejoining the NOL Group Mr Eng was with Singapore-headquartered shipping and industrial supply chain company IMC Corp Group as Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of its Aurora Tankers business. Previously, from 1993 to 2007, he served with NOL in a variety of roles including as its Senior Vice President of APL’s Intra-Asia business and also headed its Strategic Planning arm. Mr Eng first joined NOL as a Management trainee. He holds a Bachelor of Accountancy (Honours) degree from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and an MBA from Harvard University. He currently also serves on the Advisory Board of Nanyang Business School.

Jim McAdam was appointed President, APL Logistics in April 2009 and is responsible for the commercial, financial and operational activities of the NOL Group's logistics business globally. Prior to his current appointment, Mr McAdam was President, South Asia from January to April 2009, having formerly held the role of President, Asia/Middle East from September 2006. Previously he was Senior Vice President Business Solutions, responsible for developing and implementing NOL's global supply chain capabilities. He joined NOL in 1999 as Vice President and Managing Director North Asia, based in Tokyo. Prior to that, he was Director International Operations with Menlo Logistics. Mr McAdam previously worked with APL from 1984 to 1996, holding positions in Japan, Thailand and the US. He has 25 years' experience in the transportation and logistics industry, including more than 17 years of Asia-based assignments. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Finance from Michigan State University and a Masters degree in Asian Political Economics from the University of San Francisco.

Wu Choy Peng joined the NOL Group as Group Chief Information Officer in July 2006. Her responsibilities include overseeing strategy development, design and implementation of a broad range of information systems and processes and ensuring streamlined and standardised day-to-day business processes for the Group’s customers worldwide. Ms Wu previously worked for 19 years with the Singapore Government in a wide variety of IT management roles. Prior to joining NOL, Ms Wu was the Singapore Government’s Chief Information Officer for six years, also holding the position of Deputy Chief Executive (Industry) of the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore. Ms Wu holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Detlev Kerber was appointed President, Europe in 2010 and leads NOL Group’s businesses and operations across the Europe region and the former Soviet Union. Previously, he held senior roles in APL as Vice President of Asia-Europe trade and Managing Director for Germany. Mr Kerber has over 30 years' experience in the shipping and logistics industry. Prior to joining APL in 1999, Mr Kerber worked for the AP Moller Group in Germany as Branch Manager of Maersk Line in Bremen and Managing Director of Maersk Logistics. He is based in Uxbridge, UK.

Gene Seroka was appointed President, Americas in April 2010 and leads NOL Group’s businesses and operations in the US, Canada and Latin America. Before that, he was Vice President, Middle East, for APL. Mr Seroka joined APL in 1988 and has over 21 years’ experience in container shipping and logistics. Mr Seroka has held a range of management positions within the company, including Vice President of APL Logistics for Asia and the Middle East; Managing Director for APL and APL Logistics businesses in Indonesia, Director of Sales and Marketing in China and sales management and marketing roles in the US. Mr Seroka holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and an MBA from the University of New Orleans. He is based in Phoenix, Arizona.

Kenneth Glenn has been President, North Asia since January 2009. He leads NOL Group’s businesses and operations across mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Japan and Korea. He was formerly President South Asia from August 2006 and, prior to that, Senior Vice President, South Asia and Managing Director India from October 2005. Mr Glenn was previously Senior Vice President of APL's Asia-Europe liner trade. He joined NOL in 2000 after 23 years with Sea-Land Service and CSX Lines during which he held a variety of senior management positions in geographic and trade roles. Mr Glenn has over 30 years’ experience in the shipping and maritime industry, during which he has lived in mainland China, the US, Hong Kong, UK, Russia, Singapore and India. He is based in Shanghai, China.

Goh Teik Poh was appointed President, South Asia in May 2009. He leads NOL Group's businesses and operations across the ASEAN countries, Australasia, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Afghanistan and the Middle East. Mr Goh was previously Group Chief Human Resources Officer from January 2008, responsible for all aspects of human resource management across the NOL Group. From 2003 to 2007, he was APL's Senior Vice President, Global Operations and Network, responsible for network planning, equipment management, security and the environment, technical services and ship management. Mr Goh has been with the NOL Group for 29 years and has held leadership roles in operations, country management and corporate planning. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Maritime Commerce from the University of Wales and a Master of Science degree in Transportation from Northwestern University. He is based in Singapore.