Imperial Logistics has made a number of key appointments to its management team in China and has moved to a larger office in Shanghai to prepare for planned growth.

According to the company, Joshua Mclarin has been appointed as its new managing director of China. He has spent the past 13 years of his logistics career in senior positions at Singapore Post group companies in New Zealand, Thailand, Australia and, most recently, Singapore, where he was vice president of group sales, responsible for 13 countries.

Owen Li has been appointed as head of commercial, leading the Shanghai-based sales team. He has over 20 years’ logistics and freight management experience, having worked with Gondrand, Damco and CEVA Logistics.

Blair Hu has been appointed as IT infrastructure manager, responsible for network design, setup and maintenance for Imperial’s office and two warehouses. He previously spent 10 years at Nestle’s research and development centre in Shanghai, most recently as project manager.

Ricky Nan has been appointed as IT system manager. His first assignment is to set up the transport management system, warehouse management system and other related systems for a major new contract. He has over 10 years of experience in similar positions for DSV Cargo Service and Prime Cargo.

Matthew Zhu has been appointed as warehouse manager at Imperial’s Yangshan location, looking after a major new automotive contract. He has previously handled similar projects during 12 years with Kerry Logistics and Expeditors.

Sofia Ruan has been appointed as HR manager. She has 10 years of experience in recruiting, training and organization development, including working with a global freight forwarding company.

Lion Luo joins Imperial’s China team as senior operations manager after 12 years with SITC Logistics Co., Ltd. He has comprehensive experience in air and ocean forwarding of imports and exports.

“We are delighted to welcome Joshua, Owen, Blair, Ricky, Matthew, Sophia and Lion to our Shanghai team,” said Hakan Bicil, CEO of Imperial Logistics International. “Their appointments reflect our increasing commitment to the Chinese market, and their collective skills and experience will play an important part in further strengthening our foothold and delivering on our ambitious development targets.”

The company’s new office in Shanghai’s Jing An district is larger and provides additional room for planned growth, as well as improved facilities for meetings with customers, vendors and service partners.

Imperial Logistics began its China operations in 2012 and currently provides warehousing, internal road distribution and global multimodal freight management services.