The Senior Vice President reports directly to the President who, in turn, reports directly to the Chief Executive Officer who is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors. At the present time, the Assistant Vice President has responsibility for developing the firm’s global strategy. The Director, North American Markets reports to the Assistant Vice President and has specific responsibility to develop the United States
vehicle market for NAC. The Director, Vehicle Engineering reports to the Vice President for Vehicle Engineering and has been briefed thoroughly and is very knowledgeable about US consumer preferences with respect to the vehicles that they consider for purchase decisions. The Senior Engineer is the technical adviser to the Director for Vehicle Engineering. All members of the negotiation team are fluent in English based on their graduate education in US educational institutions. They have been selected for their positions and the negotiation team, in part, for their English language skills. This, in itself, is most unusual but represents NAC’s commitment to be a global leader in the industry.
USSL representatives at the first round of negotiations included:
Team Leader: Senior Vice President, Ocean Shipping; and
Team Members: Assistant Vice President, Pacific Shipping; Director, West Coast Port Facilities; Director, International Sales; Director, Finance; Corporate Lawyer.
The Senior Vice President reports directly to the President of the Ocean Shipping subsidiary who, in turn, reports directly to the Chief Executive Officer of USSL who is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors. The Assistant Vice President has responsibility for developing the Pacific maritime transportation strategy.