Virginia Maritime Association

 

David Pope, a Manchester UK native, has spent the majority of his career in the marine transportation arena, holding various positions in trade, sales, marketing and systems management, most recently with P&O Nedlloyd in London.

A passionate cook and sports addict, David now resides in Newtown, Pennsylvania, having joined Rohm and Haas Chemical company in mid-2004.

 

In his current position as North America Region Logistics Director, David oversees the domestic, global maritime, air and forwarding/brokerage vendor relationships for this $9 billion specialty chemical company, based in Philadelphia.

 

Prior to joining Rohm and Haas, David was Vice President of Americas Sales for INTTRA, the ocean carrier web and EDI portal. Building on his experience with P&O Nedlloyd, leading the development and implementation of a global management information system, David has a keen interest in the area around process improvement in the supply chain, leveraging the data interchange capabilities of the carriers.

 

David has held successively increasing positions of responsibility in Trade and Sales management with P&O Nedlloyd and CSX Corporation, including responsibility for developing CSX Intermodal’s international business segment, based in Jacksonville, Florida and Baltimore, Maryland

 

David is a Member of the UK-based Chartered Institute of Transportation, and is an active participant in the Supply Chain activities of his graduate school alma mater, Penn State University. A graduate of the University of Wales, Swansea, David still prefers the game that throws the oval ball backwards rather than forwards, along with the less cold variety of beer, but still regularly attends Penn State football games.