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Topline Express Logistics is dedicated to service excellence and it achieves this by inviting highly competent professionals to join its management team.



Martin X. F. Zhao
President
   
Robert Lane
Vice President
   
Victoria Sexton
Marketing Director
Dr. Isabelle F. Rey Lescure
Strategic Adviser
   
Y.C.Chen
Human Resource Manager
William W.L.Loh
Senior Advisor
   


Martin X. F. Zhao
President

Martin has been working in the field of international forwarding for more than 
20 years. A graduate from Shanghai Maritime University, Martin also holds a Certificate in Management and Leadership from the China Europe Management 
Institute,as well as a Certificate in Customer Service Management from Hong Kong Pacific Human Resources Centre. From 1987 to 1994, Martin worked for the  Sino-British  joint-venture company Land-Ocean Inchcape International Container Transport Co., Ltd., first as Head of the Freight Forwarding Dept., then as  Commercial  Manager. In 1994, Martin  took the leadership of David Rey Transportation International Ltd., registered in Hong Kong, which throve rapidly in the China air and ocean freight forwarding market.  Following DTI's decision to create a new company to  better  meet the increasingly  complex  logistics  needs  of an ever-expanding  customer base,  Martin  became the President of the new entity, Topline Express Logistics.

Robert Lane
Vice President

Robert has held various positions in senior management within small busine-ss and multinational companies spanning his career over 30 years.Originally trained as a managing director in the retail automotive industry in Australia,
he has worked in sales, business assessment and strategic planning,distrib-
ution and operations.He has also ledbusiness development  and  operations
in the technology and innovation sectors. At  an  organisational  level,  his
experience is in developing strategic direction and  measurement  solutions to meet various business challenges and has written management perform-
ance measurement programs that allow the stakeholders to understand the relative performance of a department orcompany.
Robert  has been based  in China since  2005,  working within the  Chinese 
automotive  industry, including  engaging the major local manufacturers  in
export strategies to new markets; purchasing, logistics and export operati-ons for numerous organisations.
Robert  has  lived  and worked in Australia and the U.S. and now resides in
Shanghai.





Victoria Sexton
Marketing Director

Victoria has over twenty years business experience,holding various positio-ns  in  senior  management  within  the  consulting services, marketing and manufacturing sectors in Australia and China.
Most recently Victoria spent four years as Director,China,of a multinational Human  Capital Management firm, based  in  Shanghai, providing consulting services  for  global  organisations  requiring  employee management during periods of  restructuring, M&A,  expansion or downsizing. As Director of the China office, Victoria was responsible for the company¡¯s  China  expansion strategy, marketing and implementation.Clients included Fortune 500 organ-isations in  telecommunications,  technology,  automotive,  manufacturing, pharmaceutical and consumer goods.
Prior to moving to Shanghai, Victoria held senior positions in executive sear-
ch, marketing and manufacturing organisations in Australia.
Victoria has lived  and  worked  in London as well as having worked in many countries in Asia, Europe and the US on behalf of clients. She first came to China in 1994 to study Mandarin at Nanjing Normal University and has lived
in Shanghai since 2002.



Dr. Isabelle F. Rey Lescure
Strategic Adviser

A graduate from Columbia University in New York with a Ph. D in Chinese Anthropology, Isabelle has been professionally active in  China  for more 
than 15 years.
Successful business relationships between foreign partners are based on mutual understanding and for many years Isabelle has offered consulting services to both foreign and Chinese enterprises to help them bridge th-
eir differences.
For the last few years, Isabelle has worked as Director of Business Dev-elopment for a number of Chinese companies in the field of international business. Isabelle has joined Topline Express in November 2002 and is n-
ow in charge of marketing and communications.



 



Y.C.Chen
Human Resource Manager

YC has a long career in the area of Human Resources management, having worked in that field for nealy 30 years. A graduate of CCP school, YC has b-
een working in various HR roles of increasing responsibilities, successively in SOEs, listed companies and private companies. YC's career  also  spans  the different periods in China's economic development, from planned economy to market economy.
YC has definite expertise in the HR field, from HR planning and management
to staff training. YC has joined Topline  Express  Logistics as HR Manager in
2007 and is now importantly contributing to the smooth  management  and development of the human capital of the company.




William W.L.Loh
Senior Advisor

William is a true specialist in the logistics field, as well as a senior scholar. William graduated from Shanghai St. John's University in 1947, entering thereafter the shipping industry where he spent his whole career. Over a
forty year period, William held management roles of increasing responsib-
ility for leading companies in the field, from APL, to PENAVICO, SICT, INCH-
CAPE and finally EKPAC. William also held different positions as lecturer in logistics studies for both the Shanghai Harbour Administration Bureau and
the Shanghai Harbour University.
William is now acting as a Senior Advisor for Topline Express Logistics wh-
ere he contributes his valuable advice regarding the development of the company. William is also seen as a mentor by many of the younger staff,
whom he inspires by his tremendous knowledge of and passion for the lo-
gistics industry.