GLA is a ‘true’ association run by its members, for its members. The structure of the Association is simple with various Committees and member Liaison Groups answering to the Board of Directors on matters that range from lead generation and group marketing through to disputes and arbitration. The Board of Directors report back to the owners of GLA… the members themselves.
Board And Committees 2023 – 24
The GLA team 2023-2024
The GLA Board of Directors consists of nine members. The President, the Vice President and the Treasurer who are also board members, form the executive committee, which is also referred to as the Supervisory Board of Directors. The Board is in constant communication with the Managing Director at GLA’s head office, who reports to the board about the daily management of the association. The Managing Director also gives advice to the board, but she does not take part in the voting process as the position is neutral.
Board of Directors
Vice President
Giovanni Mele
President
Agnes Kartsaklis
Treasurer
Joe Barry
Board Member
Ahmed El Dahshan
Board Member
Mike Wong
Board Member
Ettie Ben-Harrush
Board Member
Daniel Chew
Management Team
Assistant to Managing Director
Aline van Vuuren
Managing Director
Maureen Leeuwenburgh
Digital Communications
James Moseley
GLA Board of Directors
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- Agnes Kartsaklis
- Giovanni Mele
- Joe Barry
- Ettie Ben-Harrush
- Ahmed El Dahshan
- Mike Wong
- Daniel Chew
GLA Executive Committee
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- Agnes Kartsaklis – President
- Giovanni Mele – Vice-President
- Joe Barry – Treasurer
- Maureen Leeuwenburgh – Managing Director
- Aline van Vuuren – Assistant to Managing Director
Committees
GLA members have always recognized the need to follow the latest trends in the ever changing world of international freight forwarding and logistics and for this purpose GLA created standing committees in which members take a seat and develop the areas for which they are responsible, to the benefit of the association. Each committee is headed by a chairman and the Managing Director is part of every committee.
Ocean Freight
Chair
Ettie Ben-Harrush
Vice Chair
Joe Barry
Members
Milinda Balasooriya
Pat Fosberry
Paige Stewart Morgan
Maureen Leeuwenburgh
Air Freight
Chair
Rob Schellingerhout
Members
Vivian Steinhoff
Maureen Leeuwenburgh
Web / Media
Chair
Daniel Chew
Vice Chair
Mike Wong
Members
Narges Shahi
Gary Sanderson
Arthur Soares
Yuri Zerpa
James Moseley
Maureen Leeuwenburgh
New Membership
Chair
Giovanni Mele
Members
Roy Rigamonti
Yuri Zerpa
Ahmed El Dahshan
Asier Lizeaga
Adam Henningsson
Maureen Leeuwenburgh
Steering
Members
Jill James
Alwyn Nel
Maureen Leeuwenburgh
Compliance
Chair
Mike Wong
Vice Chair
Mike Bruning
Members
Jorge Magalhaes
Stephen Ho
Alwyn Nel
Mike Bruning
Maureen Leeuwenburgh
GLA Liaison Teams
Each of the six board members who are not on the Executive Committee, is also a Liaison Team Leader. Team Leaders are assigned to each member to advise on issues and problems and will be their point of contact next to the Managing Director. Team leaders build up a relationship with each member in their team and will be there to assist. Also one of the tasks of the Liaison Team Leader is to assist the Executive Director to solve occasional problems such as collection of dues, a member not attending a meeting or any sort of problem between members.
Liaison Team Leaders also have an important role at the GLA Annual General Meeting. Over all issues which have been brought to the attention of the Team Leaders are laid on the table up front. Then they are hashed out in the Liaison Teams and then these Teams report back to the GLA membership. GLA encourage the GLA members to inform of ideas for the Liaison Team discussions in order to develop the Association. Consensus is reached, votes taken and the Association is headed in new directions. It works well.
