Kenneth Tse

Dr. Kenneth Tse, former Director and General Manager of Yantian International Container Terminals Ltd, was inducted into the Institute's 'Hall of Fame' at their 6th Annual China Chapter dinner on Tuesday 13th of March. The dinner was held at the Novotel Hotel near the Hong Kong Conference Centre on the eve of the TOC Asia event. This induction is to honour Dr. Tse's contribution to the development of port logistics in China/Shenzhen and his role in the development of port-centric logistics and the customer facing model which the Institute believes is best international practice. The award is also to acknowledge his support for the development of CTQS and for his academic contributions.

In 2009, Kenneth Tse took early retirement from 35 years of business life to pursue his portfolio of academic and consulting/research interests in management. In July of that year, he received his doctorate from the University of Birmingham, UK, for his thesis titled "The Co-evolution of Strategy and Environment: A Study of Yantian Port".For 16 years prior to the change, he was Managing Director of Yantian International Container Terminals Limited, a joint venture between the Hutchison Group and Yantian Port Group, one of China major state owned enterprises.

Starting from a green field in 1993, Kenneth led the joint venture to achieve preeminent status in the port industry, with throughput exceeding 10 million twenty foot equivalent units in 2007 (the largest single terminal in the world in 2007), and gaining worldwide recognition for its productivity improvements and service to customers.In 2005, the company was awarded the "Best Terminal of the Year" by the Global Institute of Logistics. In the same year, it received the "Best Terminal Award" from China's National Port Industry Bureau of the Ministry of Communications. Such success also meant significant financial contributions of the business unit to Hutchison and Yantian Port Group.