Mark Williams’ biography

Mark Williams joined KWL in October 2011 as the chief marketing and planning officer and later appointed chief operating officer with responsibility for the development and execution of corporate strategy for the KWL Group. In addition to managing the KWL Group’s strategic planning process, he also had responsibility for domestic and international business development, marketing, customer service, terminal operations, safety and security, as well as human resources.

With the development of a robust strategic plan, Williams has implemented a series of transformative structural adjustments in KWL and headed commercial negotiations for the company’s fast-growing logistics division. These have resulted in significant cost containment while improving revenues.

Williams has 20 years’ experience in commercial and strategic planning. Before joining KWL, Williams was vice-president – commercial development, marketing and planning at the Airports Authority of Jamaica. He held senior executive positions at The Shell Company (WI) Limited and Shell Antilles and Guianas Limited with responsibility for 10 countries throughout the Caribbean.

Williams holds a MBA degree from University of Surrey, United Kingdom, a master of philosophy and bachelor of science degree from The University of the West Indies, and bachelor of law degree from the University of London. He is a certified port executive and has completed executive and leadership

development programmes from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business and Columbia University. Williams is a justice of the peace for Kingston and serves as director of Security Administrators Limited and the Shipping Association of Jamaica.

Williams is married to Michelle and they have two adult daughters.

ABOUT KWL

KWL is the Caribbean’s leading multipurpose, multi-user port terminal operator, providing the region’s importers and exporters with a broad range of cargo-handling and logistics services and connections to more than 30 international ports in the Caribbean, Latin and North America.