Chris Pearce sits at the intersection of two interesting challenges for an Australian-based business in south-east Asia amid some uncertainties about regional growth and trade supply chains.
The Singapore-based divisional director, Toll Global Logistics, has to judge the impact of south-east Asia's gradual economic integration upon his clients' needs. And he will be watched to see how the biggest single acquisition of an Australian business by a Japanese company – Japan Post's $6.5 billion purchase of Toll last year - works in practice.