Rob Lord is the regional director of Oceania for Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics AS, a global shipping and logistics company specialising in the movement of vehicles and heavy and specialised cargo such as mining and construction equipment, rail cars and power generators.
Prior to that, he was the managing director and chief executive of Gloucester Coal, a successful ASX 200 public-listed company specialising in coal mining and marketing. Mr Lord also worked in the pulp and paper industry for many years, and was executive vice president responsible for the Australasian operations of Norwegian-based Norske Skog.