Chad Forrest

Background

About Chad Forrest

I am an accomplished manager with international experience having lived and worked in Asia for 23 years with unparalleled China and global experience. I am a strategic thinker who can focus on business objectives and operational excellence, who recruits, inspires and builds exceptional teams, and constantly delivers performance results. • Management Leadership: managed Santa Fe and the Asian Express International Movers North China offices with responsibility for 6 offices with approximately 200+ full-time staff, budgetary planning, revenue, profitability, and other key performance targets for the North China operations. • Sales & Strategic Planning: set China strategy that effectively built, developed and grew profitable business in North China. • Account Management: extensive business development and management experience in selling and maintaining key account relationships throughout Asia. • Communication: strong interpersonal communication skills that have been used to effectively develop business and foster team-work in a cross-cultural context. • Cultural Sensitivity: over 23+ years living and working in Asia, providing an insight and understanding of multi-culture and working environments. • Quality: instrumental in the implementation and successful obtainment of various industry ISO certifications (including ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 27001 & UN Corporate Social Responsibility). • Operations: assisted in conceptualizing and building new IT platforms, helped design an IT platform and implemented an Expense Management Hub for China in Beijing.