Daniel Wright

Group Chief Operating Officer

Gulftainer

Daniel is a seasoned senior operations executive with over 30 years of global supply chain and logistics experience, specializing in global ports and container terminals. In December 2012 Daniel made the move from the UK to the UAE becoming Terminal Manager of Gulftainer’s flagship container terminal in Khorfakkan and also served as Gulftainer Group Operations Manager from 2018 to 2020. Daniel then served as Gulftainer UAE’s Managing Director and Director of Operations Support since 2020. Prior to joining Gulftainer Daniel held senior managerial positions, starting his career in the UK at the Royal Mail. In 2008 Daniel moved into the Ports industry to take up an operational management role with Hutchinson Port Holdings at the Port of Felixstowe in the UK, being one of only two new entrants at that time, recruited from outside the industry into a management role. During his time at Felixstowe, Daniel introduced numerous successful initiatives aimed at improving productivity and management/employee communication. Daniel is currently the Chief Operating Officer, responsible for driving operational growth across Gulftainer’s global ports and container terminals portfolio. He is responsible for business relationship liaison between Business Unit terminal operations and port authorities and customer relations, along with ensuring safe, efficient and productive operations across Gulftainer’s global portfolio for the management teams to achieve and exceed core KPI's and strategic objectives.