Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> July 12, 2004
ROGER I. MACFARLANE has served as Chief Executive Officer of UTi
Worldwide since May 2000, shortly after which he spearheaded the
company's initial public offering in the US. He has more than three
decades of experience in the transportation and logistics industry. He
has served on the Board of Directors since co-founding UTi in 1995.
Previously, he held various executive positions, including Joint Chief
Executive, for BAX Global, a subsidiary of The Brink's Company, a New
York Stock Exchange-traded company. Prior to this, Mr. MacFarlane served
as a director and in other executive capacities, including Chief
Executive Officer, for international freight forwarder WTC International
N.V., listed on AMEX, before it was acquired by BAX Global in 1987. In
1976, he co-founded Rand Freight in South Africa, which acquired WTC
through a reverse takeover in 1984. Mr. MacFarlane began his career in
1970 at Rennies Consolidated Holdings, the leading transportation
company in South Africa at the time. Mr. MacFarlane received a Bachelor
of Arts degree and an LLB degree from the University of Cape Town. Profile
and then give us an idea of what the company is doing at the present
time?
Mr. MacFarlane: UTi Worldwide was founded in
