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| <p align="center"><strong><big><big>TPF</big></big><br> | |
| <big><big>Forwarding<br> | |
| Network</big></big></strong></p> | |
| <p align="center"><small>900 Wilshire Blvd. <br> | |
| Suite #1434<br> | |
| Los Angeles, CA <br> | |
| 90017<br> | |
| <br> | |
| Tel: 213.627.0689 <br> | |
| 1.888.TPF-TRADE <br> | |
| Fax: 213.627.0398 <br> | |
| Email:<br> | |
| <a href="mailto:tpfcentral@tpfnetwork.org">TPF Central</a> </small></p> | |
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| <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Aims and Objectives</font></b><font SIZE="3"></p> | |
| <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">TPF Forwarding Network is a worldwide association of independent | |
| freight forwarders who have joined together in a strategic alliance to effectively compete | |
| in today’s global marketplace. To meet international shipping needs, TPF offers an | |
| extensive network of member offices each bringing their commitment to service and home | |
| market strength to the customer.</p> | |
| <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">The TPF Board of Directors consists of six (6) representatives - with | |
| no more than two from the same TPF geographic region of the world. The Board is elected by | |
| the membership and is equally distributed among Europe/ Africa, the Americas and | |
| Australia/Asia. Officers are elected to serve as President, Secretary and Treasurer. The | |
| Board guides the TPF organization in addressing the key issues facing independent freight | |
| forwarders and develops support services to enable the independent forwarder to | |
| effectively compete in the industry. TPF relies on the active involvement of members to | |
| create programs that meet the needs of TPF's diverse mix of members. TPF establishes | |
| project work groups to develop and research new service ideas in order to advise directors | |
| on the best options available for a specific project. </p> | |
| <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Among the projects designed to meet the group’s objective, TPF is | |
| currently undertaking the following activities:</p> | |
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| <blockquote> | |
| <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">1. Recruiting new members to expand the global representation of | |
| independent forwarders by the implementation of a new dues structure and two member | |
| development incentive programs.</p> | |
| <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">2. Implementing the TPF Information/Shipment Tracking System</p> | |
| <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">3. Expanding the TPF bill of lading and insurance program</p> | |
| <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">4. Negotiating favorable service contracts with steamship lines</p> | |
| <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">5. Pooling resources to increase buying power</p> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| </blockquote> | |
| <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">TPF is a mutual benefit, nonprofit association, equally owned by its | |
| members and administered by an independent management firm. </font><font SIZE="4"></p> | |
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| <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Board of Directors</font><font SIZE="3"></p> | |
| <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></font><font FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3"><i> </p> | |
| <p>Jackson H. Daniel, TPF President — International Forwarders, Inc.- Charleston, | |
| South Carolina, USA</i></font><font SIZE="3"><b></p> | |
| <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Jackson H. Daniel Jr.</b>, TPF’s President, has over twenty-five | |
| years experience in international transportation. He is President of International | |
| Forwarders, Inc. Mr. Daniel has been elected to a second three-year term on the Board of | |
| Directors of the Maritime Association of the Port of Charleston, South Carolina, and has | |
| been thrice elected President of the Customs Brokers & Foreign Freight Forwarders | |
| Association of Charleston. He was instrumental in the development of the Port of | |
| Charleston’s Orion computer system. He graduated from the University of South | |
| Carolina with a Masters Degree in Business Administration and from The Citadel, the | |
| military college of South Carolina, with a Bachelor Degree in Arts and Science. He is the | |
| recipient of the U.S. Army’s Bronze Star Medal.</font><font FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3"><i></p><P> | |
| <p>David Domek, TPF Treasurer/Secretary — World Commerce Systems, Chicago, Illinois, | |
| USA</i></font><font SIZE="3"><b></p> | |
| <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">David Domek</b>, TPF's Treasurer/Secretary, joined World Commerce in 1988 as the Sales Manager. | |
| He was promoted to Vice President in 1991. Then purchased the Chicago Office in 1992 and | |
| became the President and sole shareholder. Currently he is on the board of directors | |
| for two other transportation related companies. He also belongs to, | |
| "The Presidents Forum" (a group of over 100 presidents of different no | |
| competing companies who work together to improve their respective business). | |
| He attended the University of Iowa and graduated in 1988 with a Bachelors Degree in | |
| Business Administration </p> | |
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| <p>Christopher Wood, TPF Director — Wako Express - Kowloon, SAR (Hong Kong)</font></i><font SIZE="3"><b></p> | |
| <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Christopher Wood</b> is the TPF Treasurer. Since 1983 he has been the | |
| Managing Director and a shareholder of Wako Express Hong Kong and since 1993 a Director | |
| and shareholder of Wako Express (China) with offices in Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, | |
| Qingdao, Dalian and Tianjin. From 1969 to 1976 Mr. Wood was a Systems Engineer for IBM | |
| United Kingdom, and from 1977 to 1979 was an Adjunct Professor in the School of Business | |
| at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has also been a lecturer on database | |
| security and integrity at universities in Korea, Thailand, Malaysia and Taiwan. Between | |
| 1976 and 1980, he was a Computer Scientist for the IBM Scientific Center in Los Angeles. | |
| Mr. Wood received a 1st Class Honours B.Sc., ARCS in Theoretical Physics from Imperial | |
| College, London University and a D Phil Theoretical Physics from Balliol College, Oxford. | |
| He is a member of The Hong Kong Australian Chamber of Commerce.</font><i><font FACE="Fuji-WI,Lucida Sans Unicode" SIZE="4"></p> | |
| <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></font><font FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3"> </p> | |
| <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"> </p> | |
| <p>Thomas Manigk, TPF Director — Kopf & Lübben - Bremen, Germany</font></i><font SIZE="3"><b></p> | |
| <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY">Thomas Manigk</b> is a TPF Director. Mr. Manigk has been Managing | |
| Director and shareholder of Kopf & Lübben GmbH since January 1998 overseeing offices | |
| in Bremen, Hamburg and Rotterdam. He began his career in the freight forwarding industry | |
| ten years ago with an internship at a large German multinational freight forwarder in | |
| South Africa. After having held various senior positions within that company, Mr. Manigk | |
| was transferred to their global head office in Bremen, Germany. In 1995, he joined Kopf | |
| & Lübben GmbH as a director. Mr. Manigk studied Fine Art and History of Art at the | |
| University of Witwatersrand, South Africa and, in 1985, he earned his National Diploma in | |
| Clearing (Brokerage) & Forwarding Administration. </p> | |
| <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"></font><font FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3"><i> </p> | |
| <p>Pompeyo F. Eceiza, TPF Director — Eceiza SA- Barcelona, Spain</i></font><font SIZE="3"></p> | |
| <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"> </p> | |
| <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><b>Pompeyo F. Eceiza</b> is a TPF Director. Mr. Eceiza joined Eceiza S.A., | |
| based in Barcelona, Spain, in 1979 as a telephone operator and customs formalities | |
| manager. In 1986, he moved to the firm’s customs clearance-documentation department. | |
| In 1987 and 1988, he led the company’s computer conversion and implementation | |
| program. He was named Assistant Managing Director in the freight-forwarding department in | |
| 1988 and promoted to the position of Overseas Managing Director the following year. He was | |
| made the General Sales Managing Director for the freight forwarding and customs broker | |
| department in 1990 and appointed Managing Director of the legal advice and consultancy | |
| department in 1991. Mr. Eceiza was named the Company Secretary and Assistant to the | |
| General Manager and President in 1993 and General Manager in 1995. He became a Licensed | |
| Customs Broker in 1984 and between 1985 and 1987 received licenses as a freight forwarder, | |
| international hauler, inland hauler and warehouse operator and as a lawyer specializing in | |
| customs and international transport. He also has IATA and Air Cargo Dangerous Goods | |
| degrees.</p> | |
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| <p>Eddie Chen, TPF Director — Mercury International - Taipei, Taiwan (ROC)</i></font><font SIZE="3"></p> | |
| <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"> </p> | |
| <p ALIGN="JUSTIFY"><b>Eddie Chen</b>, is a TPF Director and has been | |
| the President of Mercury International Transport Co. LTD since 1986. He | |
| initiated his career in the Freight Industry in 1981 with OOCL Shipping Industry | |
| and later moved on to Universal Air Freight Company as Manager. He has full | |
| experience in both Air Freight and Sea Freight. Mercury International has been | |
| part of the TPF Forwarding Network since it was established. </p> | |
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