for battery production . I think now is the time . You see the economies in Africa are growing , becoming more stable and , if you go to countries like Ethiopia , Ghana or Morocco , they have a vision and they have a plan . They ’ re growing – maybe not as fast as people might wish , but they ’ re growing . We must think about how to be present in those emerging markets and provide the same type of service we do in established markets like Europe or the Americas . It ’ s good to be able to offer that and it also gives you the flexibility to overcome the next crisis . And I think it ’ s also part of the DP World strategy to offer customers end-to-end solutions .
Q . WHAT DO THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS LOOK LIKE FOR YOU AND DP WORLD ?
» I ’ m responsible for the supply chain engineering department , which means we design end-to-end solutions for our customers by using all the different capabilities of the company . Where we don ’ t have them , we look externally to search for them . It ’ s a kind of consultative selling in combination with 4PL services down to 3PL services . This is what I really like within DP World : the idea of not being segmented ; going the extra mile ; end-to-end , out-of-the -box thinking . That ’ s something you hear in every other sentence at this company and we really mean it . I ’ ve enjoyed this reality for 18 months and it ’ s one hell of a job . As I said , we ’ re a multi-billion-dollar startup and I ’ m 100 % sure we ’ ll keep on growing .
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