Chris Scott

Chris Scott was promoted to senior vice president, transpacific services at Matson Navigation and named senior vice president of Matson, in February 2021. He is responsible for all sales and marketing activities tied to Matson’s China service, based in Oakland.

Scott joined Matson in 1995 in what was then Matson’s new, centralized Customer Support Center in Phoenix. After becoming a supervisor in Phoenix, Scott moved to Jacksonville, FL as manager, depot operations for Matson Logistics. He rejoined Matson Navigation Company in 2001 as sales manager in the Pacific Northwest, and was later promoted to manager, national accounts and eastern area sales, based in San Francisco. In 2006, Scott joined the China team as our company’s first expat based in Shanghai and was responsible for all sales activities. He returned to the U.S. in 2008 as Matson’s manager, container operations in Honolulu. In 2010, he returned to the international team as director, Asia, supervising sales activities once again and working in Hong Kong and Shanghai until returning to the U.S. as vice president, transpacific services in 2015.

Scott started his career in transportation logistics in 1992, working for Sankyu, USA in trucking and warehousing operations.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management from Arizona State University.