John Moseley was named Chief Commercial Officer in 2018. He joined Port Houston in 2010 and successfully led the port’s global sales efforts. Moseley started his career in international supply chain and logistics in 1987 and has held expanding roles in the U.S. and overseas with ocean carriers and beneficial cargo owners. He also has experience in the international freight forwarding and customs house brokerage sectors.
Moseley earned a bachelor’s degree in international business administration from California State University at Los Angeles and an MBA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Isenberg School of Management.
In his current role, he is responsible for driving and executing Port Houston’s commercial strategy. He oversees Port Houston’s industry relations, real estate, trade development, and economic development departments, as well as the administration of Harris County’s Foreign Trade Zone, the largest FTZ in the United States.
Moseley actively serves on the boards of the Containerization and Intermodal Institute and the Economic Alliance Houston Port Region, and is a member of the International Trade and Investment Committee at the Greater Houston Partnership. As a corporate fellow at the University of Houston Downtown, Marilyn Davies College of Business, he actively participates in the classroom at the graduate level. Past contributions have included board positions with the American Metals Supply Chain Institute, having served as Chairman of the Ports Committee, board member and president of the Brazil-Texas Chamber of Commerce, as well as boards of International Transportation Management Association of Houston, Netherlands American Business Association, International Trade Club of Southern California, and member of the Advisory Board of the Center for Logistics and Transportation Policy Program at the University of Houston, Main Campus.