Operating reality

The company coordinates the movement and clearance of customer goods through carriers, gateways, overseas agents, customs-facing processes and inland service providers. It may advance duties, freight, storage or other charges and later recover them from customers. The enterprise therefore manages documents, instructions, client money, credit, sanctions exposure and time-critical handoffs without owning every part of the physical journey.
As part of a large unlisted corporate house, the business is formalising governance for sustained international growth. Gross billings can obscure thin collected contribution, unrecovered pass-through costs, agent balances, demurrage disputes and contingent liability. The Board seeks an Independent Director who can clarify where the company acts as principal, agent, adviser, custodian or payer—and ensure its controls follow the substance of each role.

Independent Director remit

The appointee will bring rigorous oversight to trade compliance, customs conduct, document integrity, sanctions screening, client funds, overseas agents,



shipment profitability, cyber resilience, claims, credit and acquisitions. The Director must be prepared to examine transaction files and exception evidence, not only revenue and shipment counts.

Eleven governance priorities

Role clarity in each service. Define contractual and actual responsibility for booking, documentation, classification, valuation support, duty funding, insurance, custody, subcontracting and delivery. Accounting and liability should follow the real role.
Trade and sanctions compliance. Govern customer, counterparty, goods, route, vessel or conveyance, destination, end-use and payment screening. Escalation should address ambiguity and attempted circumvention, not only exact database matches.
Customs-facing integrity. Protect classification, valuation information, origin documents, licences, declarations, inspection handling and record retention. No employee or inter

📌 Independent Director (Chennai)
🏢 Gladwin International
📍 Chennai