JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Senior maritime leader Brian Taylor will join the Jacksonville Port Authority as chief executive officer on Monday, JaxPort Board of Directors Chairman Joe York announced Friday.
Taylor, a longtime Horizon Lines executive, is an accomplished sales and operations manager with a track record of building high-performance teams and leading complex organizations, JaxPort said in a news release. It said he held high-profile positions of increasing responsibility throughout Horizon's business units during his tenure with the company.
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Most recently, Taylor was senior vice president of sales and operations for New Breed Logistics in High Point, N.C.
Taylor has served around the world during his 30-year career and holds a masters of business administration in economics and financial management from Concordia University in Montreal.
The JaxPort Board of Directors conducted a national executive search to fill the vacant CEO position.