
Toll Group Non Executive Chair Thomas Knudsen on the future of 3PLs
Thomas Knudsen has been servis as Non Executive Chair of Toll Group since July 2022. Having previously served as Managing Director at Toll Group between 2020 to 2022, as well prior to that as Toll’s President of Global Forwarding.
Thomas Knudsen has been servis as Non Executive Chair of Toll Group since July 2022. Having previously served as Managing Director at Toll Group between 2020 to 2022, as well prior to that as Toll’s President of Global Forwarding.

Thomas is a senior executive with a global logistics career spanning more than 25 years. Thomas has held executive leadership, commercial, trade and route management roles in the Middle East, North America, Europe and Asia.
Prior to joining Toll, Thomas was CEO, Asia Pacific at global logistics leader, Damco. Based in Singapore, he was responsible for the company’s day-to-day business operations for the Asia region, with more than 5000 colleagues in a region stretching from Japan to Myanmar.
In this episode of the Alcott Global Podcast Leaders in Supply Chain podcast, host Radu Palamariu talks to Thomas about the following:
- Inflection points in Thomas’ career- understanding different cultures
- Maintaining the relevance of 3PL industries
- Transitioning from the CEO to Chairman of Toll and the difference between the roles
- Staying relevant in an advancing and improving world through AI
- How to embrace failure whilst building your career
For more podcasts in this series, visit the Alcott Global website.