Ground handling and clearing company targets perishables

The markets may have slumped and demand may still be on the decrease, but for Jonathan Lewis, managing director of NAC2000 Corporation, there is no better time to strategise and plan for the future. A Zambian by birth, Lewis has spent the past few years in the UK. He worked as an investment banker before returning to Lusaka some six months ago to head up NAC2000 Corporation, a privately owned company providing aircraft ground handling and cargo clearing and forwarding services. “When I arrived there was no clear strategy. In addition the company had been in limbo as for some time there was no-one making key decisions and implementing them. Turning all this around has been my key focus and drive.” Plagued by the economic credit crunch, Lewis however set about finding ways to get the company back on course and already the results can be seen. “We have acquired a piece of land at the airport where a cargo facility will be built in the future. This is all in the pipeline as we move the business into the future.” The company is also determined to break into monopolies like the perishable market and to pick up more traffic at the borders. One of only 72 companies licensed to clear, there is much potential for the company, says Lewis. “We are also taking the time to look at how we do business. We are concentrating on customer service and ensuring that our clients are happy and that what we do, we do well.”