James E. Thompson, GBS, is the Chairman and Founder of the Crown Worldwide Group of Companies. Crown Worldwide is a logistics company performing various types of warehousing and transportation services throughout the world. Encompassing more than 200 facilities worldwide, Crown is committed to making a positive difference in every community where we live and work.

Crown is also a leader in the field of household removals as well as information and document management with over fifty million cartons of business documents managed from its worldwide facilities. The company also provides specialized packing and storage of fine arts and provides storage of fine wines. The Group owns 75 warehouse facilities around the world and leases 100 others.

Mr Thompson graduated from San Jose State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering. He came to Asia shortly after completion of his university studies in 1963 and has lived in Japan and Hong Kong ever since. He is a member of the International Advisory Board of the San Jose State University Business School.

Mr. Thompson serves as Chairman or as a Board member of numerous charitable organizations. His particular interests are charities related to children, cancer, education and art. He is the Chairman of the Asian Youth Orchestra and The Honorary President of the Society for the Promotion of Hospice Care. He has been mentoring university students in Hong Kong for over twenty years

Mr. Thompson was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star, Hong Kong’s second highest award, by the Hong Kong Government in 2003. He received the Honorary Doctorate in Business Administration from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology as well as an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from his alma mater, San Jose State University in California. He also received the DHL/SCMP Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014 as well as many other honors.

James has a unique work experience in the logistics and warehousing industries with more than 20 years of experience in China both on the Logistics Developer and Logistics Operator sides. Having worked at the senior executive level in both development and business operations, he has a solid understanding of the property development process from land sourcing, Government approvals, design, construction and the leasing and business operating sides of the business to achieve business profitability and customer service goals. He reads, writes and speaks Mandarin fluently.