Gal Dayan is the Chief Operating Officer at Delver Agents, HAF and Swift Marine, a role he assumed in April 2025. In this capacity, he leads the group’s global operations strategy, focusing on cost optimization, flawless execution, and technology-driven transformation to elevate logistics performance worldwide.

Prior to joining the group, Gal served as Head of Global Logistics at Apple, based in Cupertino, California, where for more than three years he oversaw the company’s worldwide logistics operations. At Apple, he spearheaded a procurement reengineering program that delivered over $1 billion in annual savings, underscoring his ability to transform complex supply chains into efficient and value-driven systems.

Previously, Gal built a 23-year career at UPS, where he held senior leadership positions across Operations, Finance, and Sales, with both domestic and international assignments in Europe and the Middle East. His final role at UPS was Senior Vice President of Transportation Procurement, with full responsibility for the company’s transportation spend exceeding $18 billion annually.

With over 26 years of experience in the logistics industry, Gal has consistently been a catalyst for global transformation, innovation, and growth. He brings end-to-end expertise across the logistics spectrum, from freight forwarding to last-mile delivery, and has earned recognition for building world-class organizations, leading multicultural teams, and forging strategic partnerships that drive competitiveness and market expansion.

Gal holds a Master’s degree in Accounting and Finance and a B.B.A. in Computer & Information Systems Security, both from Baruch College, City University of New York, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude. He is fluent in English and Hebrew, with working knowledge of Arabic.

Guided by a mindset of continuous improvement and a collaborative leadership style, Gal is committed to positioning Delver Agents, HAF and Swift Marine as global leaders in maritime and cruise logistics, delivering operational excellence and sustainable growth.

Jeff McCorstin is the Chief Executive Officer of Delver Agents, HAF and Swift Marine, a position he assumed in March 2025 after serving as a Strategic Advisor to GHK Capital, the private equity firm that acquired HAF in 2024. He also serves on the group’s Board of Directors, where he continues to provide strategic vision and expertise in business transformation.

With a distinguished career of more than three decades at UPS, Jeff held leadership roles across operations, finance, engineering, strategy, and mergers & acquisitions, ultimately presiding over six global business units with full P&L responsibility. His final position before retiring in 2023 was as President of UPS Global Freight Forwarding. Among the defining moments of his career was leading UPS’s pandemic response project: coordinating over 225 dedicated charter flights carrying PPE into the United States in 2020, a mission that played a vital role in protecting lives and enabling the nation’s early reopening.

Jeff’s leadership philosophy is built on the principle of “Head, Heart and Hands”: strategy and innovation (Head), inspiration and collaboration (Heart), and execution with accountability and results (Hands). He is guided by unwavering values such as integrity, transparency, inclusion, and customer focus. What drives him most is enabling teams to exceed expectations and deliver exceptional service, by providing them with vision, tools, and trust.

Outside of his professional life, Jeff enjoys spending time with his wife Kris, their adult children Courtney and Riley, and their two dogs, Stella and Lucy. He is passionate about lake life, boating, hiking, tennis, pickleball, and exploring local breweries. Deeply rooted in community, he also values time at his family’s church. His guiding mantra is “Carpe Diem” seize the day complemented by a lifelong belief that success begins with willpower and a positive mindset.

As a source of personal inspiration, Jeff often returns to this passage, which has shaped both his life and career:

*“If you think you are beaten, you are;
If you think you dare not, you don’t.
If you’d like to win, but you think you can’t,
It is almost a cinch you won’t.

If you think you’ll lose, you’ve lost;
For out in this world we find
Success begins with a fellow’s will—
It’s all in the state of mind.

Life’s battles don’t always go
To the stronger or faster person;
But sooner or later the one who wins
Is the one who thinks he can!”*

Looking ahead, Jeff is driving Delver Agents, HAF and Swift Marine toward becoming the global provider of choice for cruise and marine logistics, built on strategies that are customer-first, people-led, and innovation-driven.

Doug has brought passion and conviction for driving HR transformation and innovation that supports the strategic goals and vision of Horizon Group and its stakeholders.

In his role, Mr. Paterson is responsible for leading the people operations of the Company, including overseeing human relations in all business areas and shaping Horizon Group culture with best-in-class talent acquisition and management.

Mr. Paterson’s unique history with Transportation fosters deep connection and communications across the industry. Over a career that spans more than 20 years, Mr. Paterson has pioneered several successful programs to incentivize associates and drive business outcomes, and continues to advocate for programs that benefit both employees and Company as a whole.

Sheryl Crespo is the Chief Technology Officer at Delver Agents, HAF and Swift Marine, based in Garden City, New York. In this role, she sets the group’s technology vision and strategy, spearheading the development of Navigator, the proprietary software platform that powers the organization’s global logistics operations. Her responsibilities span software architecture, product development, and data infrastructure, ensuring that innovation is seamlessly aligned with business objectives and that the group maintains a competitive edge through cutting-edge solutions.

Sheryl graduated from Columbia University with a double major in Computer Science and Evolutionary Biology, specializing in artificial intelligence. Her career has taken her through multiple stages of the tech industry: from natural language processing research at Columbia’s Declassification Engine to being the first data science hire at a healthcare startup that later achieved acquisition, and the first engineering hire at a gaming startup, where she built products from the ground up and scaled teams. After Nielsen acquired the company, she led the pivot into sports data, modernizing legacy systems to deliver advanced insights.

Since joining the group, Sheryl has led a remarkable digital transformation, evolving the technology function from outdated systems to a global team of specialists that includes engineers, project managers, and data scientists. Under her leadership, the company replaced over 50 years of legacy systems with modern, homegrown solutions. Today, Navigator is deployed globally accessible via mobile devices, desktops, and warehouse scanners supporting operations, partners, and clients across continents.

Her leadership style reflects the principles of servant leadership: empowering teams to reach their full potential in an environment of transparency, accountability, and collaboration. Guided by values of honesty, integrity, and inclusion, she fosters open dialogue, ensuring innovation thrives while every voice is valued.

Outside of work, Sheryl enjoys spending time with family and friends, working out, traveling, attending conventions, making tea, and reading. She finds inspiration in the words of T.S. Eliot: “What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.”

Looking ahead, Sheryl’s vision is to continue advancing Navigator by integrating intelligent models that reduce manual work, making the platform more interactive and empowering for both teams and clients. Beyond the product itself, she aims to expand the group’s role as a technology provider, embedding innovation as a core part of the value delivered to clients worldwide.

Alex is Managing Director of Strategic Operational Planning and Transformation at Horizon Air Freight, where his 18-year long history at Horizon — which includes twelve years as Director of Global Sales — come together to now serve the unique technical and hospitality needs of cruise ships worldwide. Recognizing a need in the luxury cruise market to provide white-glove, customized, and cost-effective logistics solutions, Alex seized the opportunity and created the Cruise Logistics vertical within Horizon. In five short years, the creation of this new division of Horizon’s services has blossomed into a thriving global business through which Horizon now proudly services many of the world’s most luxurious cruise brands!

An entrepreneur at heart, Alex is always on the lookout for challenges Horizon can solve and new opportunities Horizon can offer to support the success of our current and future customers.

Outside of work, Alex enjoys athletics and continuing his professional education through several Ivy League online programs. In addition, he has served as a volunteer basketball coach for many years and helps raise funds for the charitable organizations he is a part of.

Rosemarie is Managing Director of USA Operations at Horizon Air Freight — an essential pillar who has served with us in Logistics for her entire career of 38 years. Her decades of service have given her the opportunity to see every department and angle, and she is an invaluable teacher who generously shares the lessons of her extensive experience with others.

About her work, Rosemarie says that finding solutions and delivering results when the circumstances dictate it to be difficult or impossible is one of her favorite parts. She is also adept at discovering new solutions and developing them into services to help our customers succeed in all things logistics. Continually challenging our team and herself to bring added insight and optimized decision making to our customers’ daily logistics requirements, Rose is an invaluable partner who looks to bring a unique value to every customer’s individual needs.

A native resident of Long Island, Rose is a mother of two. Though spare time is hard to come by in Logistics, outside of work she does enjoy music, long beach walks, and hiking — so long as there are no bugs around.

Dave Rector serves as Chief Financial Officer at Horizon Air Freight, where his expertise at developing talent and teams across the organization has already proven to be vital to our success.

Dave’s favorite part of working with our clients is meeting their emergency shipment needs. About his work, he says: “In the Finance and Accounting departments, we aim to provide the same level of service to our internal clients as we do external ones . . . And we throw in a smile for free!”

Originally from Newport, RI, Dave currently resides in Ridgefield, CT with his wife of 26 years, Kim. He is also the proud father of two college-aged children. Outside of work he enjoys travel with the family, golf with his wife, yoga, cycling, and Beer League Hockey.

In her global leadership role, Veronica drives commercial growth, strategic partnerships, and brand alignment across the group, spanning cruise and expedition logistics, marine cargo, offshore platforms, bunkering, tankers, RoRo, bulk carriers, and grain logistics. She is known for blending visionary thinking with commercial pragmatism, designing tailored logistics strategies that deliver long-term value for shipowners, technical managers, and global partners across the Americas and Europe.

With over two decades of experience in the maritime industry, Veronica began her career in 2004 while pursuing legal studies in Argentina. In 2007, she founded Delver Agents, which has since become the go-to reference for expedition cruise logistics and ship agency services in South America and Antarctica. Since 2021, she has played a pivotal role in shaping the strategic development of Delver Agents, HAF, and Swift Marine, working directly with global stakeholders to deliver high-impact solutions in some of the most challenging environments.

Veronica holds a Bachelor’s degree in Natural Sciences and Human Arts, a degree in International Commerce, and advanced legal training. Her certifications in Environmental Management and ISPS Code compliance reflect her dedication to responsible logistics, sustainability, and operational excellence.

She is deeply committed to creating real impact, building growth-oriented strategies that strengthen companies while embedding sustainability and long-term value creation. Her goal is to position the Horizon Air Freight–Delver Agents–Swift Marine group of companies as the global go-to partner for all marine verticals: cargo, tankers, RoRo, breakbulk, offshore platforms, cruise, and expedition cruise logistics.

Recognized as a visionary leader and team builder, Veronica cultivates high-performance environments grounded in trust, accountability, and collaboration. She actively represents the group at international forums such as IAATO and Seatrade, championing sustainability, port innovation, and industry-wide cooperation. Her leadership philosophy is centered on impact: “Every day is a chance to grow, connect, and create something that makes a difference—for our teams, our clients, and the communities we serve.”

Beyond her professional endeavors, Veronica is passionate about traveling, swimming, cycling, meditating, and spending time with her husband and four children. A lifelong learner and communicator, she brings heart, vision, and purpose to every challenge she undertakes.

Vero currently lives in Seattle, WA with her husband and three children: big huggers who love to travel together.

Alex Leondis is Business and Data Analytics Manager at Horizon Air Freight, who uses his background in finance to drive Horizon’s business forward. He continually challenges our team and himself to bring added insight and optimized decision making to our customer daily logistics needs.

Alex’s favorite part of his work is solving the unique questions, challenges and requests from customers utilizing data, while helping them harness the power of information. He thrives when partnering with each client to bring a unique value to their individual needs.

A native New Yorker, Alex is the grandson of Horizon’s founder Anthony Leondis. He’s also a former NCAA soccer player, who still loves the sport as much as ever. Outside of work, he also enjoys traveling both the United States and other countries of the world, and is an avid supporter of charitable endeavors.

Pixie Gibbs is the Export Manager at Horizon Air Freight, and has been dedicated to our customers for over 28 years. Recently she played an essential role in coordinating an urgently-needed spares delivery from Louisiana, Missouri, and Florida to a ship stuck in Panamanian dry dock. She is an expert at continual communication, who truly enjoys interacting with our customers to fully understand beyond their most immediate problems.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, Pixie’s favorite part of her work is moving around the office and warehouse, touching every critical aspect of the shipments she handles. It’s part of what helps her do the absolute best for our customers each day.

A native of Trinidad and Tabago, Pixie currently lives in Queens, NYC. Outside of work, she enjoys running and biking — when she isn’t planning and enjoying family get-togethers. If your birthday’s coming, Pixie is also the one to help celebrate, as those are her favorite.

James “Jimmy” Gassert is Executive Vice President at Horizon Air Freight, and has spent his 40 year career in our offices. He is deeply dedicated to satisfying and exceeding customer expectations by solving not just the daily — but the difficult.

Jimmy’s favorite part of work is leaving each day knowing that all known issues will be solved, whether that’s at 5:00 PM or 10:00 PM. He is a beloved and dedicated team player, who finds his own success in aiding the success of others.

A native resident of Long Island, Jimmy is an avid music fan of all genres, and serves in the energizing role of our “unofficially official” office DJ. Outside of work, he’s also a classic car enthusiast (his favorite is the 1960’s Lincoln Continental from the 1960’s with the suicide doors), and provides his handyman skills for friends and family.

Bridget is Senior Account Manager at Horizon Air Freight, whose 30 years of combined experience in the transportation industry have taught her to treat every shipment as though it is the most important one. She excels at guiding customers through every step of the shipment process, and recently navigated a complicated 125,000 kilo shipment from Japan to South Korea in only 10 days.

About her work, Bridget says her favorite part is getting to learn so much from our customers about their different cultures all over the world.

A native New Yorker, Bridget currently resides in Long Island, NY. Outside of work, she enjoys Broadway shows, boating, and traveling with her family.