John Moseley

Chief Commercial Officer Port Houston

John Moseley was named Chief Commercial Officer in 2018.  He joined the Port of Houston Authority in 
2010, successfully leading the port’s global sales efforts.  Moseley started his career in international supply 
chain, maritime transportation and logistics and has held expanding roles in the U.S., Europe and Latin 
America with ocean carriers and beneficial cargo owners in addition to experience in the NVOCC, 
international freight forwarding and customs house brokerage sectors.  
 
Moseley earned a bachelor’s degree in international business administration from California State University 
at Los Angeles and an MBA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Isenberg School of 
Management. 

In his current role, he is responsible for driving and executing Port Houston’s public terminal commercial 
strategy.  He oversees Port Houston’s real estate, trade development and economic development 
departments, as well as administration of Harris County’s Foreign Trade Zone, the largest FTZ in the 
United States. 

Moseley actively serves as Vice Chairman of the Economic Alliance Houston Port Region and as well as 
the executive board of the Containerization & Intermodal Institute in New York/New Jersey. He is a board 
member of the Houston Export District Council and committee member of the International Trade and 
Investment Committee at the Greater Houston Partnership.  As corporate fellow at the University of 
Houston Downtown, Marilyn Davies College of Business, Moseley actively participates in the classroom at 
the graduate level.  Past contributions have included board positions with the American Metals Supply 
Chain Institute, having served as Chairman of the Ports Committee, President and CEO of the board of 
the Brazil-Texas Chamber of Commerce, as well as various boards including the International 
Transportation Management Association of Houston, Netherlands American Business Association, 
International Trade Club of So. California, and the Advisory Board of the Center for Logistics and 
Transportation Policy Program at the University of Houston, Main Campus.