New Navis president outlines strategy

Benoit de la Tour, the new president of Navis, has laid out the IT solutions provider’s growth strategy, highlighting a willingness for mergers and acquisitions (M&A), backed by his experience in the field.

The container industry newcomer is looking to target inefficiencies in the container transport market by “building or buying software”, centred around port community systems, booking systems, berthing management and capacity management.

De la Tour, who took up his post in February, highlighted the period of time he spent at software company Infor, where he helped to complete 31 acquisitions in five years, growing the company’s annual revenue from US$100m to US$2.5bn.