{"id":217961,"date":"2026-03-13T10:41:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T10:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/217961\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T10:41:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T10:41:24","slug":"matson-executive-vice-president-and-chief-commercial-officer-to-retire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/217961\/","title":{"rendered":"Matson Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer to Retire"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mar. 13, 2026 at 2:08am<\/p>\n

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Matson, Inc. announced that John Lauer, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, will retire on July 1, 2026 after 19 years of leading the company’s sales, marketing, pricing and customer service activities. The company also announced that Chris Scott, Senior Vice President, Transpacific Service and Corporate Pricing, will be promoted to succeed Lauer as EVP and CCO.<\/p>\n

Why it matters<\/p>\n

Lauer’s retirement marks the end of an era at Matson, a leading provider of ocean transportation and logistics services. His departure will allow the company to transition to new leadership as it looks to continue its growth, particularly in its international operations.<\/p>\n

The details<\/p>\n

Under Lauer’s leadership, Matson has reinforced its standing as the leading carrier in its core domestic markets and expanded its expedited services between China and the U.S. West Coast. Chris Scott, who will succeed Lauer, has 34 years of broad industry experience and has been integral to the successful growth of Matson’s China services over the past decade.<\/p>\n

John Lauer will retire on July 1, 2026.Chris Scott will be promoted to EVP and CCO effective July 1, 2026.
\n The players<\/p>\n

John Lauer<\/p>\n

Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of Matson, Inc. who is retiring after 19 years of leading the company’s sales, marketing, pricing and customer service activities.<\/p>\n

Chris Scott<\/p>\n

Senior Vice President, Transpacific Service and Corporate Pricing at Matson, Inc. who will be promoted to succeed Lauer as EVP and CCO.<\/p>\n

Matt Cox<\/p>\n

Chairman and CEO of Matson, Inc.<\/p>\n

Qiang Gao<\/p>\n

Senior Vice President, Asia at Matson, Inc.<\/p>\n

Tony Crisafulli<\/p>\n

Director of Trade, Transpacific Service at Matson, Inc. who will be promoted to Vice President, Transpacific Service.<\/p>\n

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\n What they\u2019re saying<\/p>\n

\u201cJohn is a role model for leadership at Matson. He embodies values to which we all aspire \u2013 teamwork, mutual respect, integrity, accountability and innovation \u2013 and lives them every day. During his tenure, John has influenced the evolution of virtually all of our business processes and made them better.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 Matt Cox, Chairman and CEO (morningstar.com)<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a result of our longstanding bench development and succession planning efforts, we have a dynamic veteran Matson leader in Chris Scott, who is well prepared to take the baton.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 Matt Cox, Chairman and CEO (morningstar.com)<\/p>\n

What\u2019s next<\/p>\n

The company’s succession plan will elevate Tony Crisafulli, Director of Trade, Transpacific Service, to the position of Vice President, Transpacific Service when Scott’s appointment becomes effective on July 1.<\/p>\n

The takeaway<\/p>\n

Matson’s leadership transition highlights the company’s commitment to developing internal talent and ensuring a smooth succession process, which will be crucial as it looks to continue its growth and expansion, particularly in its international operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mar. 13, 2026 at 2:08am Got story updates? Submit your updates here. \u203a Matson, Inc. announced that John…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217962,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-217961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}