Timeline
| 1940 | Born in Calcutta, India. |
| 1952 | Family immigrated to New Zealand; attended Balmoral Intermediate and Mt Roskill Grammar. |
| Worked at the Bank of New Zealand. | |
| 1961 | Overseas experience in Europe/Australia. |
| 1962 | Returned to New Zealand; worked for TEAL (now Air New Zealand), then Emery Air Freight. |
| 1969 | In the UK: joined the Swire Group (included Cathay Pacific Airways). Proposed they form a joint venture company with the Ocean Group. |
| Resulted in MSAS (McGregor Swire Air Services), later EXCEL Logistics – one of the world’s largest logistical groups. | |
| 1976 | With a partner, set up Sydney-based freight company, Pacific Forwarding Group. |
| 1978 | DCL (Direct Container Line) was launched in the USA as an NVOCC (Non Vessel Operating Common Carrier). |
| Owen took over DCL (Los Angeles). | |
| DCL soon became the biggest NVOCC and the second-largest exporter of goods in the USA. | |
| 1989 | DCL won an "E for Export Award" from President Reagan. |
| Owen completed the Harvard OPM (Owner/President Management Programme 1989-1990). | |
| 1991 | DCL won an "E Star Award" for continued contributions to the Export Expansion Program of the United States of America. |
| Owen was presented with a USA "Entrepreneur of the Year" Award. | |
| 1994 | Owen led the formation of NACA (North American Consolidation Association). |
| 2001 | Glenn creates OTS Logistics Group through a series of acquisitions. DCL, merged with Brennan International and Conterm Consolidation Services in 1998, is renamed the OTS Logistics Group. |
| 2012 | London based private equity group Man Capital LLP acquires OTS Logistics Group. |
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