Speakers Profile

Ship Owner and Operators / Charterers / Shipyards

Esben Poulsson

Non-executive Board Chairman and Corporate Advisor  

C. K. Ong

President
U-Ming Marine
Transportation Corporation

Sebastian von Hardenberg

Chief Executive Officer
Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement; President, InterManager

Mark Cameron

Chief Operating Officer
Ardmore Shipping

Lionel Chatelet

Chief Commercial Officer
Pacific International Lines

Vikash Anand

Chief Commercial Officer
CMA CGM APAC

Shah Irani

Chief Technology Officer
Fleet Management

François-Xavier Accard

Managing Director
CMA CGM International Shipping Company Pte Ltd

Mario Moretti

Managing Director
V.Ships Asia

Subodh Borse

Managing Director, Newbuilding & Offshore Projects
Synergy Marine Group

Joanne Ang

Managing Director, Asia Pacific
Tidewater

Pankaj Singhal

Country Head, Singapore & Product Director, Containers
Fleet Management

Sakura Kuma

Senior Advisor
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines

Harshavardhan Bhave

Director, Fleet Management
Pacific Basin

Rodrigo Bermelho

Director, Global Head of Shipping
& Distribution
Vale

Eva Rodriguez

Director, Human Resource, Marine
Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement

Ashish Mediratta

Head of Crewing
A.P. Moller – Maersk

Pankaj Porwal

General Manager, Project &
Fleet Sustainability
Hafnia  

Pranesh Kumar

General Manager, Head of
Fleet – Technical
Hafnia

Michalis Michaloliakos

Group Head of ICT & Cyber Security
TMS Group

Shivendu Gadkar

Head of Fleet Efficiency
and Performance
X-Press Feeders  

Capt. Ashutosh Kumar

Deputy General Manager, Decarbonisation Projects
MOL (Asia Oceania)

Seshadri Gopalakrishnan

Assistant Manager, Seatrium Offshore Technology & Head of Centre of Innovation – Electrification & ESS
Seatrium

Prashanth Athipar

Maritime Safety and Technical Lead
BHP

Mary Jane Siy Chuan

Electro-technical Officer
OSM Thome

Ports and Terminals / Transport and Logistics

Sushil Kumar Singh

Chairman, Deendayal Port Authority; Vice Chairman, Indian Ports Association

Alvin Foo

Head of Technology and Sustainability Solutions / Head of PSA Ventures
PSA

Atul Nargund

Senior Vice President, LNG Market & Business Solutions
Singapore LNG Corporation Pte Ltd

Abhishek Tandon

Vice President of Strategic Projects, Maritime & Shipping Cluster
AD Ports Group  

Jan Mariboe Nielsen

Director, Regional Ocean Product, Asia Pacific
DSV

Amal Louis

Director of Business Development and Intermodal Solutions
Port of Marseille

Mathias Karlsson

Digitalisation Strategist, Kvarken Ports Umeå; Researcher, RISE

Classification Societies

Christopher J. Wiernicki

Chairman and CEO
ABS

Cristina Saenz de Santa Maria

Chief Operating Officer, Maritime
DNV

Chakib Abi Saab

Chief Technology and
Innovation Officer
Lloyd’s Register

Claudene Sharp-Patel

Global Technical Director
Lloyd’s Register

Dr. Shahrin Osman

Director, Maritime Decarbonization and Smart Shipping Centre of Excellence (Singapore/Asia Pacific), Maritime Advisory
DNV

Arnstein Eknes

Segment Director, Special Ships
DNV

Mike Watt

Director, Future Shipping Team, South East Asia & Pacific
Bureau Veritas

Jan-Paul de Wilde

Head of Decarbonisation, Energy Transition & Innovation
RINA

Capt. Naoki Saito

General Manager, Management Systems and Maritime Training Certification Department
ClassNK

Taylor Wamberg

Regional Maritime Commercial Markets Manager, SAMEA
Lloyd’s Register 

Dr. Chen Yun Tao

Manager, Global Electrification Centre Singapore
ABS

Qin Aohan

Technical Manager, CCS Overseas Technology Center
China Classification Society

Fuel Suppliers and Traders

Frederic Meyer

Director, Strategy and Projects
TotalEnergies Marine Fuels

Takeo Akamatsu

General Manager, Green Innovation Business Unit
ITOCHU Corporation

Baskaran Balakrishnan

Manager, Global Marine Lubricants Product & Technology
Chevron

Industry & Government Organisations

Pernille Dahlgaard

Chief Officer of Government, Business & Analytics
Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping

Dr. Martin Kröger

Chief Executive Officer
German Shipowners’ Association

Tim Wilkins

Managing Director
INTERTANKO

Alexander Prokopakis

Executive Director
IBIA

David Kelly

Executive Director
British Chamber of Commerce Singapore

Andrew Wong

Regional Manager, Asia Pacific
IMarEST

Professor John Chudley

Rector, MLA College; Chair, Engineering Council

H.E. Sebastian Breton

Ambassador of Panama in Singapore

Alexander De Gracia

Deputy Administrator
Panama Maritime Authority

Ramon Franco

Director of Merchant Marine
Panama Maritime Authority

Mariluz Castillo

Director of Seafarers
Panama Maritime Authority

Gerardo Pelaez

Administrator
PROPANAMA

Maritime Services and Intelligence

Mark Jackson

Chief Executive Officer
Baltic Exchange

Dr. Roar Adland

Global Head of Research
SSY

Chu Kheng Sin

Managing Director, Regional Head of Transportation Finance
Standard Chartered Bank

Yiannis Parganas 

Head of Research
Intermodal Shipbrokers

Adam Kent

Managing Director 
Maritime Strategies International 

Jason Nangle

Founder & Managing Director
 Angle Recruitment

Jayendu Krishna

Director, Head of Maritime Advisory
Drewry

Peter Schellenberger

Director
Novamaxis

Andrew Leahy

Director, Southeast Asia
MTI Network

Oddmund Føre

Partner, Head of Shipping & Offshore Markets
Rystad Energy

Jan-Erik Räsänen

Chief Technology Officer
Foreship

Fiona Pounds

Associate Director and Deputy General Manager
London P&I Club

Stefano Scarpa

Associate Director for Maritime Decarbonisation
ABL Group

Dr. Guillaume Drillet

Regional Manager, SGS Marine Services; Chair, Global TestNet

Capt. Charles Chong

Loss Prevention Manager
Britannia P&I Club

Amy Liddell 

Global Account Manager
Angle Recruitment

Carl King

Founder / Communication Consultant
Seafarer Social

Peter Goedvolk

Chief Executive Officer
First Dutch

Marcus Hand

Editor
Seatrade Maritime News

Maritime Innovation

George Lee

Chief Executive Officer
Sea Forrest  

Ivan Landen

Chief Executive Officer
Blue Wireless

Joy Basu

Chief Executive Officer
Smart Ship Hub

Despina Panayiotou Theodosiou

Co-CEO
Tototheo Global

Anders Schulze

Chief Operating Officer
ZeroNorth

Craig Patrick

Chief Commercial Officer
Silverstream Technologies

Ryan Son

Managing Director
Rakuten Symphony Singapore & Korea

Jonas Tavares

Sales Director, Offshore
Siemens Energy

Sanjay Verma

Director Decarbonisation Solutions
Wärtsilä

Song Lee Meng

Director, Satellite Product
Singtel

Ferlin Brown

Director, Commercial & Business Development
Noatum Maritime

Elinor Skelley

Interim Chief Customer Officer
UK Hydrographic Office

Guy Mock

Head of Customer Experience
UK Hydrographic Office

Thomas Mellor

Head of Technical Partnerships
UK Hydrographic Office