Sea Asia 2025 Speakers
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