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 Graf von Hardenberg

Chief Executive Officer
Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement

François-Xavier Accard

Managing Director
CMA CGM International Shipping Company Pte Ltd

Christopher Kirton

Managing Director
International Tanker Management

Subodh Borse

Managing Director, Newbuilding & Offshore Projects
Synergy Marine Group

Sakura Kuma

Senior Advisor
Mitsui O
.S.K. Lines

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

Shivendu Gadkar

Head of Fleet Efficiency and Performance
X-Press Feeders  

Murthy Pasumarthy

Assistant Vice President, Seatrium Marine and Deepwater Technology
Seatrium

Prashanth Athipar

Maritime Safety and Technical Lead
BHP

Classification Societies

Christopher J. Wiernicki

Chairman and CEO
ABS

Cristina Saenz de Santa Maria

Chief Operating Officer, Maritime
DNV

Dr. Shahrin Osman

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

Jan-Paul de Wilde

Head of Decarbonisation, Energy Transition & Innovation
RINA Singapore

Dr. Chen Yun Tao

Manager, Global Electrification Centre Singapore
ABS

Fuel Suppliers and Traders

Frederic Meyer

Director, Strategy and Projects
TotalEnergies Marine Fuels

Baskaran Balakrishnan

Manager, Global Marine Lubricants Product & Technology
Chevron

Industry Organisations

Dr. Martin Kröger

CEO
German Shipowners’ Association

Alexander Prokopakis

Executive Director
IBIA

Maritime Intelligence & Consultancy

Andrew Leahy

Director, Southeast Asia
MTI Network

Ivan Landen

Chief Executive Officer
Blue Wireless

Dr. Roar Adland

Global Head of Research
SSY

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

Oddmund Føre

Partner, Head of Shipping & Offshore Markets
Rystad Energy

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

Amy Liddell 

Global Account Manager
Angle Recruitment

Marcus Hand

Editor
Seatrade Maritime News