London International Shipping Week is once again drawing on the thoughts and views of some of the finest brains in the global shipping industry, with the first full LISW25 Board of Advisors meeting taking place yesterday (12 November).
Under the direction of Chair Denis Petropoulos, the LISW25 Board of Advisors is looking to leaders from the shipowning and chartering sector; Government and the Royal Navy; the legal, finance and insurance sectors as well as ports, education, communications and innovation.
They include:
Nicola Barry, Senior Originator – Hydrogen Solutions, BP Shipping & Trading;
Professor Basak Akdemir, Board Member, Range Shipping;
Cdre Robert J.A. Bellfield CBE ADC, Naval Regional Commander for London and Eastern England;
Nick Brown, Chief Executive, Lloyd’s Register;
Justine Clark, Commercial Business Partner – Shipping & Maritime Europe/Africa, Shell;
Jan Dieleman, President, Cargill Ocean Transportation and Chair, Global Maritime Forum;
John Denholm CBE, Chairman, J. & J. Denholm;
Lola Fadina, Director for Maritime, Department for Transport;
Lindsey Keeble, Managing Partner, Watson Farley Williams;
Markos Lyras, Chief Executive Officer, Lyras Maritime;
Robin Mortimer, Chief Executive, Port of London Authority and Chair, Maritime UK;
Marianne Økland, Director, Scorpio Tankers and UK Infrastructure Bank;
Ben Palmer OBE, President, Inmarsat Maritime;
Michael Parker, Chairman, Global Shipping, Logistics & Offshore, Citi;
Rod Paterson, Chief Executive Officer, National Shipbuilding Office;
Guy Platten, Secretary General, International Chamber of Shipping (ICS);
JB Rae-Smith, President, UK Chamber of Shipping
Nick Shaw, Chief Executive Officer, International Group of P&I Clubs;
Katharina Stanzel, Managing Director, INTERTANKO
Harry Theochari OBE, Chair, Maritime London and Senior Consultant, Norton Rose Fulbright;
Dr Nikolas P. Tsakos, Founder & CEO, Tsakos Energy Navigation;
Paul Wogan, Immediate Past CEO, Gaslog Ltd;
Representatives from the LISW25 Steering Group will also sit in on the meetings. They include John Hulmes, Chair, LISW25 Steering Group; Llewellyn Bankes-Hughes, Co-CEO, Shipping Innovation and CEO, Petrospot Limited; Mark Jackson, Chief Executive, The Baltic Exchange & Deputy Chair, LISW25 Steering Group; Luci Llewellyn-Jones, Event Director, LISW25; Sean Moloney, Co-CEO, Shipping Innovation and CEO, Elaborate Communications; and Jos Standerwick, Chief Executive, Maritime London and Chair, LISW25 Conference Working Group.
Chairing the inaugural meeting, Denis Petropoulos commented: “It would be difficult to assemble a more collective maritime knowledge with such a wealth of experience than this group.”
Source: London International Shipping Week
