Conference Speakers 2021 backup

Chairperson and Managing Director
The Shipping Corporation of India

Mrs. H.K. Joshi, Chairperson and Managing Director, Shipping
Corporation of India Limited also holds the additional
charge of Director (Finance). She has close to four decades
of corporate experience and over six years of Board level
experience in the maritime domain. She is also on the Board
of eight other companies related with the Industry while
also being on various Board committees. With a very rich and
diversified professional experience as well as an impressive
academic background she specializes in Financial Management
and has a record of successful business turn around in
companies she has been associated with. Keen acumen, sharp
foresight, prudent financial management and a balanced
strategic approach accompanied with aptitude for risk
taking, tough-mindedness and unwavering focus are her USPs
which renders her an unassailable leader skilled to excel
irrespective of adversities, market volatility related or
otherwise. She heralded a change in the organization through
“Change Makers” a concept devised with the objective of
looking at crucial areas of functioning for
operational/commercial strengthening. Performance-driven and
pragmatic she is known for her excellence in constituting
effective task forces from a diverse mix of manpower
delivering the desired outcomes. At the onset of the COVID
outbreak in 2020, she instituted the first Business
Continuity Plan and Ship Outbreak Plan way ahead before
imposition of lockdowns ensuring an uninterrupted seamless
functions and operations of the Organization with due
efficacy. SCI not only sustained its operations but
excelled, obvious from the financial and commercial
performance through 2020 and 2021 some breaking decade old
records. Very inspiring through her innovative skill sets,
commitment and diligence, with unwavering insistence on
discipline, timely deliverance and professionalism, she
enjoys the challenges and guides, mentors and motivates the
employees to raise their bar. These were demonstrated even
during the constrained scenario when the organization met
all the statutory obligations well before the timelines and
without availing concessions granted by the authorities.
Quality has been the driver for her performance evidenced in
crew changes effected judiciously with “Safety First”
approach also exemplifying her spirit of compassion-empathy
and ability to manage the unpredictable. She kept constant
communication with shore and fleet personnel to uplift and
maneuvered them towards focusing on productivity. She
personally saw to a wide range of knowledge sharing sessions
on mental well-being/resilience conducted by experts
evidencing empathy. Individual monitoring on day-to-day
basis and constituting of COVID Task Force to ensure
informed and rapid decision-making ensured seamless
functions and safety of the personnel, fleet and shore. She
advocates Diversity and Inclusion in all spheres and has
permeated a culture of positivity and confidence to deliver.
She was fundamentally instrumental in showcasing
‘inclusivity’ in seafaring. A first-ever ‘All Women
Officers’ Sailing’ was executed on board the tanker m.t.
Swarna Krishna on the eve of the International Women’s Day
2021 on 6th March 2021, under her leadership, which is
hailed as a historic and a landmark achievement in the
national and global maritime effecting a perception shift in
‘seafaring’ being traditionally seen as male-dominated.
Milestones were achieved by the organization through her
enterprising vision, the most recent ones being foray into
inland waterways transport, through its subsidiary,
executing a historic MOU with the Inland Waterways Authority
of India to operate cargo vessels across the National
Waterways 1 and establishing the route. India Maldives Liner
Service was commenced in 2020 connecting the Island to the
mainstream trade. Aligning to the need of the nation to
augment exports in the backdrop of shortage of containers
and increased shipping freight rates, a container vessel
deployed on the coastal trade was diverted to cater to the
EXIM Trade in October 2021. She believes in continuous
learning and has been conferred with various awards while
she has figured third among nine luminaries who have been
recognized as ‘Women of Steel’ by the TradeWinds controlling
the largest merchant fleets in shipping by gross tonnage
(3.50 million GT).

A passionate leader with high standards of work ethics,
she has sailed across, sustaining through the uncertain
times and continually outperforming previous standards of
excellence.

Chief Corporate Authority Officer and Acting Head of
Maritime Cluster

Abu Dhabi Ports

Captain Maktoum Al Houqani is the Chief Corporate Authority
Officer and Acting Head of the Maritime Cluster at Abu Dhabi
Ports. Captain Al Houqani has several years of maritime
experience and has held a number of positions aboard
vessels, including oil tankers and LNG carriers. He has
worked in petroleum ports, first as tug master then later as
a pilot and amassed significant experience in the offshore
industry as supervisor on a major reclamation project for
the construction of artificial islands. In 2015 Captain Al
Houqani joined Abu Dhabi Ports as Chief Marine Services
Officer, where he was in charge of the newly formed
subsidiary Abu Dhabi Marine Services Company (SAFEEN). He
temporarily took charge of Abu Dhabi Maritime Sector at the
Department of Transport in 2018, before returning to Abu
Dhabi Ports as the Executive Vice President for the
Corporate Authority. His responsibilities included all
regulatory issues related to the maritime and the free-zone
authority, as well as compliance of the corporate HSEQ.
Prior to Joining Abu Dhabi Ports he held the position of
Senior Vice President for the Operations at IRSHAD. Captain
Al Houqani is also leading the development of Abu Dhabi
Maritime Academy, a pioneering initiative by Abu Dhabi Ports
to provide word-class maritime education and training in the
UAE. In 2009, Captain Al Houqani obtained his master’s
degree in maritime studies from the Australian National
Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS) at the
University of Wollongong.

Director of Marine & Snr. Harbour Master
DP World UAE

Captain Nasser Ali Sabt is the Director of Marine and Senior
Harbour Master, at DP World, UAE Region. He’s one of the
most senior marine officers, having joined the company in
1988 as an officer in the Marine Department. Captain Nasser
Ali Sabt Joined DP World in 1988 as a marine officer and
worked on various vessels like Container Ships, Tanker
Vessels etc. Through DP World’s Scholarship, he completed
his bachelor’s degree in Maritime Science and Technology
College, Alexandria in 1989 and Undergraduate Degree in
Master Marine Class 1 from Maritime Science and Technology
College, Alexandria in 1997. A lover of the sea and
everything to do with it, Captain Nasser worked on various
types of vessels, including container ships and tankers,
before becoming a Marine Pilot in 1999 and Harbour Master in
2005. He took over as Director of Marine and Senior Harbour
Master in 2016. Captain Nasser is a man who believes in
People Development and Service Excellence, he has trained
the first batch of Female Emirati Marine Pilots. Captain
Nasser has coached students at Sohar Maritime College in
Oman and has provided training in Health & Safety Management
to aspiring maritime professionals. While working, he earned
a DP World scholarship to receive a Diploma from the
Maritime Science and Technology College, Alexandria, Egypt.

CEO
Drydocks World

Rado Antolovic is a maritime and port management expert who descends from a family of naval and maritime business professionals. He started working as a deck boy in the merchant navy and worked his way up to becoming the youngest master on a Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) chartered vessel. During a career ashore, Rado has served as CEO of some of the most complex P&O; Ports and DP World port terminals globally. His experience as a CEO comprises a portfolio of international ports in Australia, Hong Kong, Europe and Russia. Rado is presently leading DP World Maritime Services Division as CEO and Managing Director and this includes overall responsibility for Drydocks World Dubai.

Business Director , Maritime Performance Services
Lloyd’s Register

Andy is the Business Director responsible for Maritime Performance Services, leading the Maritime Professional Services, Fleet Management and Fleet Optimization segments of the company.

Andy is responsible for developing and executing LR’s strategy to become a trusted advisor to maritime stakeholders, bringing together the deep domain technical expertise within the advisory and consultancy arms, and combing this with the data and digital expertise within the maritime software services to create value added solutions for our clients.

Andy joined Lloyd’s Register as Commercial Director for the Marine and Offshore business in February 2019. Prior to joining Lloyd’s Register, Andy spent over 20 years in the marine, offshore and naval sectors for Cegelec, Alstom, Converteam and General Electric. Andy has held various global roles since embarking on his maritime career in 1998, ranging from shipyard commissioning, field engineering, project management, before moving into business and global leadership roles.

Director ,
Drewry Maritime Research

Navin has 18 years of extensive experience in various domains of maritime research and advisory. He has undertaken several research and advisory projects related to port development, port expansion, port traffic estimation, vessel valuations, offshore oil & gas, and offshore shipping projects. His area of expertise includes gas and offshore shipping. He has extensive knowledge of asset markets, exploration activities & shipping. Navin has advised multilateral financial institutions and shipping companies on financing and market entry strategies. Navin has an MBA from IMT, Ghaziabad. He is a keen observer of proliferation of technology, big data, and data analytics in shipping and maritime space.

Partner
WFW

Andrew is a Partner in the Finance Group at Watson Farley & Williams and head of the firm’s Dubai office.

Andrew specialises in cross-border asset and project finance, with particular emphasis on the marine transportation and offshore sectors. He has acted on loan and leasing transactions as well as structured financings and products.

He also represents shipping companies in relation to non-contentious commercial shipping matters, including sale and purchase, newbuilding contracts and resales, joint ventures and strategic alliances, pooling arrangements, COAs, charters and other contracts of employment for ships, shipping related assets and offshore assets.

Another key practice area is Islamic finance, where Andrew has acted on a wide range of transactions for banks and owners of assets of all classes, from shipping and offshore through to real estate. His experience encompasses not only Islamic banking products but also funds and capital markets products.

Andrew is recognised as a leading shipping finance lawyer by legal directories Legal 500 EMEA, Chambers UK and Chambers Global. In 2019, Chambers Global recognised him as a “ great lawyer with lots of regional experience”, with one client styling him “absolutely superb”.

Area Manager, Middle East & Africa

DNV

Leadership Role

Ian Edwards is a naval architect with an international career in the maritime and offshore industry spanning 25 years.

Ian holds a Master of Engineering in Ship Science from the University of Southampton and spent the first 10 years of his career working for ship owners in Norway and the Middle East, covering both operations and newbuildings.

He joined DNV in Norway in 2006 where he worked within plan approval for ship and offshore structures. Prior to moving to Dubai to take on his current role, Ian spent 7 years in South Korea leading DNV’s plan approval centre.

Vice President, Commercial for the Middle East, South Asia & Africa Region
Inchcape Shipping Services

Saleem is currently the Vice President, Commercial for the Middle East, South Asia & Africa Region as well as being part of the Regional Leadership Team at Inchcape Shipping Services. In this role, he has the responsibility for the overall development within the Region, while working with customers in the Region towards global business.

Saleem has a broad maritime experience and has worked in the ports, shipping and logistics environments for the past 22 years, with experiences in the Middle East Denmark, Kenya & Horn of Africa countries with King Abdullah Port, Gulftainer and the AP Moller – Maersk Group.

Saleem has a strong commercial background, is experienced with competitive analysis, project development, business intelligence, mapping out value propositions and executing sales strategies. He has experience covering port & terminal operations, liner shipping and supply chains having also worked with the investment in and development of liner routes, trucking fleets and container depots as well as larger infrastructure concession agreements.

He is a Mechanical Engineering graduate with a MISE diploma from Maersk Shipping Academy and an MBA from Copenhagen Business School.

CEO
Emirates Ship Investment Company

Chris Peters Joined Eships in May 2009 and took over as CEO in March 2017, having previously been the CFO. Chris joined Eships from GE Commercial Finance and was previously at Nordea Bank, having almost 20 years banking experience, of which the last 13 years were directly in shipping/offshore finance. Chris attained an MBA from Cass (formerly City University) Business School London, majoring in Finance and Strategy. He has worked on multiple senior debt and project finance facilities as MLA and has overseen several shipping IPO facilities. Whilst at GE he was responsible for structuring and negotiating several equity acquisitions from a shipping fleet to a shipping bank. As CEO, Chris is directly responsible for the implementation of the shareholders strategy for the business ensuring not only the financial targets are met, but met, whilst upholding the groups commitment to safety and good corporate governance.

Market Leader- Tanker owners & adjacent stakeholders
Bureau Veritas

Jonathan (Jonny) Hudson has been a tanker man since leaving university with a BSC in Marine Geology in 1994. In a rich and colorful career to date, spanning over a quarter of a century, Jonny has worked in the tanker industry from most perspectives. Jonny’s career has spanned commercial tanker operations, freight trading and commercial leasing to spot and project broking, sale and purchase, and most recently, before joining Bureau Veritas earlier this year, Jonny held the position of global head of tankers for Inchcape, the world’s biggest ship agency network. Today Jonny’s role is being Bureau Veritas’ market leader for larger oil tankers, based between London and Paris. He works with all super tanker stakeholders including energy majors, oil traders, tanker brokers, major owners and ship financiers globally. Jonny has three teenage children, is married to a successful doctor and enjoys sailing, skiing, cinema and travel. In work and play Jonny is is never too far away from the maritime world.

Founder & President

Jordan Academy for Maritime Studies

Prof. Mustafa Amin Massad is the Founder & President, Jordan Academy for Maritime Studies, a leading quality maritime education and training provider in the Middle East (www.jams.edu.jo). Mustafa Amin Massad started his career in Jordan Academy for Maritime Studies as a president in 2004.
In 1996, Dr. Massad’s idea of establishing the first ship management company in the region was realized and he was the Managing Director of the company till 31/12/2007. He is still a member of the Board of Directors of the company. In 2003, when Jordan National Shipping Lines Co. was privatized, Dr. Massad was appointed as the Managing Director of the company until Dec. 2007. He is still a board member of the company.

Dr. Massad studied marine Engineering, and obtained his chief Engineer’s certificate of competency in 1982. He got his MSc degree in Fleet Management form the World Maritime University of Malmo, Sweden in 1988, and his PhD degree in Maritime Transport and Technology in 2000.

Dr. Mustafa Massad is a well-known name in the Arab world as a leading distinguished expert in the shipping industry in general and maritime education and training in particular.

Dr. Massad worked at Jordan National shipping lines from 1984 as a technical superintendent until he became the assistant general manager of the company in 1995.
Dr. Massad has a membership in many of the professional institutes. During his service in the shipping industry, Dr. Massad has served in various important positions such as a board member of Jordan Maritime Authority, a governor at the board of the world Maritime University and many other national and international institutions.
Dr. Massad is the author of many research papers and books.

Awards:

• Oxford – UK 20/12/2016: ‘Oxford Academic Union Award’
• Oxford – UK 2018: ‘Socrates Award Winner in the Education Category’
• The Maritime Standard Awards 2018 – Dubai: ‘the winner of Lifetime Achievement Award’
• Hela2018: Venus International Foundation – India: ‘Lifetime Achievement in Maritime Leadership Award’
• Hela2019: Venus International Foundation – India: “Excellence in Education Award’.

Mayor, Sparta & Former Deputy Minister of Finance and Foreign Affairs
Greece

Mr. Petros Doukas has a Ph.D. in Economics from New York University. He studied Economics and International Relations at George Washington University (Bachelor of Arts), Management and Fiscal Relations at Columbia (MBA) and Economics at New York University (MA and Ph.D. in Economics). From 1979 to 1985 he worked as an Economist and Currency Analyst for Citibank in New York, and also as Foreign Exchange Exposure Management Advisor, Foreign Exchange Dealer, and Money Market Dealer. In 1986 he took over as Citibank Investment Banking Country Head and Country Treasurer for Greece, and in 1990 also took over as Country Head for the Institutional and Corporate Banking sectors. From August 1992 to October 1993 he was Deputy Minister of Finance in the government of Konstantinos Mitsotakis, with the Public Debt and Public Assets among his responsibilities. In 1994 he returned to Citibank, and in 1996 he founded Capital Partners SA., which deals mainly in strategic partnerships and company takeovers and mergers. In March 2004 he was elected deputy for the Precinct of Attica and was appointed Deputy Minister for the Economy and Finance, Head of the General Accounting Office. His responsibilities included the formulation and implementation of the Budget, Central Government Debt & Operations, Government Security Auctions, Public Trusts, Loans and Bonds, the Public Corporation for Moveable Assets, Subsidy Programs and Management of Public Funds, the State Bursar’s and Payments Office (State Treasury), Fiscal Relations with the EU, Fiscal Validation of the Ministries, Prefectural Governments and Legal Entities under Public Statute and Civil Servants Pension Funds. In September 2007 he was re-elected MP for Attica and appointed Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy.

Senior Advisor- Board Member
Marcura Group

Jesper Kjaedegaard is an independent Board member of several Maritime related companies and a Senior Advisor at the Marcura Group, whose products include DA-Desk, Martrust, and Mardocs.

Mr. Kjaedegaard had a long career with the A.P.Moller-Maersk Group where he served as a member of the A.P.Moller-Maersk Group’s Executive Board for all Container related Business, whilst also heading up the company’s global liner division, known then as Maersk-Sealand.

He currently serves/has served as a Non-Executive Board Director for a number of both listed and privately owned transport related companies in Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. This includes V-Group, Hafnia Tankers, Red Sea Gateway Terminals, Seatruck Ferries, APMT Bahrain and BIMCO.

Jesper Kjaedegaard is also past President of the British Chamber of Shipping and Chairman of Maritime UK – a body which represents all maritime interests in the UK including ship-owners, ports, banks, legal firms, classification societies, and insurance companies.