Our people

Overview

Here you can find details of all members of BIMCO staff - and the members of our committees and Board of Directors.

If you are not sure who to contact at BIMCO, you can use our "Contact us" form to the right of the page, or visit Contact BIMCO.

BIMCO staff represent many nationalities.

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Leadership

The BIMCO Leadership consists of the Secretary General, the three Deputy Secretary Generals who manage the three major parts of the BIMCO organisation, the three Chief Officers for Finance, Technology and Communications as well as two Directors.

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    Secretary General / Chief Executive Officer
    David Loosley
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    Deputy Secretary General
    Søren Larsen
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    Deputy Secretary General
    Michael Lund
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    Deputy Secretary General
    Lars Robert Pedersen
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    Deputy Secretary General
    Stinne Taiger Ivø
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    Chief Finance Officer / HR
    Mai Vedel
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    Chief Communications Officer
    Charlotte Lord
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    Chief Technology Officer
    Anders Slagelse Fagerberg
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    Director, Standards, Innovation & Research
    Grant Hunter
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    Personal Assistant to Secretary General
    Karin Petersen

Contracts and Clauses

The Contracts & Clauses department organises and assists the Documentary Committee and the various sub-committees in drafting contracts and clauses.

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    Project Manager, Contracts & Clauses
    Natalie Wong
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    General Counsel
    Christian Hoppe
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    Project Manager, Contracts & Clauses
    Carl Lindahl
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    Project Manager, Contracts & Clauses
    Zehra Göknaz Engin
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    Team Coordinator, Contracts & Clauses
    Nancy Bishop

Communications

The Communications team handles marketing, media and press inquiries, PR, web content, newsletters and BIMCO’s social media channels.

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    Head of External Communications
    Mette Kronholm Frænde
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    Manager, Graphics
    Michelle D. Meyhoff
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    Communications Manager
    Paul Brummitt
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    Manager, Marketing
    Agatha Hedley
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    Digital Marketing Analyst
    Eleni Apostolopoulou
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    Video Production Manager
    Andreas Ekman

Membership

The Membership and Business Development team handles dialogue with members around their membership status and payment. The team develops the business side of BIMCO’s activities, while Membership Engagement is responsible for events, networks and panels for members etc.

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    Head of Membership & Business Development
    Erik Jensby
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    General Manager, Greece and Cyprus
    Elena Tassioula
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    Head of Membership Engagement
    Henriette Dybkær
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    Manager, Membership
    Lone Knøsgaard Myhre
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    Manager, Membership
    Trine Lind
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    Intern
    David Ditlev Almegaard

Support and Advice

Support and Advice handle enquiries from members related to contractual issues as well as assist members with company information and BIMCO’s Intervention service.

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    Head of Support & Advice
    Merete Lund Greisen
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    Manager, Support & Advice
    Asger Mariegaard
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    Manager, Support & Advice
    Peter Storm

Shipping Market Analysis

The Shipping Market Analysis team is the home of BIMCO’s market analysis and market reports.

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    Chief Shipping Analyst
    Niels Rasmussen
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    Shipping Analyst
    Filipe Gouveia
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    Intern, Shipping Market Analysis
    Nikolaj Parsberg Støle

BIMCO Americas

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    Head of Americas
    Thomas Damsgaard
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    Assistant Manager, Americas
    Madie Sanchez-Nielsen

BIMCO Asia Pacific

Standards Innovation and Research

The Standards, Innovation and Research team drives the shipping industry towards digital transformation and products by developing open digital standards, promoting harmonisation and interoperability, and collaborating on research into future business trends.

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    Manager, Standards, Innovation & Research
    Mads Wacher Kjærgaard
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    Head of Products and Clients
    Casper Broustbo
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    Assistant Manager, Products
    Antonis Dimitrakopoulos
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    Intern
    Will Loosley

Maritime Information

The Maritime Information team is responsible for Shipping KPI, cargo databases including IMO work, ice information, Holiday Calendar, port information including taxes and tariffs, working hours, etc.

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    Head of Maritime Information
    Peter Lundahl Rasmussen
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    Manager, Maritime Information
    Ai Cheng Foo-Nielsen
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    Manager, Maritime Information
    Johan Conrad

Marine Environment

The Marine Environment team is responsible for BIMCO's work related to environmental matters, in particular at the IMO.

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    Head of Marine Environment
    Aron Sørensen
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    Manager, Marine Environment
    Christian Bækmark Schiolborg
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    Intern
    Kirils Kondratenko
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    Personal Assistant to Deputy Secretary General
    Elizabeth Ahlefeldt-Laurvig-Lehn

Intergovernmental Engagement

Intergovernmental Engagement handles BIMCO's relations to governments and, for example, the European Union.

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    Head of Intergovernmental Engagement
    Dr. Bev Mackenzie
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    Manager, Intergovernmental Engagement
    Gudrun Janssens

Maritime Safety and Security

The Maritime Safety & Security Team delivers input to regulation, develops standards and best practice, and offers guidance to members on matters related to safety, security, and trade facilitation.

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    Head of Maritime Safety & Security
    Jakob Paaske Larsen
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    Manager, Maritime Safety & Security
    Ashok Srinivasan
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    Manager, Maritime Safety & Security
    Jeppe Skovbakke Juhl

Training

The Training team organises and runs the BIMCO Training seminars. Visit the Training page for full details.

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    Head of Training
    Peter Grube
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    Manager, Training
    Ayako Odashima
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    Assistant Manager, Training
    Josephine Schüler Christiansen
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    Assistant Manager, Training
    Mette Emilie Juul Madsen
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    Support Assistant
    Tracy Daniel

IT

The IT team is responsible for SMARTCON, Shipping KPI and BIMCO’s IT infrastructure.

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    Manager, IT Operations & Support
    Xiaoqiang Yu
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    Manager, IT Operations, Security & Compliance
    Jesper West
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    Senior Developer
    Kim Steensgaard
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    Assistant Software Developer
    Capt. Gianfranco Bardi Aparicio
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    Data Scientist and Software Engineer
    Piet Johan Brochorst Christensen
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    Head of Transformation
    Daniel Stoker
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    Intern, IT Operations & Support
    My Winther

Finance and Administration

The BIMCO Finance & HR team is in charge of financial reporting, accounting and bills, HR and facility management of the BIMCO House.

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    Financial Controller
    Anni Kabel
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    Assistant, Finance
    Deborah Jane Windmann
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    Office Manager
    Faiza Ishaq
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    HR Manager
    Zana Jaganjac

BIMCO House

The BIMCO house team handles all the practical aspects of managing the BIMCO office.

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    Chef & Canteen Administrator
    Ann Hal Jacobsen
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    Caretaker
    Christian W. Neesgaard

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Board of Directors

The BIMCO Board of Directors (BoD) consists of shipowner members elected by BIMCO’s members or appointed in their personal capacity by the BoD. The role and responsibility of the BoD is to ensure that BIMCO is governed in accordance with the BIMCO Rules and in adherence to the Vision and Mission Statements of BIMCO. The BoD normally meets twice a year.

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    President & Chairperson of the Board
    Mr. Nikolaus H. Schües
    Reederei F. Laeisz G.M.B.H.
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    President Designate
    Mr. Paul Pathy
    Fednav International Ltd
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    Immediate Past President
    Ms. Sabrina Chao
    Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings Limited
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    Vice-President
    Ms. Ioanna Procopiou
    Prominence Maritime SA
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    Chairperson Documentary Committee
    Mr. Nicholas Fell
    BW Group Limited
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    Acting Chairperson Marine Environment Committee
    Mr Panos Zachariadis
    Atlantic Bulk Carriers Management Ltd
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    Chairperson Maritime Safety and Security Committee
    Mr. Carlo Cameli
    Crystal Maritime Holding
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    Belgium
    Mr. Ludwig Criel
    CMB nv
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    Canada
    Mr. Errol Francis
    Canfornav Limited
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    China
    Mr Jingsong Gu
    COSCO Shipping Bulk Co., Ltd.
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    Cyprus
    Mr. Andreas Hadjipetrou
    Columbia Shipmanagement Ltd.
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    Denmark
    Mr. Hans-Christian Olesen
    Ultrabulk A/S Ultranav Denmark ApS
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    Germany
    Mr Nikolaus Oldendorff
    Reederei NORD GmbH
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    Greece
    Mr. Vasilis Papagiannopoulos
    Common Progress Co Na SA
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    Hong Kong S.A.R.
    Mr Wang Yongxin
    China Merchants Energy Shipping Co., Ltd
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    India
    Mr C V Subba Rao
    Sanmar Shipping Limited
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    Italy
    Mr. Umberto D'Amato
    Perseveranza SpA
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    Japan
    Capt. Keiichiro Nakanishi
    Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd.
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    Monaco
    Mr. Alexandre Albertini
    Marfin Management S.A.M.
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    Netherlands
    Mr. Theo Klimp
    Wagenborg Shipping B.V.
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    Norway
    Mr Geir Mjelde
    Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Skipsrederi A/S
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    Singapore
    Mr. Olav Nortun
    OSM Thome Limited
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    Switzerland
    Mr. Charles Bud Darr
    MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company SA
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    Turkey
    Mr Lucien Arkas
    Arkas Shipping and Transport S.A.
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    United Arab Emirates
    Capt. Rishi Nyati
    Emarat Maritime LLC
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    United Kingdom
    Mr James W F Warwick
    The Hadley Shipping Company Ltd.
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    USA
    Mr. Derek Solon
    International Seaways Ship Management LLC

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    Past Presidents – Ex. Officio Member of the Board
    Ms. Sadan Kaptanoglu
    Kaptanoglu Shipping Group of Companies
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    Past Presidents – Ex. Officio Member of the Board
    Mr. Anastasios Papagiannopoulos
    Common Progress Co Na SA
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    Past Presidents – Ex. Officio Member of the Board
    Mr. Philippe Louis-Dreyfus
    Louis Dreyfus Armateurs S.A.S.
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    Past Presidents – Ex. Officio Member of the Board
    Mr. John S. Denholm
    Denholm Shipping Company Ltd.
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    Past Presidents – Ex. Officio Member of the Board
    Mr. Robert Lorenz-Meyer
    Ernst Russ GmbH & Co. KG
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    Past Presidents – Ex. Officio Member of the Board
    Mr. Knud Pontoppidan
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    Past Presidents – Ex. Officio Member of the Board
    Mr. C.C. Tung
    Orient Overseas Container Line
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    Past Presidents – Ex. Officio Member of the Board
    Mr. Michael Everard
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    Past Presidents – Ex. Officio Member of the Board
    Mr. Ronald Bergman
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    Past Presidents – Ex. Officio Member of the Board
    Dr. Helmut Sohmen
    BW Group Limited

Board of Directors (Substitutes)

  • Belgium
    Mr Carl-Antoine Saverys
    Exmar N.V.
  • Canada
    Mr. John Sypnowich
    The CSL Group Inc
  • Cyprus
    Mr. Dieter Rohdenburg
    Intership Navigation Co. Ltd. Hartmann House
  • Denmark
    Kaare Christoffersen
    Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S
  • Germany
    Mr. Scott Bergeron
    Oldendorff Carriers
  • Greece
    Mr. Georgios Makrymichalos
    Empros Lines Shipping Co.Sp. S.A. of Liberia
  • Hong Kong S.A.R.
    Bjorn Hojgaard
    Anglo-Eastern Ship Management Ltd.
  • India
    Capt. Dhiraj Pahuja
    Apeejay Shipping Limited
  • Italy
    Mr Filippo Gavarone
    Crystal Maritime Holding
  • Japan
    Mr Masahiro Max Takahashi
    Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha - NYK Line
  • Monaco
    Mr. Massimo Giovannini
    Sogemm S.A.M.
  • Netherlands
    Yntze Buitenwerf
    Seatrade Groningen B.V.
  • Norway
    Mr Thomas Thorkildsen
    Hoegh LNG AS
  • Switzerland
    Mr Jean-Noel Andre
    Suisse-Atlantique, Société de Navigation Maritime
  • Turkey
    Mr. Cihan Ergenc
    Er Denizcilik Sanayi Nakliyat ve Ticaret A.S.
  • United Kingdom
    Mr. JB Rae-Smith
    Swire Shipping Pte. Ltd.
  • USA
    Mr Ted Petrone
    Navios Corporation

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee (EC) consists of Directors of BIMCO and conducts the business and affairs of BIMCO under the control and supervision of the Board of Directors. The EC normally meets three times a year.

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    President & Chairperson of the Board
    Mr. Nikolaus H. Schües
    Reederei F. Laeisz G.M.B.H.
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    President Designate
    Mr. Paul Pathy
    Fednav International Ltd
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    Immediate Past President
    Ms. Sabrina Chao
    Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings Limited
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    Vice-President
    Ms. Ioanna Procopiou
    Prominence Maritime SA
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    Chairperson Documentary Committee
    Mr. Nicholas Fell
    BW Group Limited
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    Acting Chairperson Marine Environment Committee
    Mr Panos Zachariadis
    Atlantic Bulk Carriers Management Ltd
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    Chairperson Maritime Safety and Security Committee
    Mr. Carlo Cameli
    Crystal Maritime Holding
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    China
    Mr Jingsong Gu
    COSCO Shipping Bulk Co., Ltd.
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    Greece
    Mr. Vasilis Papagiannopoulos
    Common Progress Co Na SA
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    Japan
    Capt. Keiichiro Nakanishi
    Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd.

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Documentary Committee

  • Chairperson Documentary Committee
    Mr. Nicholas Fell
    BW Group Limited
  • Vice Chairperson
    Mrs. Nicola Ioannou
    Oceanfleet Shipping Ltd.
  • Vice Chairperson
    Capt. Ajay Hazari
    Anglo-Eastern Ship Management Ltd.
  • Vice Chairperson
    Mr. Daniel Carr
    Stolt-Nielsen USA Inc.
  • Honorary Member
    Mr Nils-Gustaf Palmgren
  • Belgium
    Mr Peter Laurijssen
    CMB nv
  • Brazil
    Luis Fernando Resano
    Companhia de Navegacao Norsul
  • Canada
    Ms Lisa-Marie Perrella
    Fednav International Ltd
  • China
    Capt. Huoping Lin
    COSCO Shipping Bulk Co., Ltd.
  • Cyprus
    Mr. Kyriakos Kourieas
    Interorient Marine Services Limited
  • Denmark
    Mr Glenn Bennigsen
    Ultrabulk A/S Ultranav Denmark ApS
  • Finland
    Capt. Kirsi Ylärinne
    ESL Shipping Ltd
  • France
    Ms Cecile Bellord
    Louis Dreyfus Armateurs S.A.S.
  • Germany
    Mr John Freydag
    Harper Petersen & Co. GmbH & Co. KG.
  • Greece
    Mrs. Nicola Ioannou
    Oceanfleet Shipping Ltd.
  • Hong Kong S.A.R.
    Capt. Ajay Hazari
    Anglo-Eastern Ship Management Ltd.
  • India
    Capt. Kuppan Rajasekaran
    Sanmar Shipping Limited
  • Italy
    Mr Federico Viti
    d'Amico Societa di Navigazione S.p.A
  • Japan
    Mr. Tadanori Okada
    Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha - NYK Line
  • Korea, Republic of
    Mr. MyeongSu Ha
    Pan Ocean Co. Ltd.
  • Monaco
    Mr Luca Forgione
    All Energies Services Holding BV
  • Netherlands
    Mr Michiel Starmans
    Spliethoff
  • Norway
    Ms Elsebeth C. Guttormsen
    Odfjell SE
  • Poland
    Mr. Marcin Dziewa
    Polsteam Frachtowanie Sp. z o.o. Polsteam Brokers
  • Singapore
    Mr Andrew Hoare
    Fortescue Metals Group Limited
  • Spain
    Juan Jose Fernandez-Ricoy
    Empresa Naviera Elcano S.A.
  • Sweden
    Capt. Mattias Kjellberg
    Stena Rederi AB
  • Turkey
    Dr. Fehmi Ülgener
    Ulgener Legal Consultants Law Office
  • United Arab Emirates
    Mr Sujan Malhotra
    DTA Maritime LLC
  • United Kingdom
    Mr Roderick White
    BP Shipping Ltd
  • USA
    Mr. Daniel Carr
    Stolt-Nielsen USA Inc.

Documentary Committee (Substitutes)

  • Belgium
    Mr Gregory Fossion
    Exmar N.V.
  • Brazil
    Lilian Schaefer
    Syndarma - Sindicato Nacional das Empresas de Nav
  • Canada
    Ms Annie Choquette
    The CSL Group Inc
  • Cyprus
    Mr. Michael Kazantjis
    Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (Cyprus) Ltd.
  • Denmark
    Debi Laurent
    Maersk Line A/S
  • Finland
    Capt. Antti Partanen
    Rederi Ab Nathalie
  • France
    Ms. Charlotte Grandjean
    CMA CGM S.A.
  • Germany
    Mr Peter Eckhardt
    Reederei F. Laeisz G.M.B.H.
  • Hong Kong S.A.R.
    Ms. Bianca Knight
    Pacific Basin Shipping (HK) Limited
  • Italy
    Mr Filippo Gavarone
    Crystal Maritime Holding
  • Japan
    Ms Misaki Sakurai
    Daiichi Chuo Kisen Kaisha
  • Monaco
    Francesco Bellusci
    Scorpio Ship Management S.A.M.
  • Netherlands
    Mr Ralf van der Zalm
    Anthony Veder Rederijzaken B.V.
  • Norway
    Mrs. Joanna Evje
    AS Klaveness Ship Management
  • Poland
    Jaroslaw Dziedzic
    Polska Zegluga Morska (POLSTEAM)
  • Spain
    Mr. Ricardo Sainz
    Ership, S.A.U.
  • Sweden
    Lars Hallsberg
    Erik Thun AB
  • Turkey
    Ms Nazli Selek
    Kaptanoglu Shipping Group of Companies
  • United Arab Emirates
    Mr Shailesh Bildikar
    Emirates Ship Investment Company LLC
  • United Kingdom
    Ms Victoria Blackburn
    Shell International Trading & Shipping Company
  • United Kingdom
    Mr. Haralambos Fafalios
    The Union of Greek Shipowners
  • USA
    Ms. Alessandra Tebaldi
    McAllister Towing

Marine Environment Committee

  • Acting Chairperson Marine Environment Committee
    Mr Panos Zachariadis
    Atlantic Bulk Carriers Management Ltd
  • Denmark
    Ms. Sanne Henriksen
    A.P. Møller - Maersk A/S
  • France
    Mr Antoine Person
    Louis Dreyfus Armateurs S.A.S.
  • Germany
    Mr Richard von Berlepsch
    Hapag-Lloyd AG
  • Hong Kong S.A.R.
    Mr Zhou Jian Feng
    Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings Limited
  • Japan
    Mr Masahiro Max Takahashi
    Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha - NYK Line
  • Netherlands
    Ms Kaia Bjerre van de Ven
    Shell Trading and Shipping Company
  • Switzerland
    Mr Keith Dawe
    Cargill International S.A. Geneva Branch

Maritime Safety and Security Committee

  • Chairperson Maritime Safety and Security Committee
    Mr. Carlo Cameli
    Crystal Maritime Holding
  • China
    Mr Weizhong Jiang
    COSCO SHIPPING Lines Co., Ltd.
  • Cyprus
    Mr. Dieter Rohdenburg
    Intership Navigation Co. Ltd. Hartmann House
  • Denmark
    Capt. Flemming Dahl Jensen
    Dampskibsselskabet NORDEN A/S
  • Denmark
    Capt. Soren Andersen
    MOL Chemical Tankers Europe A/S
  • France
    Mr Simon Delfau
    CMA CGM S.A.
  • Greece
    Mr Dimitrios Heliotis
    Target Marine S.A.
  • Greece
    Mr. Georgios Papagiannopoulos
    Common Progress Co Na SA
  • Hong Kong S.A.R.
    Capt. Kuldeepak Sethi
    Fleet Management Limited
  • Netherlands
    Mr Marco van Rijsinge
    Spliethoff
  • USA
    Mr David Bancroft
    Chevron Shipping Company, LLC

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BIMCO's Past Presidents

Year President City
1905-1908 Mr. Adolf Carl Copenhagen
1908-1908 Mr. Thomas Cairns Newcastle Upon Tyne
1908-1911 Mr. Lars Krogius Helsinki
1911-1912 Mr. Johan Hansen Copenhagen
1912-1923 Sir William Noble Newcastle Upon Tyne
1923-1927 Mr. Theodore E. Salvesen Leith
1927-1929 Mr. John Denholm Greenock
1929-1933 Sir William A. Souter Newcastle Upon Tyne
1933-1938 Major T. Russell Cairns Newcastle Upon Tyne
1938-1949 Mr. Fr. Odfjell Bergen
1949-1951 Mr. Emanuel Högberg Stockholm
1951-1953 Sir John Fisher Barrow-in-Furness
1953-1955 Mr. Thomas S. Falck Jr. Bergen
1955-1957 Mr. Eigil Hahn-Petersen Copenhagen
1957-1959 Mr. Birger Krogius Helsinki
1959-1961 Mr. R.F. Scovell Leith
1961-1963 Mr. J.G.A. Fontein Rotterdam
1963-1967 Mr. Jack C.H. Peugniez Paris
1967-1969 Mr. Gerhard Hansen-Stahl Bremen
1969-1971 Mr. B.D. Odfjell Bergen
1971-1973 Mr. Lennart Parkfelt Gothenburg
1973-1975 Mr. David C. Souter Newcastle Upon Tyne
1975-1977 Mr. Nils L. Wetterstein Turku
1977-1979 Mr. Tristan Vieljeux Paris
1979-1981 Mr. G. Warnderink-Vinke Amsterdam
1981-1983 Mr. J.D. Lauritzen Copenhagen
1983-1985 Mr. Eduardo Bages Madrid
1985-1987 Mr. Atle Jebsen Bergen
1987-1989 Dr. Helmut Sohmen Hong Kong
1989-1991 Mr. George Livanos Piraeus
1991-1993 Sir Ian Denholm Glasgow
1993-1995 Mr. Cheng-Eng Lua Singapore
1995-1997 Mr. Fridtjof Lorentzen Oslo
1997-1999 Mr. Ronald Bergman Stockholm
1999-2001 Mr. Philippe Poirier d'Angé d'Orsay Paris
2001-2003 Mr. Michael Everard London
2003-2005 Mr. C.C. Tung Hong Kong, China
2005-2007 Mr. Knud Pontoppidan Copenhagen
2007-2009 Mr. Philip Embiricos Athens
2009-2011 Mr. Robert Lorenz-Meyer Hamburg
2011-2013 Mr. Yudhishthir Khatau Mumbai
2013-2015 Mr. John Denholm Glasgow
2015-2017 Mr. Philippe Louis-Dreyfus Paris
2017-2019 Mr. Anastasios Papagiannopoulos Athens
2019-2021 Mrs. Sadan Kaptanoglu Istanbul
2021-2023 Ms. Sabrina Chao  Hong Kong, China

organisation chart for BIMCO's secretariat