Michael Elwert

Michael Elwert

Overview

Capt. Michael P. Elwert has worked within the global shipping industry his entire working life and has over two decades of international management experience within the maritime industry. He gained his education with Maersk in Copenhagen and grew his global shipping acumen and exposure working from Denmark, UK, Norway, South Africa, USA, Singapore, Korea and Japan as several other countries in Asia.
As Global Chief Operating Officer and Deputy CEO V. ships, Michael was responsible to lead cross-functional efforts to drive scale, organizational alignment, efficiency, customer advocacy and consistent flawless service delivery across the V Group’s ship management BU’s. Acting in addition, as Deputy CEO reporting line for V Group ship management MD's covering key critical business hubs in France, USA, UAE, Denmark and India.
Prior to joining V.Group, Michael held various senior executive positions with Maersk, Thome Group, the Danish Shipowners’ Association and BIMCO to mention a few. Michael has held several BOD & Advisory roles within the maritime cluster industry including more recently Dania Ship Management, UK Based DSG and the Global CBS Executive Maritime Board Leadership Program. Michael is a founding member of the Global HR Maritime Forum, ex-Executive Committee member of the Singapore Maritime Employers Federation, acting as Chairman for the ‘SMEF’ Strategy working Group, as well as chairman for the Singapore Industry Working Group. Likewise, Michael was the lead strategist launching the successful Blue Denmark Maritime Industry recruitment and public awareness campaign.
Currently, acting as a Senior Advisor to the industry, he offers his executive advisory services to Venture Capital, Private Equity players, various industry Associations, as Ship Owners and Ship Managers alike.
Michael holds an EMBA in Shipping & Logistics from the Copenhagen Business University and a Masters in Nautical Science and remains the Global Ambassador for the ‘Blue’ EMBA.

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