Conference Speakers 2025

Director Technical Cooperation and Implementation Division

Dr. Jose Matheickal

International Maritime Organization

Secretary General

Thomas A. Kazakos

International Chamber of Shipping

Menopause coach & Workplace Consultant

Torild Boe Stokes

President

Ilona Denisenko

WISTA Russia

Consul General

Monica Nagelgaard

Royal Norwegian Consulate General, Mumbai

CEO

Hari Krishna

Nimble Legal

General Manager ,Global Maritime Resources. Division

Captain Animesh Hore

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.

Partner & Maritime Lawyer

Hari Narayan

United Maritime Law Chambers

Country Manager, India

Anette Holte


Kongsberg Maritime

Deputy General Manager - Commercial & Marketing

Udara Cumaratunga

South Asia Gateway Terminals (Pvt) Ltd

CEO

Siv Remøy-Vangen

Norwegian Electric Systems

Senior Vice-President for Cruise Operations

Karen Avelino

Philippine Transmarine Carriers, Inc.

Mediator and Independent Arbitrator | Director

Jagmeet Makkar

SkillsPlus - Singapore & Hong Kong

Honorary Secretary and Legal Representative

Nitzeria Watson

The Nautical Institute Panama Branch

Founder

Birgit M. Liodden

The Ocean Opportunity Lab (TOOL)

Vice Chancellor

Dr. Malini Shankar

Indian Maritime University

Lead Independent Director

Kathleen Haines

Genco Shipping & Trading

Learning and Development Manager

Dr. Joanna Eugenia Bakouni

Maersk Training

Managing Director

Jillian Carson-Jackson

JCJ Consulting

CEO & Founder

Namrata Nadkarni

Intent Communications Ltd

Director - Certification and Professional Development

Catherine Logie

Ocean Technologies Group

Managing Director (Regional Claims Director for Asia)

Dimitris Seirinakis

SCB Management Consulting Services, Ltd.

Master Mariner

Capt. Ivana Kulkarni

First Female Master Mariner of Slovakia

General Manager

Huma Qureshi

Emirates Shipping Association

General Manager- Fleet Personnel

Capt. Dinesh Jairam

Seaspan Crew Management

Managing Director

Chris Hall

SCB Management Consulting (American P&I)

Managing Director

Khushbu Singh

Knot Ship Management

Director

Zoe Upson

FACT (Freight and Commodity Talent Ltd)

DGM - Global Maritime Resources Division

Capt. Naomi Matsushita

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.

CEO

Matt Shirley

Safe Harbours Australia Pty Ltd

Founder and CEO

Mônica Zionede Hall

FELIZ Consulting

Project Manager

Nicole Van Spronsen

MARIN (Maritime Research Institute Netherlands)

Founder & Partner

Sofia Fürstenberg Stott

Fürstenberg Maritime Advisory

Partner

Shiv Iyer

Renata Partners

Partner

Jacqueline Zalapa

Campbell Johnston Clark

Head, Strategy & Transformation, ASEAN

Su Yin Anand

IBM

Managing Director

Aishwarya Gupta Pilankar

Nautical Marine Management Services Pvt. Ltd.

Monica Kohli

Senior Lawyer, President at WISTA UK, Chairperson at Indian Maritime Association, UK

Co-Founder

Suneeti Bala

IWSF

Chief Executive

Simon Grainge

ISWAN (International Seafarers'​ Welfare & Assistance Network)

Chairman

Rubal Bansal

Bansal Group

CEO

Danae Bezantakou

NAVIGATOR SHIPPING CONSULTANTS LTD

COO

Capt. Deepak Correa

Fleet Management India Operations

Chief Purpose Officer

Nathasha Egodage

Ceyline Group

Marine People Manager-Asia

Bhooshan Malkani

Maersk

Arbitrator

Ruchdi Maalouf

Founder and Chairman

Shashi Kiran Shetty

AllCargo Group

Advocate

Jimi John

Director General of Shipping

Shri Shyam Jagannathan, IAS

Directorate General of Shipping, Govt of India

Manager - legal & vessel registration

Capt. Deepak Mantoju

Navitera Consultants Private Limited

Principal Associate

Aditi Maheshwari

Renata Partners

Legal Counsel

Chetan Sharma

PSA India

Senior Legal Counsel

Ana Clara Nascimento

BW Energy

Advocate

Amsha Gengan

High Court of South Africa

Director (Solicitor & Advocate)

Siddharth Ranka

Binnacle Legal

Senior Marketing Manager"

Ambika Singh

JNPA

Chairman & MD

Capt. Binesh Kumar Tyagi

SCI

Director - Strategic Growth & Institutional Excellence

David Birwadkar

HIMT

CFO & Head of Strategy

Anshumali Dwivedi

Essar Ports

Former Secretary to the Government of India &
Director General of Shipping, Ministry of Shipping

Deepak Shetty, I.R.S. (Retd)

Director

Magdalene Chew

AsiaLegal LLC

Partner and Head of the Shipping Department (Contentious)

Ravi Jawani

Fichte & Co

Head HR

Ruchita Chopra

PSA India

CEO, Founder

Capt. Pradeep Chawla

Maritime Knowledge Ltd

President

Lisa Edvardsen Haugan

Kongsberg Maritime

TME

Minoshka Rodrigues

Seaspan

HR Lead - India

Gauri Desai

Seaspan