Conference Speakers 2024

DG Shipping

Shri. Shyam Jagannathan (IAS)

Government of India

Chairman

Ramesh S Ramakrishnan

Transworld

Consulate General

Monica Nagelgaard

Norwegian Consul General to Mumbai

Managing Director

Dhruv Kotak

JM Baxi

Vice Chancellor

Dr. Malini V Shankar, IAS (Retd.)

Indian Maritime University

Founder

Birgit M. Liodden

The Ocean Opportunity Lab (TOOL)

Head of the Strategic Department

Nathalie De Jaeger

DG SHIPPING

Secretary-General Elect

Arsenio Dominguez

International Maritime Organization

Technical Cooperation and Implementation Division

Dr. Jose Matheickal Director

International Maritime Organization (IMO)

President

Prof. Maximo Q. Mejia Jr.

World Maritime University

Managing Director

Capt. Karan Kochhar

Maersk India

Secretary General

Guy Platten

International Chamber of Shipping

HR Director, Project & Operations

Alison MacDougall

Subsea7

Director

Professor Ronán Long

WMU-Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute, World Maritime University (WMU)

Managing Director

Jillian Carson-Jackson

JCJ Consulting

Dean, Academic Affairs

Prof. (Dr.) Tanuja Kaushik

Gujarat Maritime University

Co-Founder & CEO

Isabela Tatu

Clean Marine Shipping

Global Acquisition Manager

Capt. Dinesh Jairam

General Manager, Fleet Personnel at Seaspan

Senior Vice President (Cruise Operations)

Karen Avelino

Philippine Transmarine Carriers, Inc.

Deputy General Manager, Corporate Responsibility

Shipra Saxena​​​​

Transworld Group

Director, HRBP

Heather Brooks

Seaspan Ship Management ltd

Managing Director

Chris Hall

SCB Management Consulting Services, Ltd.

Executive Director of Sinoda Shipping Agency

Akanksha Batura Pai

Sinoda Shipping Agency Pte Ltd

Managing Director

Nafeesa Moloobhoy

AS Moloobhoy & Co

Chief Purpose Officer at Ceyline Group

Nathasha Egodage

Ceyline Group

Vice President - Business Development & Overseas Network

Manisha Thaker

Trialliance Global Solutions (I) Pvt Ltd

Managing Partner

Amitava Majumdar (Raja)

Bose & Mitra & Co

Managing Director

Khushbu Singh

Knots Ship Management

AVP - Container Terminals - Sales & Marketing

Geetha Sheth

JM Baxi

Managing Director (Regional Claims Director for Asia)

Dimitris Seirinakis

SCB Management Consulting Services, Ltd.

Chief Officer

Santhikrishna Radhakrishnan

Seaspan Ship Management ltd

Deputy Consul General

Fredrik Bjerke Abdelmaguid

Royal Norwegian Consulate in Mumbai

Second Officer

Shemaiah Busgano Mata

Seaspan Ship Management Ltd

Project Manager

Nicole Van Spronsen

MARIN (Maritime Research Institute Netherlands)

Partner

Jacqueline Zalapa

Campbell Johnston Clark

Country HR Head

Ruchita Chopra

PSA India

Chief Innovation Officer

Avishkar Srivastava

The PDP Group

Director

Ann Pletschke

Trinity Maritime

General Secretary

Capt. Tushar Pradhan

The Maritime Union of India

CEO

Meera Kumar

Diabos

President

Ilona Denisenko

WISTA Russia

Country Manager (India)

Uday Ganivada

DNV

Country Head -Ocean

Caroline Gonsalves

Continental Carriers (P) Ltd

Director – Human Sustainability

Ph.D. Susanne Justesen

Global Maritime Forum

Senior Marketing Manager

Ambika Singh

JNPA - Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority

HR Director (Crew Management)

Priyanka Gupta

Anglo-Eastern Ship Management (India)

Deputy General Manager - Commercial and Marketing at SAGT

Udara Cumaratunga

South Asia Gateway Terminals (Pvt) Ltd

Director

Aishwarya Gupta Pilankar

Nautical Marine Management Services Pvt. Ltd.

Country Manager

Anette Holte

Kongsberg Maritime

General Manger

Chris-Ann Carrasco

Human Resources at MSC Agency (India) Private Limited

Dy. Director General of Shipping (Crew)

Capt.(Dr.) Daniel Joseph

Government of India

Managing Partner

Shiv Iyer

Renata Partners