Conference Speakers 2025

Minister

Hon’ble Marianne Sivertsen Næss

Fisheries and Ocean Policy Ministry

Director, Technical Cooperation and Implementation Division

Dr. Jose Matheickal

International Maritime Organization

Policy Advisor to the Minister

Hyun Lee

Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries

Secretary General

Thomas A. Kazakos

International Chamber of Shipping

Founder

Birgit M. Liodden

The Ocean Opportunity Lab (TOOL)

CEO & Founder

Namrata Nadkarni

Intent Communications Ltd

Global Maritime Forum

Johannah Christensen

Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer

CEO

Siv Remøy-Vangen

Norwegian Electric Systems

Founder & Partner

Sofia Fürstenberg Stott

Fürstenberg Maritime Advisory

Consul General

Monica Nagelgaard

Royal Norwegian Consulate General, Mumbai

Vice Chancellor

Dr. Malini Shankar

Indian Maritime University

Director

Zoe Upson

FACT (Freight and Commodity Talent Ltd)

Country Manager, India

Annette Holte

Kongsberg Maritime

Senior Vice-President for Cruise Operations

Karen Avelino

Philippine Transmarine Carriers, Inc.

Deputy General Manager - Commercial & Marketing

Udara Cumaratunga

South Asia Gateway Terminals (Pvt) Ltd

Secretary-General Elect

Arsenio Dominguez

International Maritime Organization

Managing Director (Regional Claims Director for Asia)

Dimitris Seirinakis

SCB Management Consulting Services, Ltd.

Honorary Secretary and Legal Representative

Nitzeira Watson

The Nautical Institute Panama Branch

CEO

Matt Shirley

Safe Harbours Australia Pty Ltd

Deputy Consul General

Fredrik Bjerke Abdelmaguid

Royal Norwegian Consulate General in Mumbai

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

Master Mariner

Capt. Ivana Kulkarni

First Female Master Mariner of Slovakia

Director - Certification and Professional Development

Catherine Logie

Ocean Technologies Group

General Manager

Huma Qureshi

Emirates Shipping Association

DGM - Global Maritime Resources Division

Capt. Naomi Matsushita

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.

Managing Director

Chris Hall

SCB Management Consulting (American P&I)

Founder and CEO

Mônica Zionede Hall

FELIZ Consulting

Project Manager

Nicole Van Spronsen

MARIN (Maritime Research Institute Netherlands)

Chief Purpose Officer

Nathasha Egodage

Ceyline Group

Arbitrator

Ruchdi Maalouf

Partner

Jacqueline Zalapa

Campbell Johnston Clark

Chief Executive

Simon Grainge

ISWAN (International Seafarers'​ Welfare & Assistance Network)

Monica Kohli

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

CEO

Danae Bezantakou

NAVIGATOR SHIPPING CONSULTANTS LTD

Senior Legal Counsel & WISTA Brazil Founding Member

Ana Clara Nascimento

Advocate

Amsha Gengan

High Court of South Africa

Director (Solicitor & Advocate)

Siddharth Ranka

Binnacle Legal

Director

Magdalene Chew

AsiaLegal LLC

Partner and Head of the Shipping Department (Contentious)

Ravi Jawani

Fichte & Co

CEO, Founder

Capt. Pradeep Chawla

Maritime Knowledge Ltd

Head of Communications

Christina Berg

TURTLE

MBA Student at Indian Maritime University (Kochi Campus)

Benna K S

Indian Maritime University, Kochi

Chief Learning Officer

Krishnan Subramaniam FICS

Transworld Academy

Founder President

Saleha Shaikh

Women In Maritime Association India (WIMA INDIA)

District Manager and Private Equity Consultant

Federico Carini

BNP Paribas (Milan)

IAS - Deputy Chairperson

Shri. Rajesh Soundararajan

V. O. Chidambaranar Port Trust

Co-founder & Chief Engineer

Suneeti Bala

International Women Seafarers Foundation (IWSF)

Maritime Lawyer & Partner

Sujan Malhotra

Ship Law Sea FZ LLE

Head of Commercial

Adele Marina Rizzo

RB British Marine

Partner

Cate Baddeley

Preston Turnbull LLP

General Manager – Fleet Personnel

Capt. Dinesh Jairam

Seaspan Crew Management

Managing Director

Khushbu Singh

Knot Ship Management

General Manager, Global Maritime Resources Division

Captain Animesh Hore

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.

Menopause coach & Workplace Consultant

Torild Boe Stokes

Partner

Shiv Iyer

Renata Partners

President

Ilona Denisenko

WISTA Russia

Mediator and Independent Arbitrator | Director

Jagmeet Makkar

SkillsPlus - Singapore & Hong Kong

Certified English Lawyer, CEDR Accredited Mediator; FCIArb Accredited Arbitrator; Higher Rights of Audience (Civil)

Paul Aston

AsiaLegal LLC

Managing Director

Aishwarya Gupta Pilankar

Nautical Marine Management Services Pvt. Ltd.

Partner & Maritime Lawyer

Hari Narayan

United Maritime Law Chambers

Counsel, Helmsman LLC, Singapore; Solicitor (England & Wales), Advocate (India)

Arjun Mital

Helmsman LLC - Advocates & Solicitors

General Manager

Maha Rahiman

Ascot & Fitch Insurance Brokers LLC

Marine People Manager – Asia

Bhooshan Malkani

Maersk

Advocate

Jimi John

Senior Marketing Manager

Ambika Singh

JNPA

Associate Partner

Ankush Saxena

KPMG

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

Associate Partner at Renata Partners

Aditi Maheshwari

Renata Partners

Legal Counsel

Chetan Sharma

PSA India

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)

Head HR

Ruchita Chopra

PSA India

TME

Minoshka Rodrigues

Seaspan

HR Lead - India

Gauri Desai

Seaspan

Maritime SheEO Conference

Geetha Sheth

Seaspan

General Manager Recruitment

Capt. Arvind Shankar

Maersk FMT

Flag Liaison Officer

Simone Lobo

Navitera Consultants

India Representative

Daljit Singh Kohli

Port of Antwerp-Bruges

CEO

Meera Kumar

Diabos

Member

Tejaswini Manjunath

Maritime SheEO

Training Superintendent, Mental Health & Wellness

Dr. Delna Shroff

Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM)

Partner

Apurva Mehata

ANB Legal

Head of Marine Claims, Treasury & Risk

Manas Vaid

MAERSK

Associate Partner

Ruchir Goenka

Bose & Mitra & Co

Senior Vice President, SME Association Business,

Aloka Rajan

YES Bank

Managing Partner

Kaushik Sochannam

Sochannam Legal

Second Engineer

Sarmistha Roy

Fleet Management Limited

Managing Director

Deniz Kirdar True

AMEA Svitzer

CEO

Ravi Rajagopalan

Neptune Global Solutions

Co-founder

Dhruv Sawhney

ShipsKart

Vice President - People - SCO

Monal Srivastava

DP World

Executive Director (ED)

Capt Somasundar Nair

Crewing at Fleet Management

Group Head of Legal

Ruchika Nayyar

JM Baxi

General Manager

Capt. Albe Zachariah

MOL Maritime India Pvt. Ltd.

Managing Director & CEO

Ketan Kulkarni

Allcargo Gati