Conference Speakers 2025

Director of Experience Design

Jaquelyn Burton

Kongsberg Maritime

Secretary General

Thomas A. Kazakos

International Chamber of Shipping

Menopause coach & Workplace Consultant

Torild Boe Stokes

President

Ilona Denisenko

WISTA Russia

Managing Director

Anuj Chopra ExC FNI ACUE

MaritimESG Middle East Project Management LLC

CEO

Hari Krishna

Nimble Legal

Senior Marine Pilot

Elizabeth Marami

Kenya Ports Authority

Partner & Maritime Lawyer

Hari Narayan

United Maritime Law Chambers

Country Manager, India

Anette Holte


Kongsberg Maritime

Executive Director

Akanksha Batura Pai

Sinoda Shipping Agency Pte Ltd

Co-Founder

Isabela Tatu

Clean Ship Marine

Senior Vice-President for Cruise Operations

Karen Avelino

Philippine Transmarine Carriers, Inc.

Maritime Arbitrator & Chairman | Director

Jagmeet Makkar

Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, Hong Kong Branch, IME(I) Chair at IMU

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

Founder & CEO

Vineet Jain

Glocal View

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

Ivana Kulkarni

Wilhelmsen Ship Management

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)

Director HR, Talent program & Business partnership

Jennifer Leaman

Seaspan Ship Managment

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

Co Founder

Rina Sunder

Det Moderne India

Monica Kohli

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

Leading Application Design

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

Managing Director

Aishwarya Gupta Pilankar

Nautical Marine Management Services Pvt. Ltd.

Independent Director

Kathleen Haines

Genco Shipping & Trading

CEO

Siv Remøy-Vangen

Norwegian Electric Systems

Deputy General Manager - Commercial & Marketing

Udara Cumaratunga

South Asia Gateway Terminals (Pvt) Ltd