THE SPEAKERS & DISCUSSION PANELISTS



Morits Skaugen
Chairman
Oslo Maritime Network
 

Morten Arntzen
President & CEO
OSG

Kenneth Hvid
President
Teekay Shuttle Tankers and Offshore
 

George Economou

Chairman and CEO
DryShips Inc.
 

Jan Håkon Pettersen
Managing Director and CEO
BW Gas

Felix Tschudi
Chairman
Tschudi Shipping Company AS

Herman Billung
CEO
Golden Ocean Management AS

Sergey Burima
Vice-President
Sovcomflot

Emmanuel Vordonis
Executive Director, Thenamaris

Marianne Lie
Managing Director
Norwegian Shipowners' Association

Gilbert Brunner
Managing Director
FairEnergy

Peter Anker
Managing Partner
RS Platou Shipbrokers AS

Erik W. Jakobsen
Author of the paper
“The competitiveness of five European maritime industries

Per Olav Bucher-Johannessen
Head of Nordic Shipping Finance
SEB Merchant Banking

John Tzoannos
Secretary General
Ministry of Mercantile Marine
Greece

Per Sanderud
Secretary General
Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry

Jørgen Hammer Hansen
Director General
Danish Maritime Authority

John Astbury CBE
Former Acting Chief Executive, MCA, UK
International Maritime Policy Adviser

Dato' Jude Philomen Benny
Board member
SMF -Singapore Maritime Foundation-
 

Basil Mavroleon
Managing Director, Charles R. Weber Co., Inc.
Managing Director, WeberCompass (Hellas) S.A.
 

Aasulv Tveitereid
Offshore Analyst
SEB Enskilda

Klas Eklund
Chief Economist SEB
Sweden

Arnstein Wigestrand
Chief Oil Analyst
SEB Enskilda ASA

Torger Reve
Professor
Maritime studies, BI Norwegian School of Management

Dimitrios V. Lyridis
Assistant professor
National Technical University Athens and
Executive Consultant
Ocean Finance

John Ramage
Managing Director
International Registries (UK) Ltd.

Bote de Vries
Managing Director
NFC Shipping Funds

Paul Leand
CEO and Managing Director
AMA Capital Partners LLC, USA

Dagfinn Lunde
Member of the Board
DVB Bank and CEO Shipping Division

Sverre Bjørn Svenning
Director
Fearnley Consultants A/S

Ole Stenhagen
Chief Analyst
SEB Enskilsa

Hans Petter Henschien
CEO
Henschien insurance
 

Gilbert Brunner
Managing Director, FairEnergy

Halvor H. Kielland
Charles R. Weber

Jannis Kostoulas
Managing Director
Mare Forum

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Publisher
TradeWinds