David Barrow

David Barrow is Senior Vice President, West Europe & The Americas (Marine & Offshore) at Bureau Veritas, based in London, with P&L responsibility for those regions. He joined Bureau Veritas around six years ago as Vice President, South Asia & Pacific, in Singapore, having previously spent many years at Lloyd's Register in London, Athens, Istanbul, Hamburg and Southampton, rising to Commercial Director for its Marine & Offshore division. He began his career at sea as a Master Mariner commanding chemical, oil, LNG and LPG tankers, and holds a Master Mariner qualification and a business degree.

He has spoken at several Mare Forum events, including the 15th Mare Forum Ship Finance (2015) and the 5th Mare Forum Oslo (2025), and moderated the 6th and 7th (2024) Mare Forum Singapore.