Igor Ponomarev

Igor Ponomarev was Russia's Permanent Representative to the International Maritime Organization and, from 2005, Chairman of the IMO's Maritime Safety Committee, having spent 13 years at the organisation.

He was a panellist, moderator and keynote speaker at four Mare Forum events in 2005, moderating Mare Forum 2005, delivering a keynote at Shipping China 2005, and appearing on panels at Europort Maritime 2005 and the Maritime Transportation of Energy 2005 forum.

He died in 2006.