Kenny Rogers headed Aurora Tankers, the MR2 tanker division of the Tsao family-controlled IMC Group, for eight years until 2019, including the first phase of its 55,000 dwt MR newbuilding programme. His shipping career dated back to the late 1970s, when he worked on Texaco's tanker fleet.
He was a panellist at the 1st (2015) and 2nd (2016) Mare Forum Singapore and the 5th Maritime Singapore (2019).