Peter Swift was Managing Director of INTERTANKO from February 2001, representing more than 250 independent tanker owners. He championed seafarer welfare, environmental stewardship, the Tripartite discussions between owners, shipbuilders and classification societies, and industry anti-piracy efforts, before being succeeded by Joe Angelo.
Earlier in his career he studied naval architecture at King's College, Durham, and worked at Swan Hunter shipbuilders in the late 1960s. He holds a doctorate in Transportation Economics from the University of Michigan and spent 24 years with the Royal Dutch/Shell Group, including as Group Naval Architect, where he managed the North West Shelf LNG project.
He spoke at eight Mare Forum events between 2002 and 2019, organising Mare Forum 2004 and appearing at Mare Forum Houston 2002 and on the HNS Convention panel.