Philippe van den Abeele

Philippe van den Abeele has more than 30 years' experience in commercial shipping and freight derivatives, active in the sector since 1985 and a member of the Baltic Exchange since 1981. He was Managing Director of Clarksons Securities, Executive Board Director of H Clarkson Ltd and Managing Partner of Castalia Fund Management (UK) Ltd, and has chaired the Freight Market Users Group (FMIUG). He is now Founder and Head of Investments at Consortium Maritime Trading Limited.

He was a panellist at four Mare Forum events between 2005 and 2007, including Mare Forum Ship Finance 2005, the Nor-Shipping Forum 2005 and Maritime Italy in both 2006 and 2007.