Wellington Koo

Wellington Koo is Executive Director of Valles Steamship Company, the Hong Kong family shipowner he joined in 2008 as its fourth generation of leadership. Before that he spent eleven years at the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (1997–2008).

In November 2021 he was elected Chairman of the Hong Kong Shipowners Association. He also chairs the Promotion and External Relations Committee of the Hong Kong Maritime and Port Board and the ClassNK Hong Kong Committee, and sits on the Executive Committee of INTERTANKO and the board of NorthStandard. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, holds a BSc in Business Administration from Boston University, and was appointed a Justice of the Peace in Hong Kong in 2022.

He is a panellist at the 6th Mare Forum Hong Kong 2026.