Bud Darr, Executive Vice President, Maritime Policy and Government Affairs, MSC Group

An experienced global maritime leader in the areas of policy, government, and related law, Bud Darr previously served in the…

Vladimiro Bonamin, Vice President Global Business Development Manager, SGS

Dr. Vladimiro Bonamin was appointed Vice President Global Business Development Manager of Environmental, Health and Safety Services Division of SGS…

Chris Hughes, Global Lead, Shipping Markets at Lloyd’s Register

Trained as a Naval Architect, Chris has more than 20 years experience in the shipping industry spanning both technical and…

Jan Hoffmann, Chief, Trade Logistics Branch at Division on Technology and Logistics, UNCTAD

Jan joined UNCTAD in 2003 and was appointed Chief of the organization’s Trade Logistics Branch, Division on Technology and Logistics,…

Marcel van den Berg, Business Development Manager at Shell Gas To Liquid Fuel, Benelux.

Marcel is working for Shell for more than thirty years and has been active in numerous logistical- and sales roles….

Shirley Robertson, Chair

Shirley Robertson, OBE, is a British sailor and double Olympic gold medallist (Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004). Shirley was named…

Julien Bec, Vice President, LNG as Fuel Division at GTT

Julien Bec holds a Double Degree in Mechanical Engineering and Physics from Ecole Centrale Paris. After having worked 8 years…

Dean Jennings, Vice President at Leclanché SA

Dean Jennings is an accomplished marine industry executive with more than 25 years’ engineering, business development and management experience. He…

Gavin Allwright
, Secretary General at International Windship Association (IWSA)

Gavin Allwright is the Secretary General of the International Windship Association (IWSA). Established in 2014, this grouping of maritime wind…

Matthew Williams, Principal Specialist, Strategic Regulatory Projects at Lloyd’s Register

Following operational appointments at sea, and work as a business and risk manager in the UK Royal Navy, Matthew joined…

Nicolas Siohan

With more than 15 years of experience in the composite industry, Nicolas has managed the structural design of innovative projects…

Benoît Gaillard, Chairman of the Board at CGN

Benoît Gaillard served as Communications Director and then Senior Advisor in the canton of Vaud’s ministry of infrastructure between 2012…

Diane Gilpin, Founder and CEO at Smart Green Shipping Alliance

Designed and leads The Smart Green Shipping Alliance, SGSA, a collaborative industry initiative created to build technically, commercially and environmentally…

Xavier de Montgros, President at AFBE (French Association for Electric Boating)

Xavier de Montgros has developed his competencies in global High Tech, with more than thirty years of experience as Manager…

Marc Van Peteghem, Owner at VPLP

Born on January 9, 1957 in Paris, Marc Van Peteghem studied at Southampton Solent University where he became a naval…

Simon Schofield, Naval Architect and Yacht Designer, CTO at BAR Technologies

Simon has spent over 20 years at the forefront of the technical development of grand prix racing yacht development.  His…

Frank Nieuwenhuis, Co-owner at Econowind

Frank Nieuwenhuis was trained as mechanical engineer. After 5 years as R&D manager he worked for 6 years in sales…

Scott Mahoney, CEO at Taronis Fuels

Mr. Mahoney has almost 20 years of finance and executive management experience and has held positions at several public and…

Bernard Schopfer, CEO at MaxComm Communication

Holder of a degree in political science at the University of Geneva, Bernard Schopfer has 25 years of experience within…

Ian Adams, Executive Director at Clean Shipping Alliance 2020

Ian Adams has more than 35 years’ experience in the maritime industry of which 16 years have been spent managing…

Raphael Gerard, Engineer at Gurit

PhD from the Université de Nantes on Slamming and Fatigue of sandwich structures. Raphael Gerard is a structural engineer specialised…

Christian Dumard, Meteorologist and Router

Christian Dumard has been doing weather routing for tug boats, racing boats, super yachts and many expeditions for more than…

David Baur, Co-founder and CTO at Aeler Technologies SA

With a Master degree at EPFL on Microengineering and Management, Technology & Entrepreneurship, David Baur first worked at Jaeger-LeCoultre for…

Francis Hueber, Founder at Caponnetto / Hueber, Naval Architect