Oslo Shipping Forum 2011

Speakers

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  Carl E Steen

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  Ida Skard

  Maritime Department, Norwegian Ministry of Trade & Industry

  Director General

  In 2001, Ida Margrethe Skard was appointed Director General of the Dep. Of Regulatory Affairs and Shipping at the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Norway. As from 2008 she has been Director General for the Maritime Department in the ministry. Prior to her present position, Ida Margrethe has fulfilled a number of key positions in both the public and private sectors, including Executive Vice President of the ‘Invest in Norway’ initiative, Director of the Industrial Policy Dep. of The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise, and Managing Director of the Norwegian Industrial Fund.
  In addition to her current role, Ida Margrethe has been a member of several governmental committees and has sat on boards of The Norwegian Stock Exchange, The Norwegian Design Council and The Advisory Institute for Entrepreneurs.
  Ida Margrethe carries a Master of Economics degree from the University of Oslo, and lives in Oslo with her husband.

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  Sergio Machado

  President

  Petrobras Transporte SA - TRANSPETRO

  Sergio Machado has been CEO at TRANSPETRO – Petrobras transportation and logistics subsidiary – since 2003 and is responsible for the operations of 48 storage terminals, more than 14.000 kilometers of pipelines and a 52 vessel fleet. In 2004, he launched the Fleet Modernization and Expansion Program (PROMEF), which has revitalized the Brazilian naval industry on modern, competitive grounds, with the order of 49 oil tankers. Graduated in Business Administration at Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV), in Rio de Janeiro, he was Secretary for the Governor of Ceará (1987 through 1990) and was elected for Congressman (1991 through 1995) and Senator (1995 through 2002). He was leader of his party in the Senate and reported for important issues such as the National Budget and the Political-Party Reforms.

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  Bob Bishop

  CEO

  V.Ships Ship Management Division

  Bob Bishop followed a conventional seagoing career, culminating as a qualified Master Mariner. Subsequently he worked in various positions around the world in the offshore sector, as an Oil Installation Manager (OIM).
  In 1995 he left the offshore business to work for INTERTANKO, the independent tanker owners association, and was their Marine Director, responsible for the operational issues within the membership and represented the organisation which is a UN registered NGO at the International Maritime Organisation. In 2000 he went to work for Acomarit in Glasgow which shortly thereafter became V. Ships.
  Today Bob Bishop is the CEO of V. Ships, Ship Management. With 19 ship management offices around the world, V.Ships has over 1,000 ships, with over 500 ships in full technical management, including around 275 tankers ranging from VLCC’s to small coastal chemical carriers. He is also a member of the INTERTANKO Executive Committee.

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  Svein Steimler

  Executive Vice President & COO

  NYK Group Europe

  Svein Steimler has been involved in the international shipping scene for over 35 years, where he has held senior positions in various shipping companies and has wide-ranging industry experience.
  In 1996, Mr Steimler was appointed Executive Vice President of the former NYK Bulkship (Europe) Ltd with the key remit of developing NYK's European RORO and RORO terminals business. Following his achievements in these areas, in 2008 Mr Steimler was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of NYK Group Europe (NGE), with a seat on NGE’s board of directors.
  NYK Group Europe, with its offices in London, is NYK's European regional HQ. As COO, Mr Steimler is responsible for the company's Liner and RORO operations in Europe and Africa. His latest appointment has been to the Chairmanship of Knutsen NYK Offshore Tankers (KNOT), where he was instrumental in establishing a 50/50 joint venture between NYK and Knutsen OAS.

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  Sverre Bjørn Svenning

  Director

  Fearnley Consultants

  Sverre B Svenning joined Fearnley Consultants in January 1997 and as Director of FC is responsible for shipping market research and consultancy within Fearnleys AS, the ship broking division of Astrup Fearnley. The group employs about 350 personnel in 14 offices in 12 countries.
  The main market focus of FC is bulk carriers and tankers, but FC is providing analyses and advice within the LNG, LPG and container markets as well.
  Mr. Svenning holds a M.Sc. degree in naval architecture and marine engineering and has more than 20 years experience including dry cargo ship broking and newbuilding project management.

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  Peter Weernink

  Managing Director

  Swiss Marine

  Ater training as an engineer spend 11 years with Cargill in various positions in the Ocean Transportation Division, from 1997 built up the Cape and Panamax freight trading business. In 2001 founded SwissMarine with a team of ex Cargill employees. SwissMarine has under his leadership rapidly grown to a leading dry bulk freight trader with offices in Bermuda, Geneva, Tokyo and since 2009 in Copenhagen. Volume carried is in the 70-80 milion mt range and turnover upto 3 billion usd per annum. Over the last year SwissMarine has set up a handymax business, moved into shipowning arm and opened a Singapore office.

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  Yuichi Uemoto

  General Manager, Shipping Project Office, Ferrous

  Raw Materials Division, Mitsubishi Corporation

  Yuichi, he has worked in top Drybulk scene in Japan throughout 31 years, and he has known all different aspects of Drybulk business, especially Capesize and Panamax.
  In first 14 years, he had worked as Owners, Operators and Brokers, in Sanko Steamship and Teh Tung Steamship before joined to Mitsubishi Corporation in 1994. Then further 17 years so far, he has worked as Charterers and Head-Charterers throughout in their Tokyo Head Quarter and since 2001, he as the General Manager, is fully responsible for all & any shipping issue of iron ore, coking coal and steaming coal, covering all transaction of whole Mitsubishi Corporation.

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  Richard Fulford-Smith

  Managing Partner

  RS Platou

  Started working career with Blue Funnel/McGregor Gow & Holland in 1973. Joined Eggar Forrester in 1976, after nine months moved on to J E Hyde & Company, house broker to Bibby Line, to open up a competitive desk. Five years on joined Simpson, Spence and Young in the sale and purchase competitive team, managing it successfully through the difficult 1980s. Accumulated significant Hong Kong, Chinese, Russian, Greek bulk S&P business before being approached by Clarksons to head the sale and purchase team. Became Managing Director of H Clarkson & Company in 1999, sat on the board of Clarkson plc for a few years, CEO of Clarkson plc 2004-08, building up this period a USD 500 m forward orderbook. Now establishing youthful, energetic, small focused team at RS Platou LLP.

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  Dr Martin Stopford

  Managing Director

  Clarkson Research

  Martin Stopford is a graduate of Oxford University and has a PhD in International Economics from London University. During his 35 years in the Maritime Industry he has held positions as Director of Business Development at British Shipbuilders; Global Shipping Economist with Chase Manhattan Bank N.A.; and Chief Executive of Lloyds Maritime Information Services. He is currently Managing Director of Clarkson Research Services Limited (CRSL) and an executive director of Clarksons PLC. He is also a visiting Professor at Cass Business School in London, Dalian Maritime University in China, Newcastle University and Copenhagen Business School. His publications include “Maritime Economics” 3rd Ed, the widely used shipping text book published in January 2009, and many papers on shipping economics and ship finance.

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  Mark Jackson

  Director, AM Nomikos &

  Chairman, Baltic Exchange

  Mark Jackson is a director of AM Nomikos & Son (UK) Ltd and the Chief Commercial Officer for the Athens based AM Nomikos group. Mark started his shipping career in 1980 in Sydney, Australia. After 18 years working as a shipbroker in Sydney, Hong Kong, New York and London, he joined A.M. Nomikos (UK) in 1998.
  Mark Jackson joined the Baltic Board in 2004 and was subsequently appointed Chairman of the FFA Committee (FIFC) in 2005. The FIFC (Freight Indices and Futures Committee) is responsible for the overseeing and production of the Baltic Exchange indices.
  He was appointed chairman in July 2009.

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  Capt Graham Westgarth

  President

  Teekay Marine Services

  Graham Westgarth joined Teekay in February 1999, and as President of TMS is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Teekay fleet in excess of 150 vessels, and close to 5,000 multi-disciplined sea and shore staff. His mandate includes newbuildings, conversions, repair and maintenance, manning and training, procurement, marine, and last but by no means least, health, safety, environment, and quality. He has over 34 years of industry experience that includes 5 years command experience and 12 years with Maersk Company. During this period, while based in Aberdeen, he established and was the general manager of the AP Moller FPSO operations in the UK sector of the North Sea covering the Maersk Curlew and North Sea Producer.

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  Bo Cerup-Simonsen

  VP Maersk Maritime Technology

  A.P. Moller-Maersk

  Bo Cerup-Simonsen holds a PhD degree in Naval Architecture and Offshore Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark where he worked as an Associate Professor until 2003. He earned an MBA degree in Shipping and Logistics from Copenhagen Business School in 2008. In 2003 Bo joined Det Norske Veritas where he was heading Maritime Technical Consultancy until 2007. From 2008, Bo Cerup-Simonsen has been Vice President, Head of Maersk Maritime Technology in AP Moller Maersk A/S, responsible for Ship Innovation, Ship Engineering, Newbuilding, Vessel Performance Monitoring and Regulatory Affairs. He is Chairman of the Technical Committee of the Danish Ship Owners Association, and member of a number of other boards and committees.

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  Morten Arntzen

  President and CEO

  Overseas Shipholding Group

  Morten Arntzen was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of OSG in January 2004.
  Prior to joining OSG, Mr. Arntzen was Chief Executive Officer of American Marine Advisors, Inc. (AMA), a U.S.-based merchant banking firm specializing in maritime industry merger and acquisitions and corporate restructuring. Prior to AMA, he ran the Global Transportation Group for Chase Manhattan Bank and Chemical Bank. He also created and ran the Global Shipping Group for Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company.
  Mr. Arntzen is a board member of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. and serves on its Audit Committee and Environment, Safety and Security Committee. He is also a board member of the Seaman's Church Institute in New York and New Jersey, is active with the American Bureau of Shipping and is a member of the Board of Trustees of Maine Maritime Academy and New Canaan Country School. He has been an OSG Board member since 2004.

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  Evangelos M. Marinakis

  Director & Chairman of the Board

  Capital Product Partners L.P.

  Mr Evangelos Marinakis serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors and as a Director of Nasdaq-listed Capital Product Partners L.P since its inception in 2007. Mr Marinakis has served as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a Director of Capital Maritime & Trading Corp. since its incorporation in March 2005. Mr. Marinakis serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NYSE-listed Crude Carriers Corp., an affiliate of Capital Maritime, since March 2010. Mr. Marinakis is also active in various other businesses, and his diverse holdings include significant interests in the shipping, media, energy, sports and real estate sectors. Mr. Marinakis holds a B.A. in International Business Administration and an MSc in International Relations from the U.S.I.U.E., London.

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  Elliott Etheredge

  Managing Director, Head of Marine Transportation

  Investment Banking, Dahlman Rose

  Mr. Etheredge joined Dahlman Rose in April 2009 as Managing Director and Head of Marine Transportation Investment Banking. Mr. Etheredge began his career in transportation more than 15 years ago heading logistics operations in Mexico for Intertrans Corporation and Sears, Roebuck. In 1999, Mr. Etheredge joined Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. as a member of the firm’s Aerospace & Defense team before joining the prominent Transportation & Logistics group where he was a Managing Director. After J.P. Morgan’s acquisition of Bear Stearns, Mr. Etheredge was appointed head of the bank’s Maritime Investment Banking group. During his career, Mr. Etheredge has participated in more than $55 billion in announced M&A transactions and has helped clients raise more than $7 billion of capital. Mr. Etheredge received a BA from the University of Richmond and a MBA from the University of Texas where he was a member of the Phi Kappa Phi and Beta Gamma Sigma honor societies and was recognized as a Dean’s Scholar and a Sord Scholar. Mr. Etheredge is a CFA charterholder.

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  Flip Huffard

  Senior Managing Director

  The Blackstone Group

  Flip Huffard is a Senior Managing Director in the Restructuring & Reorganization Group.
  Since joining Blackstone in 1995, Mr. Huffard has worked on a variety of restructuring and reorganization assignments for companies, creditor groups, corporate parents of troubled companies and acquirers of distressed assets. These assignments include Tribune Companies, Flying J, Inc., Minneapolis Star Tribune, Winn-Dixie Stores, Fleming Companies, New World Pasta, Adelphia, Dade Behring, Inc., The LTV Corporation, and Harnischfeger Industries, Inc.
  Mr. Huffard has provided expert witness testimony in numerous bankruptcy cases on valuation and capital structure issues and is a frequent public speaker on restructuring topics.
  Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Huffard worked at Hellmold Associates, Inc., and Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Co., Inc.
  Mr. Huffard received a BA from Harvard College and an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

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  Harald Serck-Hanssen

  Global Head of Shipping & Offshore

  DnB NOR

  Harald Serck-Hanssen has 19 years of experience in the maritime shipping segment, and has for the last 13 years worked for DnB NOR bank - the largest financial institution in Norway and a global leader within the maritime shipping and offshore segment. He is currently Global Head of DnB NORs Shipping, Offshore and Logistics division. He has held several senior positions within DnB NOR, including Head of the international section of the bank's shipping & offshore operations. Prior to that he built up the bank's new activity in the financing of ports and other maritime logistics. He started his shipping career as a trainee with Jo Tankers and spent the next six years in various positions in the parcel tanker business. Serck-Hanssen has attended the advanced management program at Insead, studied maritime law at the University of Oslo, and received his degree in business studies from University of Stirling in Scotland.

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  Hans Kjelsrud

  Global Head Shipping, Offshore and Oil Services Division

  Nordea

  Hans C. Kjelsrud is Global Head of Nordea’s Shipping, Offshore and Oil Services Division, a position he has held since February 2011. From 2006 to 2011 he was Head of Nordea’s New York Branch. Prior to that he held various senior positions in Nordea’s global ship finance division. He earned a Masters of Science in Business from The Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration in 1989 and is an officer of the Royal Norwegian Navy.

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  Dagfinn Lunde

  Member of the Board of Managing Directors

  DVB

  Dagfinn Lunde, born in Norway in 1948, is a Member of the Board of Managing Directors of DVB Bank and head of DVB Bank’s shipping finance operations.
  In his role as head of DVB Bank’s international shipping operations Mr Lunde is responsible for a $ 14 billion portfolio. As a Board Member of DVB Bank, Mr Lunde’s responsibilities include Advisory and M&A, DVB Capital Markets, Group Human Resources, Operations & Information Systems, Accounting and Taxes.
  Mr Lunde has held various management positions in the banking and shipping sectors where merging and integrating offices reflected his capacity as a troubleshooter. Prior to joining DVB Bank he worked for Intertanko, DNB, Den norske Creditbank and the Torvald Klaveness Group.

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  Erik Helberg

  CEO

  RS Platou Capital Markets

  As the investment banking arm of the Platou Group, RS Platou Markets are very active within the Shipping and Oil Services sectors. Transactions include among others the IPO and NYSE listing of Crude Carriers Corp. Recently they acted as Joint Lead Manager in the USD 600 million Private Placement for Pacific Drilling and as Global Coordinator and Joint Lead Manager in the USD 1,700 million Private Placement for North Atlantic Drilling.
  Erik Helberg took on the helm as CEO at RS Platou Markets in November 2009. He holds an MSc degree in Shipping, Trade & Finance from Cass Business School and has extensive industry and transaction experience from all types of ECM transactions and M&A assignments in the oil services and shipping sectors. Prior to joining Platou Markets, he was Partner & Head of Shipping Research at Pareto Securities. He has received numerous awards from top analyst ranking agencies such as StarMine & Prospera, and holds amongst other awards, 3 number 1 rankings as best stock picker in Europe/Norway.

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  Konstantinos Sistovaris

  CFO

  Stealthgas Inc

  Mr. Sistovaris joined Nasdaq listed Stealthgas Inc. in February 2011 as Chief Financial Officer with resposibility for upholding strong financial management and accountabilty. In that role he oversees the financial performance of Stealthgas' fleet in excess of 40 vessels focusing mainly on the LPG segment, manages external financing, strategic planning and reporting to external stakeholders. He has over 10 years experience in banking and finance operations. Before joining the Stealthgas he worked in senior positions in the finance department of Stealth Maritime S.A., a manager of crude oil,product tankers and LPG carriers since 2004 and had also been involved in a consulting capacity in the Initial Public Offering of Stealthgas Inc.in 2005. Prior to this Mr. Sistovaris worked in in the finance department at Atlantic Bank of New York. Mr. Sistovaris holds an undergraduate degree in economics from Brown University, RI, and an MSc in Law and Accounting from the London School of Economics

Panelists

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  Emmanuel A. Vordonis

  Executive Director

  Thenamaris Ships Management Inc

  He majored in Physics focusing on the theory and philosophy of Science. He continued his post graduate studies and research in systems analysis, control, cybernetics and complex systems modeling. He participated in cross-disciplinary explorations in the domains of naval architecture, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, socio-economic simulation and planning.
  He joined Thenamaris Ships Management Inc. about 38 years ago. As its Executive Director and Chairman, he is a member of its core governance team. He concentrates on the continuous improvement of people, systems, relationships and the overall results of the company. The corporate targets for safety, environmental stewardship, high efficiency and the role of the company in the wider domain, have top priority in his professional agenda.
  He is involved in discussions of the wider maritime industry, as well as in active civic groups within his local and international community. He has particular interest for the stimulation of creative thinking, innovation and the creation of quality. The resolution of conflict, the building of trust and the improvement of synergies among diverse stakeholders are highly prioritized in his radar screen.
  The regeneration of tradition, architectural heritage and bringing new life in deteriorating abandoned environments and physical systems, also absorb much of his personal time. In this context, he is a co-founder of Eco-Recreators, an organization dedicated to the salvage, preservation and creation of new sustainable life.
  He was a member of the INTERTANKO Executive Committee and some years back he was representing the Greek tanker community in the organization, as the Chairman of the Hellenic Forum. He is the founding member of the creative team with the mission to spread the vision, values and the enthusiasm of the POSEIDON CHALLENGE.
  He is married and has two children, who are entering the early maturity of their professional and personal lives.