Venue
JW Marriott Grosvenor House London
JW Marriott Grosvenor House London, 86-90 Park Ln, London W1K 7TN, UK

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Event Date Thu Jan 25 GMT (11 months ago)
In your timezone (EST): Wed Jan 24 7:00pm - Wed Jan 24 7:00pm
Location JW Marriott Grosvenor House London
86-90 Park Ln, London W1K 7TN, UK
Region EMEA
Details

Our event will be held on Thursday. London is a home away from home for many global shipping industry executives. Being the first event of the year this event has become a calendar event with many participants from the US, Europe and further afield joining the local crowd of well over 300 delegates. London has a global focus on chartering, S&P, insurance and risk, and - more and more shipping investors and alternative finance sources abound. The event is a welcome start to any year and provides a forum for thought and forecast about the 12 months ahead.

Speakers

2024 Speakers

James Frew
Business Consultancy Director, Lloyd's Register

Simon Petch
Partner, Watson Farley & Williams

Semiramis Assimakopolou
Senior Vice President of Sales, Signal Group

Jim Cirenza
Managing Director, DNB Markets Inc

Tim Power
Managing Director, Drewry

Alok Kumar
Chairman, Alphard Group

Ivar Myklebust
Chair of the Board of Directors, Gram Car Carriers

Adam Kent
Managing Director, Maritime Strategies International (MSI)

Martin Stopford
British Economist

Bruce G. Paulsen
Partner, Seward and Kissel LLP

Richard Fulford-Smith
Managing Director, Affinity

Richard Meade
Editor in Chief, Lloyd's List

Morten Arntzen
Executive Chairman, Team Tankers International

Russell Hoare
Partner-CMS Antitrust, Competition and Trade Team, CMS UK

Frank Dunne
Former Senior Partner at WFW – currently an Independent Consultant

Gaurav Moolwaney
Managing Director, Transportation Finance, Standard Chartered Bank

Hugh Baker
Managing Director, Scorpio USA LLC.

Achilleas Tasioulas
Chief Financial Officer, GasLog Ltd. & GasLog Partners LP

Nick Brown
Corporate Affairs Director, Marine & Offshore, Bureau Veritas

Charis Plakantonaki
Chief Strategy Officer, Star Bulk Carriers Corp.

Lise Duetoft
Chief Strategy and Analytics Officer, Höegh Autoliners AS

Constantin Baack
CEO, MPC Container Ships ASA

Harris Antoniou
Founder and Managing Director, Neptune Maritime Leasing Ltd

Dora Mace-Kokota
Partner, Stephenson Harwood LLP

Anastassia Tcherneva
Head of Shipping Clients, ABN AMRO Bank N.V.

Vassilis Maroulis
Managing Director, Global Head of Shipping, Citi

Paul Taylor
Managing Director, Global Head of Shipping & Offshore, Societe Generale CIB

Stephen Fewster
Global Head Shipping Finance, ING Bank

Christos Tsakonas
Global Head of Shipping, DNB Bank

Susan Riitala
Partner, Reed Smith LLP

Mohamed Sijilmassi
Vice President, Finance, ADNOC Logistics & Services

Jake Scott
Managing Partner, Blue Ocean Partners

Alexis Atteslis
Co-Head of Europe & Partner, Oak Hill Advisors

George Giannakis
Managing Partner - Maritime & Offshore Investment Banking, Alantra

Halvor Sveen
Chief Executive Officer, Maritime & Merchant Bank ASA

Wilhelm Magelssen
Partner & Fund Manager, NRP Maritime Asset Management

Ege Akcasoy
Managing Director and Advisor to the Board, Newport Shipping UK LLP

Michael Parker
Chairman, Global Shipping & Logistics, Citi

Elias Sakellis
Chief Executive Officer, Australis Maritime

Anastasios Aslidis
Chief Financial Officer, Euroseas Ltd & EuroDry Ltd.

Felix Nölke
Managing Director, MPC Capital AG

Sponsors & Partners

2024 Sponsors

PARTNER SPONSOR:
• Standard Chartered

PRIME SPONSORS:
• Advantage Tankers
• Newport Shipping
• WFW

COCKTAIL SPONSOR:
• The Marshall Registry

CORPORATE SPONSORS:
• ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
• Affinity (Shipping) LLP
• Alantra
• Allianz Marine Services
• Alphard Maritime Group
• Blue Ocean Partners
• Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore
• CMS Law Tax
• Castor
• Chrysses Demetriades & Co. LLC
• DNB Bank ASA
• EuroDry Ltd.
• FPG AIM
• Foresight Group
• Gqrindrod Taylor Maritime Investments
• Grindrod Shipping
• Hoegh Autoliners
• Lloyd's Register
• MPC Container Ships ASA
• MSI Ltd
• Maritime & Merchant Bank ASA
• Neptune Maritime Leasing Ltd.
• Reed Smith
• Seward & Kissel LLP
• Stephenson Harwood LLP
• The Signal Group
• Toro Corp.