Turkish Chamber of Shipping | Chairman of the Board of Directors

ThPA SA - Port of Thessaloniki | Managing Director - CEO

Sole Shipping | Partner

Born in Lidköping, Sweden in 1981, a 3rd generation member of Erik Thun AB, a shipowning company founded by his grandfather in 1938. The core business of the Thun Group today is still ship owning now with vessels in four categories; dry cargo, self-dischargers, cement and tankers from 10 000 tons down to 4 000 tons. The other business areas are leasing and purchase/sale of aircraft, port agency and charcuterie. After studies in economics at Lund’s University, it became clear for Henrik that his future was with the family business and he joined the company in 2007. His responsibilities are self-unloaders, new building projects, aviation, charcuterie and port agency. In 2013 he was appointed deputy managing director of the Thun Group. Henrik is also board member of the Swedish Shipowners’ Association and chairman of the association’s Tank&Bulk section.

MAKR GROUP SHIPPING | | Senior Consultant

The MEDports Association | Project Manager

Theophanis Theophanous has been in the shipping industry for over 35 years, he is a graduate of the Merchant Marine Academy of Hydra, Greece and holder of a post-graduate degree in Executive Maritime Management from the World Maritime University, Sweden. He undertook sea service onboard both dry cargo vessels as well as tankers and primarily VLCCs.

Galataport ?stanbul | Chief Port Officer

Mark O'Neil is the President and CEO of Columbia Shipmanagement. Previously an English Army Officer and then a maritime lawyer by profession, as a Partner with Stephenson Harwood LLP and Reed Smith LLP for 17 years, Mark headed up international law firm Reed Smith LLP's German Shipping Team, and also co-lead the firm's Offshore Department. His clients included Ship Owners, Charterers, Insurers, Management Companies, Banks, Oil Companies and Offshore Contractors worldwide with a particular focus on the German, Scandinavian, Greek, Dutch, South American and Cypriot markets. He therefore has an in-depth knowledge of the shipping, ship management, banking and offshore sectors. Mark chairs and/or speaks at numerous maritime and banking conferences and seminars worldwide. He is a passionate advocate of performance optimization, digitalization, crew training and the Human Element within the shipping and ship management industry and regularly speaks on these matters.

Vice President | MedCruise

Van Ballegooijen has graduated from 2 Technical University studies on Mechanical Engineering and Process & Product Design. After graduation he worked for 18 years at Wärtsilä Propulsion where he started in 1997 as a ship propeller designer (hydrodynamicist). Since 2001 he headed for Wärtsilä various operational engineering and project management departments. From 2009 onwards he shifted towards R&D and headed various Research and Development departments all related to ship propulsion product development and design. Since 2015 Van Ballegooijen is the VAF Instruments Director R&D, responsible for sensor development, application development, and for providing customer consultancy on hydrodynamic data analysis. One of the main development projects he is responsible for relates to the application of propeller efficiency measurement instruments and the IVY ship propulsion performance measurement solution, which was in 2016 awarded the FATHOM Ship Efficiency Award.

Philippos Giannakos represents NAPA in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea region. Philippos has gained experience working with most vessel types applying innovative technologies for Performance Monitoring and Voyage Planning. The target is to optimize operations, save fuel, and reduce the carbon emissions imprint of the vessels. Philippos background is in Industrial and Marine Automation, with hands-on experience in commissioning automation systems onboard ships. For years he has had the opportunity to meet and work with shipping companies worldwide and gain insight into navigating to the future demands of shipping smartly.

Born in 1965. Graduated from Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering in 1986. In 1987, he studied at Vienna Technical University, thereafter took master’s degree at Sabanci University, Business Management for Executives. After serving for Germanischer Lloyd for 10 years, he worked as General Manager and Member of Executive Committees for Marmara Shipyard, Transal Shipping, Dearsan Shipyard, Dearsan Defence and Altibas Group Companies. He is General Manager and Chairman of the Board of Turk Loydu Conformity Assessment Corporation since 2018. He is married and has a child.

Alessio La Rosa is Global Head of Freight at COFCO International Freight Sa since 2015. Previously he worked the last 8 years for Noble Group with various management positions and before that 7 years at Louis Dreyfus as a Freight Trader. Alessio started his career in freight trading for a grain house in Andre Group. He holds a degree in Economics.

Jordi Torrent is currently the Strategy Director of the Port of Barcelona. In this position he has developed the Port's III Strategic Plan which has adapted the Port’s strategy and objectives to the latest global and regional trade and logistics trends. He is particularly involved in the intermodal sector, and has designed and implemented initiatives in this field, such as the development of PPP projects of inland terminals and rail services in Spain and France. He has been involved in the Port, logistics and rail sectors for more than 10 years.