Start date: 28th Apr 2022, 19:00

Venue: ACM, Monaco

Speaker: Mr. Esben Poulsson, Chairman of International Chamber of Shipping

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Esben Poulsson is Executive Chairman of ENESEL PTE. LTD., a Singapore based ship owning entity, of a fleet of large container vessels all under the Singapore Flag. He has worked in the maritime industry for over 50 years and has held a variety of senior management positions in Hong Kong, London, Copenhagen and Singapore.

Aside from his Enesel duties, he is non-executive chairman of Nordic Shipholding A/S, Copenhagen, of Cambiaso Risso Asia Pte. Ltd., Singapore and of Tamar Shipmanagement Ltd., Hong Kong. He is also a member of the board of directors of BW Epic Kosan Gas Ltd., Singapore and of Finnlines PLc., Helsinki, and serves as Senior Advisor to the Chairman of X-Press Feeders Ltd., Singapore.

He has been a member of the Board of the Maritime & Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) since 2017.

He is Chairman of the London-based International Chamber of Shipping and immediate past President (2019) of the Singapore Shipping Association and is an Advisory Panel member of the Singapore Maritime Foundation. In 2019, he was appointed Vice President of the London-based charity, The Mission of Seafarers.

He was awarded the Public Service Star by the President of Singapore in 2019, and in 2021, the Seatrade Awards in Association with Lloyd's List the Lifetime Achievement Award.