Claudio is currently with Investec Bank in the Shipping & Marine Finance team. Investec is a dual-listed (London Stock Exchange, FTSE 100) specialist bank and asset management group.

Valentina currently works in the Finance Group at Stephenson Harwood in London. She is a Russian qualified lawyer and studied Maritime Law at the University of Oslo. She is currently undertaking the GDL at the College of Law in London. Outside of work Valentina is a keen snowboarder.

Nicholas is the Finance Director at Seven Seas Maritime Ltd. Prior to working in industry Nicholas was an audit Manager at Moore Stephens LLP, specializing in shipping and property audits.

Chris is currently the European Commercial Manager for Bibby Ship Management focusing on business development predominately in Offshore. Chris has a BA (Hons) degree in business studies and also a post graduate diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing.

Nicola is currently the Head of Communications for JLA Media, a media and communications consultancy serving the global maritime and energy industries.

Asset finance lawyer specialising in shipping and aviation finance.Advising financial institutions and borrowers operating in the UK and internationally on a wide range of ship finance, security and chartering arrangements.

Ioanna is a Consultant Naval Architect at London Offshore Consultants (LOC). LOC is a marine and engineering consultancy firm for the shipping and energy industries worldwide.

Dr Nick Chapman is a cargo risk engineer at insurers FM Global. He is the cargo specialist for EMEA, working with clients to identify, understand and mitigate risk across their supply chains.

Park is an Analyst & Business Development Korea for VesselsValue; the leading online valuation and market intelligence provider in the shipping and offshore sectors.