Mr. Philippe van den Abeele
Managing Director, Castalia Fund Management
Philippe van den Abeele was born in Antwerp, Belgium in 1956 and is a director of Castalia Springs Limited and Managing Director of Castalia Fund Management Limited and its subsidiary Castalia Fund Management (U.K.) Limited, Investment Manager and Sub-Adviser to the Investment Manager. Mr. van den Abeele is registered with the FSA and was originally registered with the Association of Futures Brokers and Dealers in 1989...more

Mr. Andre Berry
Director, SSY Futures (and Chair of Tanker FFA Brokers' Association)
Andre Berry started as a trainee in the dry cargo P & O ship broking arm Anderson Hughes in London for 3.5 years working in many fields from loggers to bulk parcelling of steel products and grain before moving to help set up the chartering desk for the company in Hong Kong. Next was a move to Clarkson's Asia HK for 3 years to focus in chartering of panamax bulk carriers...more

Mr. Nicolas Bornozis
President, Capital Link
As of 1996, founder, President and CEO of Capital Link, Inc., an international investor relations and financial advisory group. It assists listed companies and capital markets related organizations to develop and maintain access to European and North American investors. Capital Link has offices in New York, London and Athens and is a leader in investor relations for listed shipping companies, U.S. Closed-End Funds and ETFs and international companies accessing the U.S. and European markets....more

Mr. Duncan Dunn
Senior Director, SSY Futures Ltd.
Duncan Dunn has worked in the Derivatives industry since 1986 in both broking and fund management roles, at companies including Rudolf Wolff Ltd, Union PLC, and Man Financial Ltd. In 2003 he joined SSY Futures Ltd and is now a senior director, responsible for business development and marketing...more

Mr. Morten Erichsen
Managing Director, NOS Clearing ASA
Morten Erichsen, Managing Director of NOS Clearing ASA. Mr. Erichsen is one of the four founders of NOS in 1990. From 1974 until 1990 he worked with Det Norske Veritas. He holds an MSc degree from the Norwegian Institute of Technology and a Bsc degree in business and administration...more

Mr. Alex Gray
CEO, Clarkson Securities Ltd
Alex Gray is the CEO of Clarkson Securities Ltd, the FFA broking arm of the Clarkson Group. After a career of nearly twenty years in the dry chartering arena, he made a brief foray into the World of venture capital before taking up a role with Clarkson Securities (the pioneers of the Freight Derivatives Market)...more

Mr. Per Heilmann
Vice President, Heidmar Inc.
Per F. Heilmann, 34, Vice President at Heidmar Inc., is responsible for derivative trading and risk management for the Company. He is the current Chairman of the Baltic Exchange Freight Market Information Users Group (Tankers). Prior to working with Heidmar, Per held the position of Senior Corporate Finance Analyst at Fox-Pitt, Kelton, Inc...more

Mr. Mark Jackson
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 eighteen years working as a shipbroker in Sydney, Hong Kong, New York and London, he joined A.M. Nomikos (UK) in 1998...more

Mr. Andrew Johnstone
Consultant, Holman Fenwick Willan LLP
Andrew Johnstone was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 2004. He has worked for Holman Fenwick Willan LLP since 2007. Andrew practises in all aspects of dry shipping and commodities litigation and arbitration. Andrew has a particular specialisation in all aspects of freight and commodity derivatives...more

Ms. Isabella Kurek-Smith
Director, LCH.Clearnet
Isabella joined LCH.Clearnet 5 years ago, and is Director and Head of Energy and Freight markets. She was responsible for launching the clearing service for FFA’s 4 years ago, and is now developing clearing services for new freight related markets such as Iron Ore Prior to joining LCH.Clearnet, Isabella worked at the IPE and then at the IntercontinentalExchange, where she was responsible for developing the Energy markets...more

Mr. Michael E. McClure
Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs, Navios Maritime Holdings Inc.
Joined the board of the Baltic Exchange in 2002 as a shareholder Director having been the first chairman of the Freight Market Indices Users Group. He is currently Senior Vice President - Corporate Affairs of Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. and previously its Chief Financial Officer. He joined Navios in 1978 and has been responsible for the company's freight derivative trading strategies,...more

Mr. Scott Moncrieff
Director, Commodities Trading, Merrill Lynch
Scott Moncrieff has been in the Shipping business since 1990. He has worked as a Ship-owners Broker, Competitive Broker, Oil and Dry Bulk Charterer and Freight Derivatives trader. In 2006 he was employed by Merrill Lynch to set up their Physical and Financial Shipping desk, and is currently Global head of Oil Freight Derivatives and Chartering...more

Mr. Demetris Nenes
Vice President of Business Development, OceanFreight
Demetris Nenes, OceanFreight, is our Vice President of Business Development. Mr. Nenes began his professional career working at Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation as a Design Engineer working in various posts with the most significant being Head of the Trasmission Design Team for the Navy version of the S92. Mr. Nenes began his shipping carrer in 2005 joining OMI Corporation's Vetting / Safety & Quality department...more

Mr. Jeremy Penn
CEO, Baltic Exchange
Jeremy Penn was appointed Chief Executive of the Baltic Exchange in 2003, following 20 years with Reuters Group PLC where he held a wide range of positions specialising in technology and marketing related to financial information. He was Managing Director of Reuters Asia and was appointed to Reuters Executive Committee in 1996. He has lived and worked in France, Zimbabwe, Morocco, Hong Kong, Australia, Singapore and the USA as well as the UK...more

Mr. Brian Perrott
Partner, Holman Fenwick Willan LLP
Brian specialises in advising and acting for trading companies and banks in commodities and shipping disputes as well as advising on derivative products. He assists and represents clients in dispute resolution, both litigation and arbitration. An expert in FFAs, Brian co-authored the FFABA 2005 and 2007 and has been associated with many of the leading disputes and cases in this area...more

Mr. Eddie J. Poe
Pasternak, Baum & Co., Inc
General Manager Ocean Freight, Pasternak, Baum & Co., Inc, Past Chairman of Forward Freight Brokers Association. Active Member of Society of Maritime Arbitrators - New York. Formerly: President, Liberty Chartering Inc., Vice President, Norton Lilly International Inc. President, Cast Ship Chartering Inc.; Vice President, Navios Corporation; Vice President and Chartering Manager of Greenwich Marine Inc.(Cargill Inc)...more

Mr. Joe Raia
Managing Director, CME Group
Joe Raia has over 27 years of professional experience in the Energy, Financial Services and Transportation Sectors. A 1979 Graduate of the New York Maritime Academy, Joe sailed in the U.S. Merchant Marines, and worked in various positions in the Oil Transportation and Trading sectors until June of 2000. From that point Joe was employed in the Financial Services Sector as Senior Vice President of Business Development and Senior On Air Energy Analyst/Anchor for JAGfn, a live Financial News Show...more

Mr. Mike Reardon
VP Research and Marketing, IMAREX
Mike graduated from the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point New York in 1989. He sailed as a deck officer on US flagged chemical and oil tankers for five years, obtaining his unlimited Masters license in 1995. He obtained his MBA from New York University's Stern School of Business in 1999. He was then active in the tanker brokerage community in both the New York and Houston area...more

Mr. James Ronan
ACM-GFI-McQuilling
James graduated from the United States Merchant Marine Academy in 2002 with a B.S. in Marine Transportation and Intermodal Logistics, USCG 3rd Mates License, and commission as an Officer in the United States Marine Corps. Upon Graduation from Kings Point, James immediately entered active duty as Company Grade officer in 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division. While serving on active duty, James deployed to Iraq where he participated in combat operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom...more

Mr. Daniel Smith
Head of Broker Systems -Trayport Limited
Daniel Smith is Head of Trayport’s Broker Systems Business, where he has global responsibility for the commercial, development, support and strategic direction of Trayport’s Broker Trading System product. Daniel joined Trayport in October 2003 and has held several key product and commercial roles, and has taken a lead role in several high-profile projects such as the successful bid for the New Zealand Exchange, an equity derivatives broking system, and an alternative trading system for Canadian Government Bonds...more

Mr. Ian Staples
Broker, Freight Investor Services
Ian Staples works for Freight Investor Services Ltd in London. He has been involved in the freight derivatives sector for the past 10 years as an analyst and currently as a broker. Formerly he worked for SSY as a director of research and as the editor and publisher of Lloyds Shipping Economist. He is the former chairman of the FFABA (2008) and a member of the Society of Technical Analysts. He is married and remains a keen supporter of Watford FC...more

Ms. Amie Thuener
Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Amie Thuener is a Director in Transaction Services, assisting clients with a variety of complex accounting transactions in both US GAAP and IFRS, primarily related to financial instruments issues such as derivatives and hedging, convertible debt and other financing arrangements, fair value measurements, and consolidations. In this role, she has led project teams serving multi-national companies across a variety of industries, such as banking,...more