Peter Shaerf is a partner and Managing Director at leading maritime merchant bank AMA Capital Partners which he joined in 2002. after a career primarily in shipbroking with special focus on the container sector. At AMA he works closely with private equity and on advising on maritime investments. He joined the board of Seaspan on its 2005 IPO and became Deputy Chairman in 2010.

He has served on the boards of several public and private shipping companies and is also the Chairman Emeritus of the New York Maritime Association ( NYMAR). He is a member of the American Bureau of Shipping and also sits on the finance sub - committee of The Marine National Transportation System Advisory Council. He is a graduate of the London Guildhall University.