Mr. Sergey Gribanov Area Business Development Manager, Germany DNV Maritime A marine engineer, Sergey Gribanov graduated from the State Maritime Academy in St. Petersburg and served as a Chief engineer onboard. He has worked for DNV for the past 18 years, holding several positions within DNV, working in Russia, Poland, Norway and Germany. In 2009, Sergey moved to Hamburg to take on the role of Customer Service Manager, before being appointed as Head of the Technical Service Unit in Germany in 2016. In 2019, he was appointed as Fleet in Service manager in Germany, taking the lead of the FIS operations and Technical Support in Area Germany. Since 2008, Sergey has been closely involved in various BD and Marketing activities, engaging with both local and global customers, with a special focus on the tanker segment and took over an Area BDM position in 2022.