Pankaj Sharma Columbia Group Director Digital Performance Optimisation/ Control Room Master Mariner with more than 20 years of experience in the maritime industry. Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, MBA from IE Business School Madrid with an entrepreneurial mindset. Pankaj has wide international exposure ranging from performance optimization, digital applications to strategic management. Pankaj successfully leads Columbia’s Performance Optimization Control Room (POCR) to a widely recognized industry leader of performance services.