Capt. Paul J. Gallie has extensive experience in the shipping and port industry. Following sea‐service up to the rank of Master, Paul moved ashore and has focused on port operations, refrigerated transport, project implementation, business development and investments, in Asia, Africa and Latin America.

He has previously worked for Chiquita Brands International, Hutchison Ports, APM Terminals and Mitsui/Portek holding positions as Cargo Superintendent, Stowage & Scheduling Manager, Business Development Manager for the Andean Region, Port General Manager, Country Manager for Colombia and Ecuador, Managing Director of Central America, Director of Port Investments for Asia and Head of Americas.

He operated his own shipping agency and stevedoring company in The Gambia, for a number of years.

In December 2018 Paul joined A.P. Moller Capital as Director, Business Development based in Dubai, focusing on port and transportation investment opportunities in Africa, South and South-East Asia.

He has spoken and moderated at numerous international industry conferences. He has a Diploma in Nautical Science and gained his Masters at Liverpool John Moores University in the UK. He has continued his further education at the National University of Singapore. He is a fluent Spanish speaker.

Paul is a Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Logistics & Transport, an Associate Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation and an Associate Fellow of the Nautical Institute. He was a founder member of the British-Costa Rican Chamber of Commerce, a Board Member of the American-Costa Rican Chamber of Commerce and sat on the Executive Committee of the LatinPorts organisation.

Tan Chong Meng is the Group Chief Executive Officer of PSA International (PSA), a leading global port group and trusted partner to cargo stakeholders around the world.

With flagship operations in Singapore and Antwerp, PSA’s global network encompasses more than 60 deepsea, rail and inland terminals in 26 countries, as well as affiliated businesses in distriparks, warehouses and marine services.

The PSA Group handles 1 in 10 global container movements annually, serving all major international shipping lines and key stakeholders in the global supply chain.

In November 2021, Chong Meng assumed the role of Governor Chair for The World Economic Forum’s Supply Chain & Transport Industry Community.

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A deeply passionate liner shipping expert, Alan Murphy has 17 years of experience in container shipping research and analysis, providing insight and intelligence to a broad range of stakeholders in the logistics community, through quantitative research, econometric modelling, and database architecture development.

Alan co-founded SeaIntel, now Sea-Intelligence, with industry legend Lars Jensen in January 2011, with an ambition to provide truly exceptional and insightful liner shipping analysis and advisory, always based on a clearly stated and comprehensive methodology. Prior to launching Sea-Intelligence, Alan was Senior Analyst of Maersk Line's Intelligence and Analysis section, at that time the industry’s largest customer of industry analysis, research, and market data. The frustration with poorly-sourced, back-of-the-envelope style of analysis often found in this industry, and a lack of comparable, verified benchmarks of liner performance, was the spark that would lead to the launch of Sea-Intelligence, which now covers Research & Analysis, Data Services, and Advisory Services.

Alan has a degree in business economics, and prior to joining Maersk in 2004, he worked as a Research Analyst, at the Dept. of Finance at the Copenhagen Business School. Alan is fluent in seven primary programming languages and has developed everything from simple business apps to full-stack enterprise database systems.

Privately, Alan is married to a Microbiology PhD Fellow, clearly outranking him on the nerd-meter, and they have two beautiful and troublemaking boys of 5 and 1 years. 

Indika Dassanayake is the Head of Global Accounts and Commercial for CMA CGM is Asia Pacific Regional Office.

Indika has 28 years of experience in the shipping industry covering Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Pakistan before moving to Singapore.

He has held various management roles in Operations, Customer Service, Sales, Logistics and Geographies.
He helmed the commercial arm of APL prior to its acquisition by the CMA CGM Group.

The group provides global supply chain services in shipping and logistics covering over 160 countries globally. Indika is Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Shipbroker’s, London.

He is based in Singapore with his wife and son.

Over the last 130 years, Kuehne+Nagel has evolved from a traditional shipping company to a global logistics partner that offers highly specialised solutions for major industries worldwide.

Remco Kolder currently leads Kuehne+Nagel’s International Supply Chain division in Asia Pacific, enabling some of the world’s leading retailers, lifestyle companies and consumer electronics brands to fulfil demand, drive value and improve responsiveness.

Besides being responsible for service delivery, Remco is also responsible for the development of new business, products and physical infrastructure across Asia Pacific and supporting the development and implementation of next generation analytics and order management solutions.

Remco has been in the shipping and logistics industry for over 20 years and has held various management positions in The Netherlands, China, Indonesia and Singapore after graduating from the prestigious Maersk International Shipping Academy in 2004.

He holds a Six Sigma black belt and is obsessed with delivering progress to society through ensuring that people all over the world have access to what powers their businesses and lives.

He has been a regular speaker and moderator for over a decade at TOC events in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

Andrew offers insights from success in:

• Setting strategic direction and developing realistic plans/roadmaps and contracts to match.
• Leading generally complex, multi-discipline, multi-vendor and internationally dispersed teams’ transformation programs and projects.
• Turned-around the well known AutoStrad joint venture, a world first, which ended up providing a $500M turnaround in value It still sets the international benchmark for safety, ROI, and ROCE/ROICE.
• He has also been fortunate to lead the turnaround of another supply chain world first in fully dynamic and near real-time transformation of long planning, scheduling and day-of-operations which has direct impact on approximately 20% of Australia’s exports.
• Served on Boards in executive and non-executive capability as well as two major Advisory Boards being:

o    The Australian Centre of Excellence the Automation and Autonomous Systems Advisory Board.

o    The BNSF Automation Advisory Board is a group of executives, representing a variety of companies that have diverse automation experience.

Andrew has both C-level executive and general management experience in leading edge container terminal companies, and major inland intermodal terminals.

Indranil is a Board Director & Senior transformational leader with 25+ years’ experience in Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain, Industry 4.0 and Sustainability in Asia, Middle East and Africa, leading major transformation programs, including digital transformations, post-merger integrations, and carbon neutrality and energy transition initiatives.

He is currently Director of Global Operations at Accenture, leading the Supply Chain, IX and Sustainability offerings for Accenture’s Operations practice in AAPAC. Indranil has held leadership positions in the past with APRIL (a global leader in forestry products), FedEx and DHL.

Indranil has also won several awards including the prestigious LogiSym Lifetime Excellence Award and holds a patent for digital applications in Agriculture.

Indranil is a thought leader in the digital transformation of supply chains and responsible value chains and is always ready to share his knowledge and experience at forums like TOC Asia.

Nilesh Timbadia joined PTP as Head of Information Technology Division on 4^th May 2020.

In the last 2 years in PTP, Nilesh has revamped the IT team to focus on future smart technology including IoT, AI and other smart technologies. His team has also successfully rolled out a complete suite of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system that covers Finance, Supply Chain, Engineering and Human Resources modules. There has also been major upgrade to Terminal Operating System (TOS) and implementation of additional systems to look at productivity, process, operations and analytics as well as an Asset Digitization project which is able to monitor all assets on the terminal.

The focus in the coming years would be on various digital accelerators for PTP to continue to be Malaysia's Most Advanced Container Terminal. This will include in the areas of Data Analytics, Mobility Applications, Smart Technology and Internet of Things (IoT). Focus will also on how technology can support sustainability initiatives for PTP.

Nilesh holds a Master’s Degree in Information Technology (IT) from University of Sunderland, United Kingdom and Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and Communication from University of Wisconsin, USA.

Prior to joining PTP, he has more than 30 years of experience in IT, serving various industries ranging from the energy sector in Shell and Petronas; manufacturing and supply chain sector in Texas Instruments, British American Tobacco, DHL, Minolta, and Sanden as well as the Government sector in Royal Customs, Sabah Land & Survey Department and Malaysian Airports.

Dr Jérôme Besancenot, PhD in Computer Science graduate from Paris University, is Digital Transition Project Director for HAROPA PORT (Le Havre, Rouen and Paris Ports).

Expert in maritime IT strategy and single windows, he developed a new generation of Port Community System (PCS) software designed to facilitate vessels and cargo transit through any port: S-WiNG ® (Single-Window Next Generation). This new concept improves the capacity of port organization to benefit from new trade facilitations while helping ports to succeed in their digital transformation toward “Smart and Connected Ports”; specially, in accelerating new technologies integration such as Big Data, AI, blockchain, 5G and IoT using a digital twin approach.

In this regard, ports digitalization also means to share and develop a cyber defense culture in the field of maritime, industrial and logistics activities. For this purpose, Jérôme Besancenot leads a community cybersecurity platform project for HAROPA PORT, a competitive advantage for the port in being recognized by customers as cyber third trusted party, therefore dealing smarter with digital transition.

Dr. Jérôme Besancenot is the Vice-Chairman of the international PROTECT Group inside IPCSA Family dedicated to port process EDI standardization. He is also a regular member of the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) and IMO FAL Committee.

Dr. Jérôme Besancenot has published into IT reviews several papers on computer science. He is also co-author of a book on transactional systems: concept, normalization and products.

He has been a regular speaker and moderator for over a decade at TOC events in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

Andrew offers insights from success in:

• Setting strategic direction and developing realistic plans/roadmaps and contracts to match.
• Leading generally complex, multi-discipline, multi-vendor and internationally dispersed teams’ transformation programs and projects.
• Turned-around the well known AutoStrad joint venture, a world first, which ended up providing a $500M turnaround in value It still sets the international benchmark for safety, ROI, and ROCE/ROICE.
• He has also been fortunate to lead the turnaround of another supply chain world first in fully dynamic and near real-time transformation of long planning, scheduling and day-of-operations which has direct impact on approximately 20% of Australia’s exports.
• Served on Boards in executive and non-executive capability as well as two major Advisory Boards being:

o    The Australian Centre of Excellence the Automation and Autonomous Systems Advisory Board.

o    The BNSF Automation Advisory Board is a group of executives, representing a variety of companies that have diverse automation experience.

Andrew has both C-level executive and general management experience in leading edge container terminal companies, and major inland intermodal terminals.

Jeroen Overbeek has worked on the design of infrastructure projects worldwide for over 30 years. A civil engineer by training he has worked on projects as diverse as the ‘Big Dig’ in Boston, parts of the high-speed rail line in the Netherlands and the biggest independent oil terminal in Singapore.

His speciality is in the design of marine infrastructure and he has been involved in planning pf new ports and design of many jetties and quays from concept level to advising on maintenance and repair.

Jeroen has been based in Singapore for 20 years and is currently Head of Maritime Design at BMT Singapore where he is responsible for work throughout South-East Asia collaborating closely with BMT’s other specialist teams and Australian operations.

Port and terminal upgrades and life extensions, accounting for changes in use and the environment, are a key area of interest for him and BMT.

Tom Van Eynde is the TIL Terminal Investment Director for North America.

After an earlier carreer as finance manager for several entities of the Maersk group, he has been working since more than 15 years for the TIL/MSC group.

In this capacity he has been part of the growth trajectory of the TIL group through his involvement in greenfield developments (such as in Santos, Brasil or Lome, Togo), acquisition of other entities (such as in Long Beach, USA or Umm Qasr, Iraq), tenders for new leases (such as Los Angeles, USA or Ashdod, Israel) and expansion projects of existing assets (such as Newark, USA or Long Beach, USA).

Today, Mr Van Eynde manages the portfolio of all TIL assets in North America, recently securing new leases in Los Angeles and Baltimore. 

Mr Van Eynde has a Master in Economy, is a Certified European Financial Analyst and did a MBA at Vlerick.

Marco Neelsen joined Pelabuhan Tanjung Pelepas Sdn Bhd (“PTP”) as Chief Executive Officer on 7 November 2016.

A certified and trained navigational officer, Marco holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Maritime Transport and a Master Mariner in Maritime from Germany.

Prior to joining PTP, Marco Neelsen served Buss Port Logistics GmbH & Co. KG in Hamburg/Germany as its Chief Executive Officer, leading a Portfolio of 12 Terminals (General Cargo, Offshore, Contract Logistics, Bulk and Shortsea Container) in Germany, Netherlands and Turkey.

He also spent almost 10 years in Middle East in various Operations and Executive position within the A.P. Møller Terminals Group in places like Salalah/Oman/Aqaba/Jordan and being the last one CEO of APM Terminals Bahrain. He also worked a short while in Lagos/Nigeria at the APM Terminals facility.

With more than 20 years’ experience in the Maritime Industry, predominantly in Ports within Europe and Asia and more than 9 years in Business Leadership roles, Marco Neelsen is set to bring PTP forward.

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Shane Balani is a Decarbonisation Consultant and representative of the Lloyd's Register Maritime Decarbonisation Hub in Singapore.

Shane is a mechanical engineer working to enable and accelerate the sustainable decarbonisation of the marine & offshore industry, with a background in the technical assessment and certification of global marine assets as a classification surveyor.

With 8 years of international experience in the industry, Shane has developed technical and commercial expertise working in a wide variety of roles.

Shane has a First Class masters degree in mechanical engineering and routinely represents Lloyd’s Register at international events

Dr Nils Kemme is Managing Director and Partner with HPC Hamburg Port Consulting.

HPC Hamburg Port Consulting is an internationally renowned consulting firm with long-standing experience in the global port, transport, and logistics sector. In 45 years of excellence, HPC has delivered more than 1,700 projects across 130 countries, providing leading-edge professional expertise with a clear operations/owner’s perspective towards ports, intermodal terminals and airports.

With over 15 years of experience, Nils’s primary focus has been on strategic development and sustainable optimisation of ports and terminals. In recent years, he has delivered more than 40 development plans and optimisation projects on six continents. Using HPC’s proprietary simulation tools, which Nils established and developed together with his team, he ensured optimal investments, increased capacity, and performance, and reduced operating costs and emissions by double-digit percentages.

He also is a renowned speaker at international events of the port and transport industry and has published several books and articles in this area.

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