Natalie Shaw

BSc (Hons) MA Chartered MCIPD, FRSA, MWES

Natalie is the Director of Employment Affairs for the International Shipping Federation and International Chamber of Shipping, which she joined in March 2003.   Since this time she has been actively involved in the development, adoption and implementation of the ILO Maritime Labour Convention 2006 and discussions on the ILO minimum wage, Crew Claims and Abandonment, the Revision of the STCW Convention, and the human element concerns related to Piracy to name but a few examples of the work carried out.  

Prior to this role she worked for Ford Motor Company in a plethora of Human Resources Management roles.

Natalie is a Director for the Sailors Society a UK registered charity promoting Seafarer Welfare and is also actively involved with the International Committee for Seafarers’ Welfare. Natalie is also the Secretary for the Shipowner Group at the International Labour Organisation. Natalie holds a Masters Degree in European Human Resource Management and is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. She has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and is a member of the Institute of Directors.