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Michael Luguje

Director General
Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority

Mr. Michael Achagwe Luguje is a port management and trade facilitation specialist. He was appointed as the Director General of Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority in July 2018. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Luguje was the Secretary General of the Ports Management Association of West and Central Africa (PMAWCA) from August 2012 to June 2018; Executive Secretary of the Pan African Association for Port Cooperation (PAPC) from August 2012 to February 2017; and Regional Coordinator for West and Central Africa, of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) from April 2007 to June 2012. 

In April 2022, Mr. Luguje was elected Vice President (African Region) of the International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH). 

Mr. Luguje started his career at the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) in January 1999 and served in various roles including Human Resources, Marketing and Public Relations, Corporate Planning, and Special Assistant to the Director General. He has also consulted for organizations in the areas of port policy, port Customs goods clearance procedures and costs, transit trade facilitation, maritime sector’s potentials and employment creation. 

Mr. Luguje is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), and a member of the Board of Directors of the Ghana Maritime Authority.

He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in French/Linguistics from the University of Ghana (1997), MSc in Maritime Affairs (Port Management) from the World Maritime University, Malmo, Sweden (2004), and an Executive MBA in Project and Strategic Management from the Paris Graduate School of Management, France (2008).   

Kiki Larsen

Business Development & Funding Manager
Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping

Dr. Kiki Larsen is heading the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping (the Center) strategic collaboration with academia. In addition, as Business Development & Funding Manager her role is the continuous development of the Center stakeholder landscape and implementation of funding activities. Prior to joining the Center in 2022, she worked ten years in the chemical industry in various roles within strategy, business development and technical service. She holds a MSc and PhD in chemistry from the University of Copenhagen and is the silver medal winner for her University of Copenhagen Prize Thesis. Furthermore, she graduated her MBA in finance from the University of Nottingham Malaysia with distinction. She currently serves on the advisory board of the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) Maritime Centre. 

The Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping is real climate action. It is a not-for-profit, independent research and development center looking to accelerate the transition towards a net-zero future for the maritime industry. With Partners, the Center drives collaborative research, development, and innovation, and offers a safe space for collaboration that unites players across the maritime value chain behind a shared mission. The Center consistently assesses and guides the industry transition journey and is recognized as a change leader and knowledge hub for maritime decarbonization. The Center seeks to influence global, regional, and national decarbonization strategies and push for the needed policies and regulations, such as the reduction of all GHG emissions from a well-to-wake perspective and to reach net zero by 2050.

Kahlil Hassanali

Senior Researcher
Institute of Marine Affairs in Trinidad and Tobago

Kahlil Hassanali is a senior researcher at the Institute of Marine Affairs in Trinidad and Tobago with over ten years experience in the field of marine policy and governance. He holds a BSc. in Environmental Sciences from the University of East Anglia (United Kingdom), an MSc in Environment and Development from the University of Reading  (United Kingdom) and a PhD in Maritime Affairs from the World Maritime University – Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute (WMU-GOI). Additionally, he was a 2013-2014 recipient of the United Nations-Nippon Foundation of Japan Fellowship where he received advanced training in ocean affairs and Law of the Sea. He was also a 2017-2018 Hubert Humphrey Fellowship recipient in the field of Natural Resources, Environmental Policy and Climate Change. He has served as lead negotiator for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Environmental Impact Assessment in the process to develop a legally binding instrument being negotiated under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (The BBNJ Agreement).

Dwight C.R. Gardiner

Director/Registrar General of the Antigua & Barbuda Department of Marine Services and Merchant Shipping (ADOMS), the Maritime Administration of Antigua and Barbuda

Ambassador Dwight C.R. Gardiner OBE has served as the Director/Registrar General of the Antigua & Barbuda Department of Marine Services and Merchant Shipping (ADOMS), the Maritime Administration of Antigua and Barbuda, since 2009.

He is also Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Antigua and Barbuda with special representative responsibility for the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the International Seabed Authority (ISA).

Ambassador Gardiner is an Attorney-at-Law and Notary Public who also holds a Bachelor of Science in Applied Technology majoring in Marine Technology with Honours from the Florida Institute of Technology, a Bachelor of Laws with Honours from the University of Buckingham, United Kingdom, and a Master of Science in Maritime Safety Administration (Nautical) from the WMU. He is a current member of the Board of Governors of the WMU and was accorded the award of Most Outstanding Alumnus of WMU in 2013.

Ambassador Gardiner has been involved in the maritime sector of Antigua & Barbuda and the Caribbean region for over 35 years. His experience includes various senior positions in the Antigua & Barbuda maritime administration, as well as being a Commissioner of the Antigua & Barbuda Port Authority, Chair of the National Ocean Governance Committee, Chair of the National Maritime Boundaries Delimitation Committee, and former Chair of the Caribbean MOU on Port State Control.

Dalee Sambo Dorough

Associate Professor
University of Alasaka

Dr. Dalee Sambo Dorough [Inuit-Alaska] earned a PhD in Law from University of British Columbia, Faculty of Law (2002) and a Master of Arts in Law & Diplomacy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University (1991). She is former Chairperson of the Inuit Circumpolar Council [2018-2022] and presently a Senior Scholar and Special Advisor on Arctic Indigenous Peoples, University of Alaska Anchorage, where she was an Assistant Professor of International Relations. She has served as Chairperson (2014) and an Expert Member of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (2010-2016) and a co-Chair of the International Law Association (ILA) Committee on Implementation of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and has published contributions in the field of Indigenous human rights as well as Arctic Indigenous peoples, including an International Journal of Cultural Property article entitled “We are not in Geneva on the Human Rights Council: Indigenous peoples’ experiences with the World Heritage Convention.” Notably, Dorough is the 2022 International Arctic Science Committee Medallist, recognized for “outstanding achievements in advocacy for the rights of Indigenous peoples, her service to a wide range of Arctic communities, including the Arctic Council, and her influence as a legal scholar.” On 5 April 2023, her nomination to the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was confirmed by the Human Rights Council.

Karen Davis

Managing Director
OCIMF

Karen Davis is a veteran master mariner with significant experience in downstream and upstream business gained at ConocoPhillips. She spent 15 years at sea, sailing from Third Mate to Master aboard supertankers carrying crude oil and clean products. 

In 2001, Karen transitioned from sailing aboard ships to their technical management, and in 2013 became ConocoPhillips’ Global Marine Assurance Manager leading a decentralised team focused on eliminating marine risk. In 2019, Karen was seconded to Qatargas Operating Company as a Limited Senior Adviser supporting OPCO and North Field Expansion Project. Karen is a member of the Green Award Foundation’s Board of Experts and was a member of the OCIMF Executive Board from 2016 to 2019.Karen joined OCIMF in December 2021 as Managing Director.

Young-Tae Chang

Professor Emeritus
Inha University

Young-Tae (YT) Chang is Professor Emeritus at Graduate School of Logistics and at Asia Pacific School of Logistics, Inha University in Incheon, Korea. Prior to working at Inha University, YT worked for the Korea Ocean Institute of Science and Technology and the Korea Maritime Institute (KMI: government think-tank under Prime Minister) for about twenty years. He was the last President of KMI. Since he joined Inha University, he has been actively involved in establishing international network of education and research including Global University 8 Consortium as the Founding Secretary-General, and Asian Logistics Round Table as a Founding Member. He established numerous international degree programs with the partner universities. He has been Visiting and Adjunct Professor at various universities including the University of Rhode Island in USA, and the Australian Maritime College at the University of Tasmania, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, the World Maritime University (WMU) in Sweden and Dalian Maritime University and Shanghai Maritime University in China. He has been key-note speakers and invited speakers in numerous places in the world. YT has published 8 books and over 90 journal papers. In recognition of his contribution to research, he was awarded Inha Fellow Professor (University Chair Professor). He is a member of the Editorial Boards of Maritime Economics & Logistics, International Journal of Logistics Management and Maritime Transport Research and reviews papers for most of international journals in maritime logistics and general transportation areas. He is PhD in Business Administration from Yonsei University in Korea and MSc from WMU.

Julie Carlton

Head of Seafarers
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
United Kingdom

Julie Carlton joined the Department for Transport in 1987 and moved to the Marine Safety Agency (now the MCA) in 1995. As Head of the MCA’s Seafarer Safety and Health Branch since 2009, Julie has responsibility for living and working conditions for seafarers and fishermen, including implementation of the MLC, 2006 and the ILO Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (ILO 188), which the UK ratified in 2013 and 2019 respectively. She also has responsibility for seafarer health and safety policy, seafarer medical issues and the MCA’s Human Element strategy. Julie chaired the ILO’s Special Tripartite Committee on the MLC from 2018 to 2022. In 2019, she was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to maritime safety.

Peter Brady

Director General
The Maritime Authority of Jamaica

Rear Admiral Brady has 34 years of military experience, having served at the highest capacity as Chief of Staff of the Jamaica Defence Force. He is the Director General of the Maritime Authority of Jamaica. He is a graduate of the Royal Naval Staff College, Greenwich, was awarded a post-graduate degree in Maritime Management from Dalhousie University, Canada, and has received several accolades including the Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Commander of the Order of Distinction, and the Legion of Merit (Commander, USA).

He is a Governor of the Board of the World Maritime University (WMU), and its Vice Chair. He was the Chair of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Standards of Training and Watchkeeping Sub Committee for 10 terms and has served as guest lecturer in Maritime Safety Administration at WMU and for Maritime Security at Dalhousie University, Canada. He is a Council member of the Caribbean Maritime University (CMU), the Chair of the National Hydrographic Committee of Jamaica, Vice Chair of the National Council on Ocean and Coastal Zone Management (Jamaica) and Honorary Consul in Jamaica for the Principality of Monaco.

Nancy Karigithu

Principal Secretary
State Department for Shipping and Maritime

Mrs. Nancy Karigithu, CBS is the Principal Secretary of the State Department for Shipping and Maritime, the State Department charged with responsibility for promotion of the Maritime and Shipping Industry in Kenya. She holds a bachelor’s degree in law and a Master’s degree in International Maritime law from the IMO International Maritime Law Institute, Malta. 

Prior to joining the State Department, Mrs. Karigithu worked at the Kenya Maritime Authority as Director General for nine (9) years. She has previously served as the Chair of the Technical Cooperation Committee of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for two (2) terms.  Currently she sits on the Boards of Governors of the World Maritime University (WMU) based in Malmo, Sweden and the IMO International Maritime Law Institute based in Malta. 

She was involved jointly with IMO, in the setting up and launch of the Association of Women in the Maritime Sector in Eastern & Southern Africa (WOMESA), where she served two terms as Chairperson and now sits on the governing council.  WOMESA is a first regional body which brings together women professionals in the maritime sector of 26 countries in Eastern and Southern Africa.

Before her present appointment Mrs. Karigithu was working as a legal expert for the European Union (EU) project, Critical Maritime Routes, aimed at enhancing maritime situational awareness in the Indian Ocean. 

Mrs. Karigithu was bestowed with an Honorary Fellowship by the World Maritime University, in recognition of her distinguished service to the international maritime industry, and recently appointed by His Excellency the President of the Republic of Kenya as Ambassador and Special Envoy for Maritime and Blue Economy in Kenya.