About speakers 2005
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Gunnar BLOMDAHL gunnar.blomdahl@stenaline.com Mr Gunnar Blomdahl is Managing Director of Stena Line. After studies in Business Economy and Business Law at the University of Göteborg, Gunnar started his career in the hotel business. After various management positions at different hotels on the Swedish West Coast, Gunnar was appointed Marketing & Sales Director of Stena Line Scandinavia AB in 1997 and 1998 he was appointed Route Director for Stena Line's route between Sweden and Germany. In 2001 Gunnar moved with his family to Ireland to take up the position as Area Director for Stena Line's operations on the Irish Sea and moved back to Sweden in the beginning of 2003 to take over as Managing Director of Stena Line. Gunnar has taken an active part in the Turnaround Project taking Stena Line back to profit after suffering heavily from the abolition of Duty Free. Stena Line has today 34 ships on 18 routes with a turnover of more than MEUR 1.000. Apart from a number of board positions within Stena Line and being a member of the Stena Sphere Co-ordination Group Gunnar is also a member of the Advisory Board of Malmö Aviation. Klas BROGREN brogren@shippax.se Always loyal to his local football team in Halmstad, (in which incidentally Mike Wake never played, see below), Klas is first and foremost dedicated to passenger shipping as a lifelong hobby. Not really understanding the border line of a hobby, it became his profession when, in 1977, his first assignment was for a project work with Tor Line in Gothenburg. It was followed by five years with shipbrokers in Stockholm where he was active in S&P and chartering, specialising in passenger shipping. In 1981, he returned to his hometown to become a partner in Marine Trading which for many years held the management contract for Prince of Fundy Cruises as well as Scarlett Line. As the need of market information expanded, he developed this in his own company Plus 2 Ferryconsultation AB, which later registered ShipPax Information as its marketing name. Coinciding with his 50th birthday this summer, Cruise & Ferry INFO will turn 40, ShipPax GUIDE 30 and ShipPax DESIGNS 25 … so prepare for an open reception in Halmstad June 16th! Hanns Heinrich CONZEN Hannes.Conzen@TTLine.com Hanns Heinrich Conzen graduated from the Wirtschaftsakademie Hamburg with a BSC in Economics. He began his career as a graduate trainee with Polygram Germany, moving on to the Hamburg based ship owner Aug. Bolten Wm. Miller's Nachf. in 1982. In 1984 he took up the position as Managing Director of Bolten, Piraeus. He left Greece in 1986 and joined TT-Line as Freight Manager. In 1992 he was elected to the group's board and, in 1995, became Managing Director of TT-Line. TT-Line is specialised on the Germany-Sweden traffic. The fleet (7 ships on the Travemünde-Trelleborg and Rostock-Trelleborg route) is considered as one of the most modern and innovative in the market. David GREENHALGH david.greenhalgh@vships.com Capt David Greenhalgh, FNI is Director of V.Ships Crew. After a seagoing career of 27 years, almost half of which were in command, he was appointed in 1986 as the Managing Director of the forerunner of V.Ships (Isle of Man) Ltd, a position he still retains. He is a Fellow of the Nautical Institute, Freeman of the City of London, Founding Chairman of the Isle of Man Shipping Association and Past Chairman of the Isle of Man Chamber of Commerce Finance Committee. Alfons GUINIER guinier@ecsa.be Up to 31/12/91: Different administrative and commercial positions within the Belgian Shipping Group C.M.B. as a Member of the Direction - Belgian representative in different European and international shipping organisations - Spokesman for the Belgian Shipowners Association in the Belgian Industrial Board (Fédération des Entreprises de Belgique) - Appointed conciliator for Belgium for the U.N. Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences As from 1/1/92: - Secretary General of the European Community Shipowners' Associations - Co-ordinator of Transport/Shipping/Services of the Maritime Industries Forum - Member of the Joint Committee for Maritime Transport Trond KLEIVDAL trond.kleivdal@colorline.no Mr. Trond Kleivdal (41) is the Managing Director of Color Line AS. Tronds academic career started at the Royal Norwegian Naval Academy before graduating from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration in 1988. Trond started his professional career in the Kværner Fast Ferry division where after he in 1994 joined P.F. Bassøe as a shipbroker. After a short period within Swede Ship he stared to work in the cruise ferry industry, first in 1996 within Larvik Scandi Line, later same year in Color Line. Color Line is today Norway's leading cruise ferry operator with 11 ships and approximately 3500 employees. Trond has had different management roles in Color Line and was appointed Managing Director in 2001. Apart from a number of board positions within the Color family of companies Trond is also a member of the board of the Norwegian Shipowners Association (NSA). Paul KYPRIANOU kyprianou.paul@grimaldi.napoli.it After a degree in Economic and Commercial Studies at Luiss Rome 1991, Paul went on as a Commercial Manager in a manufacturing company near Rome. Thereafter, he went back to further education as a Master of Science in Shipping, Trade and Finance at City University Business School in London. As from 1995, he is linked with Grimaldi, first being promoted as Commercial Executive at Associated Oceanic Agencies Ltd, at the Grimaldi Group in London. Since 1997, he headed external relations at the Naples headquarters and became the Area Manager for Greece and Cyprus. Paul Kyprianou was in charge of the PACT (Pilot Actions for Combined Transport) and Marco Polo projects presented by the Group in 1998 - 2003 and funded by the European Commission. He was also appointed a delegate representing the Grimaldi Group Naples at the High Level RoRo Carriers Action Group, Special Committee of ECSA (European Community Shipowners' Associations), and became its chairman since November 2003. Pal has been a member of the board at Scandinavian Auto Logistics AS in Denmark and now holds similar positions with Grimaldi Belgium n.v., Antwerp Euro Terminal n.v. (Belgium), and is since January this year Managing Director of Grimaldi & Louis Dreyfus Lines. Kai LEVANDER kai.levander@akeryards.com Kai Levander is managing Naval Architecture at Aker Finnyards. The department work with R&D, concept development, feasibility studies and newbuilding projects for the Aker Finnyards shipyards in Turku, Helsinki and Rauma. Kai Levander graduated in 1967 as a Naval Architect from the Helsinki University of Technology. He has been with Aker Finnyards, Kvaerner Masa-Yards and Wärtsilä Marine since 1969, mostly working with research and development tasks. He has been the innovator in many ship projects such as the Finnjet Gas Turbine ferry, the Finnpusku pusher-barge concept and the cruise ferry Silja Serenade, with the indoor atrium street. Among his cruise ship projects the All-Outside-Cabin concept of MS Royal Princess, the Windstar sailing cruise ship, the Diamond SWATH-Cruiser and the Carnival and Costa Panamax vessels can be mentioned. Through his career Kai Levander been involved in the development of all new cruise vessels for Royal Caribbean Cruises, including the Post Panama Voyager ships. He participated from the start in creating the Color Fantasy "Cruise Ship with Car Deck" solution for the Color Line Olso-Kiel route. Since 1995 Kai Levander is Assistant Professor in Ship Design at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. Robert LOSETH Robert.Loseth@dnv.com Robert Løseth is head of DNV's Nordic Maritime Service Centre, Norway. After graduating as Naval Architect in Trondheim, 1984, and a short Naval Service, Robert Joined DNV in 1986. Shortly thereafter taking leave for studing one year at Stanford University. He has worked in the field of reliability of structures and hydrodynamics, before taking different management positions in DNV. International committees including IACS and IMO working groups followed. As Head of Department for Hydrodynamics, Materials and Structures, several projects that concerned both passenger vessels and high speed light crafts were in focus, especially in design, stability and structural aspects. Moving on to Singapore as head of DNV's operation in South East Asia in 2000, the differences in perspectives was learned and appreciated. As member of the board of Maritime Port Authority of Singapore, the need for authorities to listen to the industry was experienced in practice. In the current position, Robert's main emphasis is on communication with the industry on regulatory trends, getting input on the perception of the industry related to technical and operational aspects. Olav NAKKEN Olav.Nakken@DNV.com Naval architect , graduated in 1990-91. Head of section for Passenger and HSLC. He started working in 1990 as a superintendent for Bergesen ASA and joined their supervision team in Japan, as Bergesen had a large newbuilding program there at that time. In 1992 he joined DNV, first working with Finite Element Calculations and Life Cycle Cost studies. Later working with approval of tankers and gas carrier structures. In 95-97 he followed the newbuilding of two multi-purpose shuttle tankers to Bergesen/Statoil being built at Samsung shipyard in Korea. After returning to Norway he joined the development section within classification and was then responsible for major rule changes incorporating finite element analysis and other major development/implementation projects. From 2001 he has been the head of section for the Passenger and HSLC in DNV. Alexander PANAGOPULOS app@superfast.com Born and raised in Athens, Greece. Alexander Panagopulos studied Business Administration in California, U.S.A. at the University of Menlo. From an early age Alexander Panagopulos played an active role in passenger shipping. During 1986-1988 he was involved in the design and later the supervision of the construction of the M.S. Crown Odyssey, a 1,200-passenger cruise ship, which was delivered in 1988 to the family-owned Royal Cruise Line. Since 1993, Alexander Panagopulos is the President and Managing Director of Superfast Ferries S.A., worldwide shipmanagers for Attica Enterprises. He is also Vice Chairman of Attica Enterprises S.A. and its subsidiary Strintzis Lines S.A., both of which are listed on the Athens Stock Exchange. In addition to the above, Alexander Panagopulos is also Vice President of Magna Marine Inc., a company that manages a fleet of modern bulk carriers in the Panagopulos Group of Companies. He is Chairman of the High Level Ferry Group of ECSA (European Community Shipowners' Associations) and an active member of the Greek Passenger Ship Owners Union, where he held the position of Secretary General from 1997 to 2003. Alexander Panagopulos is also a Member of the Board of the International Marine Transit Association (IMTA-Interferry) and a Committee Member of the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS). He is also a member of the Lloyd's Register Hellenic National Committee, the Greek Entrepreneurs Association, the Yacht Club of Greece, and the Entrepreneurship Association. Mr. Panagopulos is a Member of the Board of the Association of Greek Tourist Enterprises (SETE) as well as the Athens Skal Club. Mogens STENDRUP stendrup@stendrupfrejd.com Mogens Stendrup is the Managing Director and co-owner of the consultancy company Saabye, Stendrup & Frejd AB with focus on "Tourism & Hospitality". With a Bachelor in Business Administration followed by studies of Diploma in Commerce within Organisation and Finance at the Copenhagen School of Economics and Business Administration he started his career within the Hospitality Industry as Financial Controller at Radisson SAS Scandinavia Hotel in Copenhagen. By using the economic tools to plan future revenues and related costs based on market demand he soon found new challenges within Sales and Marketing. Today after 25 years of working experience within Hospitality and Tourism in Denmark and abroad he is a typical entrepreneur motivated by vision, strategy and results, and not afraid of going against the wind. He has special interest in developing methods within Revenue Management and Cost Allocation as a function of Revenue Management. 2001-2004: Area Vice President for Radisson SAS Hotels in Denmark and Iceland. and at the same time City General Manager for the 4 hotels in Copenhagen. 1991-2001: Regional Director for Radisson SAS Hotels in Finland. 1996-1999: General Manager for the first City Organisation of 3 hotels in Stavanger, Norway. From 1991-1996: Sales & Marketing Director for Radisson SAS Hotels in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. 1987-1991: Deputy for the Manager of Passengers in DFDS Seaways Denmark. 1983-1987: Sales & Marketing Director Radsisson SAS Scandinavia Hotel in Denmark. 1979-1983: Financial Controller same place. For many years board member in organisations related to tourism. And from 2004 external lecturer at the Institute Centre for Tourism and Culture Management for BA and MBA students at the Copenhagen Business School. Per STENMARCK per.stenmarck@moderat.se Member of the European Parliament January 1995- 2004. Member of the Transport Committee and the Budgets Committee. Budget Rapporteur and responsible for eight out of nine EU institutions for the budget 2003. Chairman for the European Parliament's delegation to Estonia 1999-2002. Group leader of the Swedish delegation to the EPP-ED-group and member of the Heads of National Delegation within the EPP-ED-group 2002-2004. From 1979 to 1995 Member of the Parliament of Sweden. Member or substitute member of Standing Committee on Traffic and Transportation 1979-1988. Member of the Special Committee on the European Economic Area (EEA) From 1983 to 1995 member of the Board of the Swedish Maritime Administration (Sjöfartsverket). Per Stenmarck has published two books in Swedish, and contributed to one in English, on the EU and the future of European cooperation Issued regularly two own newsletters during his years in the European Parliament. One called Europabrev (European Letter) as a monthly comment from the European Parliament's session in Strasbourg. The other Transportforum Europa - Nyhetsbrev (Transportforum Europe - Newsletter) was strictly based on transport related matters and as such directed to people who specialize on this subject. Bo-Lennart THORBJÖRNSSON consulting@shippax.se After gaining a Bachelor of Commerce at Lund University in 1972, he was appointed to Marketing Management Assistant with Lion Ferry AB, Sweden. Three years later, he was promoted to Marketing Manager which included management of the Varberg-Grenå (Denmark) route. In 1978, he became International Passenger Manager with overall sales and marketing responsibility for all Lion Ferry's routes. In 1981, he moved to DFDS Helsingborg as Line Manager. After two years, he became Managing Director of DFDS in Hamburg, Germany, where his contribution to management changes and restructuring led to the company becoming profitable again. Continuing with DFDS, but this time being based in Copenhagen, in 1984, he became Group Director and head of all DFDS Seaways' passenger routes. In the year 2000, he was appointed CEO and Managing Director for DFDS Seaways and Director of DFDS Group Executive Board, again based in Copenhagen. After seventeen years working away from his family Monday-Friday, he decided to leave DFDS and instead work as a Management Consultant based in Halmstad, using his many years of international experience. Mike WAKE wake@austal.com Having failed to become a professional footballer (not even Halmstad BK were intersted in signing him) he studied Naval Architecture, qualifying in 1975 form the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He worked intially with Swan Hunter Shipbuilders at the time when they were making the transition from building tankers to the "through-deck cruisers" Illustrius and Ark Royal (politically they were not allowed to be called aircraft carriers). This was followed by a time as a writer with "The Motor Ship" magazine before becoming editor of the journals of the Royal Intitution of Naval Architects, including "The Naval Architect", "Warship Technology", "Small Craft", "Ship and Boat" and "Shiprepair and Conversion Technology". He started working with Austal in 1994 at the time when the company was planning to enter the fast car ferry market. He is now a shareholder of the company and heads their European sales initiative. Frank WALL wall@elvetham.freeserve.co.uk Prior to his retirement from public service in 2004 Frank worked in the United Kingdom Department for Transport's Shipping Policy Divisions. His responsibilities included maritime safety, marine pollution prevention and response, liability and compensation, search and rescue, major accident investigations and support for the UK shipping industry. He represented the UK at the IMO and at the International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds. He was a member of the UK team in the negotiations leading to the Stockholm Agreement on ferry stability. In 2002 Frank was appointed to chair the negotiations which led to the amendments to SOLAS Chapter XI-2 and the ISPS Code. He has since served as the Chairman of the IMO's Maritime Security Working Group. He has spoken extensively on maritime security issues and has acted as an IMO Consultant in the Philippines, Vietnam, the Caribbean, Poland, Pakistan, Cambodia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Guinea- Bissau, Myanmar and Bangladesh and has also advised the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on aspects of their port facility security. Tel +46 35 218370 Fax +46 35 130129 E-mail: conference@shippax.se |
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