Berit Hinnemann
Director, Head of Decarbonization Business Development, Maersk
Berit is Head of Decarbonization Business Development at Maersk and is working on projects to decarbonise shipping with a focus on future marine fuels. Before joining Maersk in April 2020, she worked for Haldor Topsoe for 13 years in roles within R&D, business development, technology scouting and corporate strategy, covering technical and commercial projects across ammonia...
Berit is Head of Decarbonization Business Development at Maersk and is working on projects to decarbonise shipping with a focus on future marine fuels. Before joining Maersk in April 2020, she worked for Haldor Topsoe for 13 years in roles within R&D, business development, technology scouting and corporate strategy, covering technical and commercial projects across ammonia, methanol, syngas and refinery catalysts and technologies. Berit has also worked as a research scientist in materials science at Princeton University. She has a master’s in physics from the University of Duisburg-Essen and a PhD in physics from the Technical University of Denmark with a focus on catalysis and ammonia synthesis.
Ajay Singh
Managing Director, Global Energy and Executive Advisor, Mitsui OSK Lines
Ajay came to Mol following a 25-year career in the oil and gas industry, during which he delivered new projects and deals in the LNG, exploration and production, and downstream segments across Asia, the Middle East, Europe, west Africa and North America. During his time at Shell in 1995-2014, Ajay helped establish the company’s LNG business in India and its upstream busine...
Ajay came to Mol following a 25-year career in the oil and gas industry, during which he delivered new projects and deals in the LNG, exploration and production, and downstream segments across Asia, the Middle East, Europe, west Africa and North America. During his time at Shell in 1995-2014, Ajay helped establish the company’s LNG business in India and its upstream business in Iraq. He was a special advisor to the chairman and president of Japanese upstream firm Japex from 2014 to 2020. Ajay holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the Walchand College of Engineering in India, an MBA from Manchester Business School, and he has taken part in the advanced management programme at Harvard Business School.
Constantinos Capetanakis
Bunker Director, Starbulk SA
From 1998 to 2002, Constantinos was Legal Counsel at Excel Maritime Carriers, a Piraeus-based shipping company listed on the NYSE. Between 2004 and 2013, he was a shareholder and Director of family-run Quantum Shipping, where he was responsible for investment strategy and managerial, commercial and legal issues. In 2014, Constantinos joined Starbulk, initially as General M...
From 1998 to 2002, Constantinos was Legal Counsel at Excel Maritime Carriers, a Piraeus-based shipping company listed on the NYSE. Between 2004 and 2013, he was a shareholder and Director of family-run Quantum Shipping, where he was responsible for investment strategy and managerial, commercial and legal issues. In 2014, Constantinos joined Starbulk, initially as General Manager of the group’s private vessels and then as Executive Vice-President - Control Director of the Ship Procurement Services SA. He has been in his current role since 2019. In 2020, Constantinos was elected to the board of the International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA), and will be the association’s new Vice-Chairman from 1 April. He also chairs the IBIA’s Future Fuels Working Group.
Rustin Edwards
Head of Fuel Oil Procurement, Euronav
Rustin has worked in the oil industry for more than 20 years. Before becoming head of fuel oil procurement at Euronav, he worked at Macquarie Commodities Trading, leading the IMO 2020 strategy. Before this, he was the global head of fuel and feedstock trading at Cargill. He also spent seven years at Chevron, managing fuel oil and feedstock trading businesses supporting the...
Rustin has worked in the oil industry for more than 20 years. Before becoming head of fuel oil procurement at Euronav, he worked at Macquarie Commodities Trading, leading the IMO 2020 strategy. Before this, he was the global head of fuel and feedstock trading at Cargill. He also spent seven years at Chevron, managing fuel oil and feedstock trading businesses supporting the US refinery base and managing bunker supply and trading businesses in Latin America and the US. Prior to this, he spent seven years at Hess working in supply and trading operations and as a port captain at the Hovensa refinery in St Croix. Rustin is a licensed master mariner and a graduate of the US Merchant Marine Academy. He has an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University in North Carolina.
Ingrid Kylstad
Sustainability Lead, ZeroLab by Torvald Klaveness
Established in 2021, ZeroLab is dedicated to the decarbonisation of seaborne supply chains. Ingrid joined last year from her position as Chief Operating Officer at Katapult Ocean, an accelerator for ocean-tech start-ups. Before that, she spent several years working on EU public and regulatory affairs, including as Brussels representative for the Norwegian Shipowners Associ...
Established in 2021, ZeroLab is dedicated to the decarbonisation of seaborne supply chains. Ingrid joined last year from her position as Chief Operating Officer at Katapult Ocean, an accelerator for ocean-tech start-ups. Before that, she spent several years working on EU public and regulatory affairs, including as Brussels representative for the Norwegian Shipowners Association. She currently sits on the board of Solstad Offshore. Ingrid holds an MSc in European studies from the London School of Economics and a BA in political science from Maastricht University.