Team: Ambassador

Prior to becoming a pilot in 2008, Winston spent 23 years at sea which included command experience on a variety of ships.  Apart from active piloting, he is a maritime lecturer and Lead Auditor for ISO 9001 and the ISM Code. Over the years at the Trinidad and Tobago Pilots’ Association, he served on the…

Gary began his maritime career in 1989 with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary providing afloat support services for the Royal Navy. In 2001 he became a pilot on the Humber where he continues to serve as a senior pilot. Additionally, Gary works as a maritime consultant and is also a Director of Fathom Safety a company…

Sam started his career in the Merchant Navy in 2011 on ferries as a second officer, he has also sailed within the cruise industry. He came shoreside in 2017 as a Marine Operations Manager for Saga Cruises for four years. Sam has since taken the position as Head of Training for the Maritime Skills Academy…

Captain Hemant is a master mariner, MBA and a Fellow of the Nautical Institute (FNI). He has sailed for 16 years and was in port operations for 12 years, of which 8 years were in Singapore. For the last 4 years, he has been in the shipping and port consultancy at Drewry (a 50 years…

Artem has over 15 years of experience in maritime industry. He is a certified ISM/ISPS auditor and maritime/safety instructor. Artem started his career in 2001 as a cadet on sail training ship, participating in the Cutty Sark Tall Ships Races. He graduated from Odessa National Maritime Academy in 2004 as BSc and in 2006 acquired…

Adj. Professor. Dr. Capt. Manivannan Subramaniam started his career as a Deck Cadet aboard an LNG carrier and obtained his COC class 1 (unlimited) before going ashore to lecture at ALA (Akademi Laut Malaysia). While in ALAM,  he was conferred with PhD, by UTM and in 2021 American Digital University (ADU), Inc. USA recognised him…

Eddy is an experienced RYA Yacht master and instructor who holds a <500GT commercial yachting certificate gained at the Belgian Naval Academy. He now works as a freelance RYA instructor and is the founder and CEO of Nautinstruct at Neiupoort.

Alexander is currently working as a Roving Master / Safety Training Officer for an international company with more than 90 vessels including tankers, bulk & ro-ro. He provides safety and operational training for all ranks.

After gaining a degree in in Marine Transportation, Brian became a Deck Cadet on bulk and container ships in the Philippines. He has a passion for maritime safety.

Sundeep Sequeira made Singapore his Port of Registry after a sea career of 15 years. He now specialises in digitalisation enablement, learning technologies, competence management & content solutions for blue water crews and ships. He has delivered “Training Matters” engagement sessions at numerous crew seminars within the region in addition to training simulator instructors on…

Georgios has a diploma in structural engineering and a degree in Engineering and Nautical Science. He began his maritime career an ordinary seaman on tugboats before graduating from the Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy in Bulgaria as a Navigator. He has subsequently achieved his COC and has seagoing experience in crude oil, LNG and LPG carriers.…

Chair of “Safety of Navigation” department of TCCS NU “Odessa Maritime Academy”. Founder of maritime education project “Learnmarine”. Graduated from Odessa National Maritime Academy, faculty of “Deep Sea Navigation” as B.Sc. with rewards in 2005. M.Sc. with rewards in 2007, Ph.D. in “Navigation and Motion Control” in 2010, and D.Sc. in “Navigation and Motion Control”…