The Board

Our international Board members provide a balanced representation of our ship-owning Membership and their insurers, ensuring we have the correct strategic direction.

About half of our Directors represent independent shipowners, the remainder are split between oil company affiliated shipowners and P&I Clubs who are part of the International Group of P&I Clubs.

• Erik Hånell, Stena Bulk, Sweden (Chairman)
• Oli Beavon - ITOPF Ltd (Managing Director) 
• Barbara Pickering - Chevron, USA
• Billy Chiu - BW Maritime Pte Ltd, Singapore
• Christen Guddal - Gard AS, Norway
• Christopher Bastis - SeaGroup Inc, USA
• Claus Grønborg - Maersk Tankers A/S, Denmark
• Demetrius Harrell - Shell International Trading & Shipping Co Ltd, UK 
• Hannes Thiede - F. Laeisz Schiffahrtsgesellschaft, Germany
• Jones Alexandre Barros Soares - Petrobras Transporte SA – Transpetro, Brazil
• Kate Lightfoot - ExxonMobil, SeaRiver Maritime Inc, USA
• Kevin Mackay - Teekay Shipping, Singapore
• Khalid Alhammad - Bahri Ship Management, Saudi Arabia
• Lambros Klaoudatos - BP Shipping Limited, UK
• Lois Zabrocky - International Seaways Inc, USA
• Maren Schroeder - Stolt Tankers, Netherlands
• Nikolas Tsakos - Tsakos Energy Navigation, Greece
• Ryuichi Takebayashi - Eneos Ocean Ltd, Japan
• Sue Watkins - Steamship Insurance Management Services, UK
• Tetsu Morita - Japan P&I Club, Japan
• Thomas Pinto - Seven Islands Shipping, India
• Tony Paulson - West of England P&I Club, UK
• Zhu Mai Jin - COSCO Shipping Tanker Company Ltd, China

Updated July 2024

Photo shows ITOPF Board Meeting, November 2023, Houston, USA