DOUWE
AMELS
Douwe has maritime blood running through his veins as a member of the Amels family with a shipbuilder as a grandfather and a maritime entrepreneur as a father. For a while he even was a Marine Technology student himself. He ended up taking a slightly different route though, earning his Master of Law degree in business law. He is now Business Developer on Sustainable Shipping at TNO, an independent, not-for-profit research organisation based in the Netherlands.
JOHN
JACOBSEN
John is one of the founders and CEO of Nordic Circles, a company that upcycles steel from ships and oil rigs into building products. Through their unique process they deliver building products with almost zero Co2 emissions. They designed and produced the first upcycled fish hotel which was acclaimed world-changing idea by FastCompany in 2021.
HUGO
DE STOOP
Hugo holds a Master in Engineering (ULB), an MBA (INSEAD) and a Certificate in Corporate venture and Innovation (INSEAD). He was the CEO of Euronav from 2019 until 2023, the leading crude oil tanker shipping company that he joined in 2004 and where he held various positions including CFO between 2008 and 2019. He started his career with Mustad Intl Group, where he worked as a Project Manager on various assignment in the U.S., EU and LatAm. He founded First Tuesday in America, the world’s largest meeting place for high tech entrepreneurs, venture capitalists & companies. He then joined Davos Financial Corp. London, an external fund manager of UBS Group where he became an Associate and later a Vice President. He is the Co-Founder and CEO of Marine Metals.
ROSANNE VAN
HOUWELINGEN
Rosanne is Innovation Project Manager at Maritime & Offshore NL, which is the trade association for the Dutch maritime and offshore industry. She advances circularity and sustainability in maritime and offshore sectors by strengthening EU shipbuilding through partnerships, innovation management, training development, and clear communication among industry, research, and policy stakeholders.
JOHANNES
THRANE
Chief Sustainability & Communications Officer and Head of Special Projects at AF Offshore Decom
HELEN
PERIVIER
President of the Board of Directors at NGO Shipbreaking Platform
BERT
VAN GRIEKEN
Commercial Director at Sea2Cradle
INGVILD
JENSSEN
Executive Director & Founder at NGO Shipbreaking Platform
JOHANNES
THRANE
Johannes has worked within the North Sea decommissioning industry since the start of his AF-Gruppen career in 2004, most recently working in the role of Chief Sustainability & Communications Officer and Head of Special Projects for AF Offshore Decom. During his career Johannes has been instrumental in the successful execution of several major EPRD projects working in a variety of roles including Offshore Construction Manager, Project Manager, Project Director and VP Commercial. Johannes has a Master of Science degree from the Norwegian University of Science & Technology and has attended INSEAD’s Management Acceleration Programme.
HELEN
PERIVIER
Helen is a qualified navigation officer and has ten years of experience serving on ships as a maritime professional and in environmental research, advocacy and education tours. She successfully led the Greenpeace campaign on the European REACH chemicals legislation and has been working on the shipbreaking issue for more than a decade. Helen has a deep understanding of campaigning on environmental issues at both the international and the European level. She holds a M.Sc. in Integrated Coastal Ecosystem Science, Policy & Management from the University of New Hampshire and a ALM in Sustainability & Environmental Management from the Harvard Extension School. Helen is one of the five founding members of the Platform.
BERT
VAN GRIEKEN
Bert is the commercial director of Sea2Cradle.Through his involvement in a large range of projects
for various owners, finding and managing the best solution for responsible recycling of their end-of-
life-assets, Bert has gained in-depth knowledge of all aspects of ship and offshore recycling.He holds
a Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Eindhoven University of Technology and has been
working in the maritime and shipping sector since 1995.During over 20 years in container shipping
he held various commercial positions for Nedlloyd, P&O Nedlloyd and Maersk in the Netherlands and
abroad, after which he moved to inland container barging, developing solutions for zero-emission
transportation, before joining Sea2Cradle in 2021.
INGVILD
JENSSEN
Ingvild has been the NGO Shipbreaking Platform’s spokesperson and represented the coalition in negotiations and advocacy work at the United Nations and European level since the inception of the organisation in 2005. She holds a MSc in Political Science from the University of Oslo with social anthropology and international law as minors. Prior to joining the Platform, Ingvild was part of ARENA, a leading research program on European policies, where she contributed to the CIDEL project and held courses in political theory for graduate students.
