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24th November 2020

Punit
Oza

Mr. Punit Oza has over 30 years of experience in Dry Bulk Shipping, holding senior management positions in some leading shipping companies including Precious Shipping, Noble Group & Torvald Klaveness.  At Klaveness, after holding senior commercial positions, Punit spearheaded the digital transformation of Klaveness Dry Bulk, standardizing processes, upgrading systems & building competence across the entire organization. Following his stint in Torvald Klaveness, he also served as the Executive Director of Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration, driving transformation & positive changes, combining legal & commercial expertise.

After working in various corporates, Punit now helms his own company, Maritime NXT, Singapore, a platform dedicated to driving the “Next” in Maritime through investing, training, teaching, mentoring, consulting & collaborating in commercial shipping & digital transformation space. He is deeply involved with the maritime tech-startup space and is an angel investor and advisor in Motion Ventures, a VC fund focused on Sustainable Maritime and Supply Chain startups. Punit also sits on the advisory boards of Go Beyond Digital, a risk management solution powered by artificial intelligence & Tathya.Earth, a cutting-edge supply chain transparency solution enabled by analytic satellite imaging.

Punit holds a Masters in Shipping, Trade and Finance from Bayes (previously CASS) Business School, UK and a LLB and Post Graduate Diploma in Maritime Law from University of London.  He is an expert witness and a member of the Baltic Expert Witness Association (BEWA), UK.

Punit is a Senior Adjunct Fellow at Maritime & Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) Academy, and an Affiliated Research Fellow & Guest Lecturer at Singapore Management University (SMU) lecturing on “Geopolitical risks & their impact on shipping & trade flows”.  Punit is closely associated with BIMCO as a trainer for their courses.  He also sits on the advisory board of International Maritime Business Academy (IMBA), India.

He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers and currently the Vice Chairman of the Singapore Branch of the Institute.

Punit Oza (Ambassador, Singapore)'s specialist fields:
Carriage of Goods, Dry Bulk / Breakbulk, Commodities, Freight Derivatives / FFAs & Options, Management - Commercial & Technical / Operations, Maritime Law / Arbitration / Mediation
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