Alex Azparrent

Director of Logistics, Supply Chain & Commercial Strategies

Fluor

Alex Azparrent is an experienced and proven leader with over 20 years of logistics and supply chain experience, at Fluor since 2007. He relocated to Santiago, Chile in January 2018, to work on Anglo American’s Quellaveco project. Before being named Global Director of Logistics Operations at Fluor, Azparrent was Director of Logistics Americas, and prior to that Logistics Manager for Fluor Chile for the mining division. Azparrent has been involved in projects executed in the United States, Middle East, Mexico, Egypt, Algeria, West Africa, and South America. He has spent a good part of his career in the field, where he was able to get a full perspective of the importance of logistics in the successful execution of projects. He brings a wealth of experience in the project sector, having worked in various project business lines including mining and metals, power, oil and gas, pipelines, and LNG plants. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration, from Iowa State University. He is also a Global Executive MBA graduate from TRIUM (2015) a three university program – NYU Stern, London School of Economics, and HEC Paris.

Alexander Fløtre

Vice President Offshore Wind

Rystad Energy

Alexander Dobrowen Fløtre is a Vice President in the Energy Services Research team at Rystad Energy. In his role as Product Manager for Rystad Energy’s Offshore Wind Solutions, his key focus is to cover the developments in the industry and analyze the future potential for offshore wind. Starting as a Management Consultant at Rystad Energy, Alexander has been with company since 2016. He holds an MSc in Economics from the Norwegian School of Economics and the Kenan-Flagler Business School (UNC). 

Andrew Gardner

President of Kiewit Supply Network

Kiewit 

Andrew Gardner is president of Kiewit Supply Network (KSN), overseeing procurement and supply chain activities across all Kiewit Corporation markets. Prior to stepping into his current role, Andrew managed KSN support for all of Kiewit’s power and energy projects. 

Andrew joined the company in 1998 as an engineer before serving in multiple leadership roles across North America as a senior engineer, design engineering director, and estimator. Before joining KSN, Andrew was project manager overseeing engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning of the Lackawanna Energy Center in Jessup, Pennsylvania. He’s been project sponsor on several high profile engineering, procurement and construction projects including the Napanee Generating Station in Ontario, Canada, the Scattergood Unit 3 Repowering job in Los Angeles, and the natural gas-fired Marsh Landing Generation Station project in Antioch, California.  

Andrew holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia. 

Kiewit is one of North America’s largest and most respected construction and engineering organizations. The company had revenues of $12.5 billion in 2020.

Beata Bac

Global Category Manager International and Project Logistics

Shell

Beata Bac joined Shell in 2009. In her current role, she is responsible for sourcing and contracting strategy and SRM to address business needs across Royal Dutch Shell. Over her 24-year career she has held various supply chain and contracting & procurement roles at Shell Downstream and Upstream and at AP Moller-Maersk which span from operations to strategy at the local, regional and global level. Bac has a Master’s degree in transportation and logistics and a Bachelor’s degree in freight forwarding from Gdansk University. She holds diplomas as European senior logistician at the senior management level from the European Logistics Association & European Certification Board for Logistics as well as a professional diploma in logistics and transport from the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport UK.

Ben Collins

Global Project Cargo Manager

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company

Ben Collins leads a dedicated global team, which provides breakbulk and out-of-gauge services and first-class project cargo management, with the benefit of MSC’s fleet of 560 vessels.

Building on five decades of MSC’s experience of shipping oversized freight, Ben injects his own personal passion into planning and successful execution in this specialised sector and has helped MSC in recent years cement its position as a trusted provider of project cargo services.

Following two decades at MSC UK, where Ben held management positions in Operational & Commercial departments, he is now based at MSC’s headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, and proudly leads a team of specialised project cargo managers located in MSC agencies around the world.

MSC is present in 155 countries and offers 200 ocean services, calling at 500 ports, as well as intermodal and logistics solutions.

Bradley Smeeton

Event Director

Breakbulk Europe

Carly Fields

News Editor

Breakbulk Magazine

Carly Fields is a specialist shipping journalist and editor with 20 years’ experience of reporting on a variety of different maritime and trade topics. She has received a number of accolades for her feature-writing and editing skills, including International Editor of the Year and Environmental Journalist of the Year in industry-specific awards. Fields is also a long-standing Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, where she delivers training to young professionals on shipping business and is part of the examination team for students looking to develop a career in the industry.
 

Christel Pullens

President, WISTA the Netherlands; Managing Director, Sea Ranger Service

Pure coincidence led to the start of my career on a Belgian shipyard 24 years ago. I’ve loved the international maritime industry ever since. By closing contracts and executing projects for almost any type of inland and oceangoing vessel in over 60 countries, I’ve built up my technical and commercial project knowledge over the years. I am currently working as Managing Director for the Sea Ranger Service, a social enterprise offering zero-emission solutions to deliver offshore services. Working with purpose-built offshore sailing work vessels and offering young adults a learning/working experience via a unique method, the Sea Ranger Service aims to be at the forefront of pioneering clean solutions to build a sustainable blue economy. I strongly believe in diversity and am proud to have been appointed as President of WISTA The Netherlands. This role enables me to positively contribute to the careers of women in our industry. 

Claudia Ohlmeier

Head of Section Class Systematics, Data and Operation Centre, DNV; President, WISTA Germany

Since March 2021, Claudia has been heading up the section Class Systematics, Data and Operation Centre within DNV. The section deals with DATE cases, remote surveys, follow-up of PSC detentions, fleet monitoring and issuance of certificates related to ships in service that are certificated by DNV. In addition to her role at DNV, Claudia is also the current President of WISTA Germany.  

Danny Levenswaard

Director Breakbulk

Port of Rotterdam

Danny Levenswaard assumed the role of management for the Port of Rotterdam’s breakbulk department in April 2016. Employed at the port since 1992, he is able to draw on a great deal of relevant experience. After several roles in Human Resources he worked for nine years as Senior Business Manager Shipping (Bulk & Shipping) and prior to that served as Business Development Manager Industry & Bulk at the port’s commercial department. Levenswaard’s ambitions match the efforts of the Port Authority to develop the port of Rotterdam into the leading breakbulk port of Northwest Europe.
 
The Breakbulk department of the Port of Rotterdam Authority focuses on the commercial development of several segments: project cargo and heavy lift, forest products, steel and non-ferrous metals, cars, agrofood and warehousing. The port has specialized terminals for every kind of breakbulk cargo, the largest fleet of floating cranes in Europe and excellent hinterland connections. The dedicated service providers, who are on standby 24/7, and the modern facilities ensure that breakbulk can be efficiently processed any time of day.