Leading international operator of modern dry bulk vessels

Our Leadership

AJ Rahman

AJ Rahman Flag of Canada

Chairman & Group CEO

Guy Cooper Flag of Bermuda

Board Member

Board of Directors

Marcello Ausenda Flag of Bermuda

Board Member

Board of Directors

Victor Richards Flag of Bermuda

Board Member

Kazi Rumi

Kazi Rumi Flag of Canada

Executive Director, Corporate Affairs

AJ Rahman

AJ Rahman Flag of Canada

Chairman & Group CEO

Michael Fenger Flag of Denmark

COO and Head of Global Chartering

Niels K. Kjaer-Petersen Flag of Denmark

Commercial Director and Co-Head of Atlantic Business Unit

Michael Madsen Flag of Denmark

Commercial Director & Co Head - Atlantic Business Unit

Stephen Lamb Flag of USA

Head of Legal

Chartering

Amit Kumar Flag of India

Commercial Director, India Ocean Business Unit

Abhijit Palande Flag of India

Commercial Director, Pacific Business Unit

Hemant K. Tiwari

Hemant K. Tiwari Flag of India

Commercial Director

Mads Haugaard Flag of Denmark

General Manager

Man Ho Lee

Man Ho Lee Flag of South Korea

Head of Steels & Parceling

Kasper Bihlet Flag of USA

Senior Chartering Manager

Kaare Grenness Flag of Denmark

General Manager

Operations & Post-Fixture

Capt. Jaspreet Singh Chhabra Flag of Singapore

Director and Head of Operations, Pacific

Jacob Koch Blicher Flag of Denmark

Director, Head of Operations, Atlantic

Michael Dos Santos Flag of Portugal

Director and Head of Operations, Indian Ocean

Capt. Nitin Jadhav Flag of India

Director of Global Port Operations

KV Suresh

KV Suresh Flag of India

Sr. VP & Head of Global Post Fixture

Corporate

Kazi Rumi

Kazi Rumi Flag of Canada

Executive Director, Corporate Affairs

Joseph Rosenbaum

Joseph Rosenbaum Flag of USA

Chief Human Resources Officer

Caren Kwan

Caren Kwan Flag of USA

Group Corporate Controller

Sanjiv Shah Flag of Canada

Executive Director, Finance & Accounts

General Manager Operations, Toronto

Sohel Chaudhury Flag of Canada

Director of Marine Accounting

Tareef Rahman

Tareef Rahman Flag of USA

Director, Business Development and Strategy

Risk Management & Bunker

Henrik Gateman Flag of Norway

Head of Market Risk

Kevin Kolano

Kevin Kolano Flag of USA

Manager, Credit Risk

Kim Gade

Kim Gade Flag of Denmark

Head of Bunker Department

AJ Rahman

AJ Rahman Flag of Canada

Chairman & Group CEO

Mr. AJ Rahman is the Chairman of the board of directors of Norvic Shipping international Ltd. Mr. Rahman is also the CEO and founder of Norvic Maritime group, the parent company of Norvic International Ltd.

He has been involved in the shipping business as an entrepreneur since 1991 founding several successful shipping companies. Mr. Rahman holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce and MBS from University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Guy Cooper Flag of Bermuda

Board Member

Mr. Guy Cooper has been a board member of Norvic Shipping International Ltd. since 2018.

Mr. Cooper is a corporate lawyer specialising in bank and asset finance, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions and group restructurings. Mr. Cooper holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Newcastle, UK and a PgDL and LPC from The College of Law, Guilford, UK.

Board of Directors

Marcello Ausenda Flag of Bermuda

Board Member

Mr. Marcello Ausenda has been a board member of Norvic Shipping International Ltd. since 2016.

He is also a lawyer with a specialization in corporate matters, mergers & acquisitions and capital markets. Mr. Ausenda holds a bachelor’s degree from McGill University, Montreal, and LLB from London School of Economics, UK.

Board of Directors

Victor Richards Flag of Bermuda

Board Member

Mr. Victor Richards has been a board member of Norvic Shipping International Ltd. since 2016.

Furthermore, he is a lawyer with a specialization in shipping, maritime, finance and corporate matters. Mr. Richards holds a bachelor’s degree from University of Western Ontario, Canada and MA (Legal Studies) from University of Bristol, UK.

Kazi Rumi

Kazi Rumi Flag of Canada

Executive Director, Corporate Affairs

Mr. Kazi Rumi became a board member of Norvic Shipping International Ltd. in 2020. He has also been serving the company as the Executive Director, Corporate Affairs since 2016.

Mr. Rumi holds a B.Sc. degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology, Bangladesh.”

Michael Fenger Flag of Denmark

COO and Head of Global Chartering

Michael Fenger joined Norvic Shipping in 2019 and is the COO and Global Head of Chartering.

Mr. Fenger began his shipping career in 1981 in a Danish Shipbroking company, and has been working in the industry ever since. This has all been within the drybulk sector, only interrupted by an early break spending 2 years at sea working as a cadet for J .Lauritzen A/S.

Since then Michael has spent 10 years working with TKB, 8 years with Armada Shipping in Switzerland and 10 years with Copenship A/S where he was acting as the CEO. He has in the last 4 years been setting up commercial offices in Copenhagen for two different drybulk owners and operators, before he joined Norvic Shipping.

Michael Fenger is a Danish National and resides in Dubai.

Niels K. Kjaer-Petersen Flag of Denmark

Commercial Director and Co-Head of Atlantic Business Unit

Niels K. Kjaer-Petersen joined Norvic Shipping in September 2019.

Mr. Kjaer-Petersen has over 30 years of experience working with various companies in the United States, Singapore, Switzerland, and Denmark. He started his career with Weco Shipping, an old Danish shipowner, and then moved to Singapore, spending 3 years there working with an exclusive broking shop. In 1992, Niels joined Armada Shipping to set up their new office in the United States. He left the group in 2003 after having worked the last 5 years as commercial manager of the Swiss office. In 2004, he joined MUR Shipping to start the group’s Atlantic activities and head their office in Copenhagen, working there for 15 years before joining Norvic Shipping.

Niels K. Kjaer-Petersen is a Danish national and resides in Denmark.

Michael Madsen Flag of Denmark

Commercial Director & Co Head - Atlantic Business Unit

Mr. Michael Madsen joined Norvic in 2016 to start up and manage Norvic’s office in Houston as the Commercial Director.

Mr. Madsen began his shipping career in 1996 at Armada Shipping in Denmark. In 1998 he moved to Connecticut for Parcel Tankers, which was partly owned by Armada Shipping. Later that same year he moved to Armada Shipping’s U.S.A. dry bulk desk. In 2002 he joined J. Lauritzen U.S.A., where he worked his way up within Lauritzen Bulkers. He began as a chartering manager, and progressed to Senior Chartering Manager, focusing on business in the Americas. In 2014 he transferred to Singapore where he worked as the Team leader for Lauritzen Bulker’s Supramax Pacific team.

Mr. Madsen is a Danish national residing in the USA.

Stephen Lamb Flag of USA

Head of Legal

Mr. Stephen Lamb joined Norvic Shipping in 2018 to manage the day to day operations of the Legal Department as the Head of Legal.

Mr. Lamb has more than 25 years of experience in maritime law and is dual qualified as an English solicitor and American lawyer.

Mr. Lamb joins us from Western Bulk where he was previously Legal Counsel for 9 years. Prior to that, Mr. Lamb worked for the Eitzen Group (now UltraBulk), practiced law in Washington DC, and worked for a member of the US Congress.

Stephen Lamb is an American national and resides in Copenhagen.

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