Bjørn Højgaard is CEO of Anglo Eastern Univan Group, one of the world’s leading ship management companies. He’s been director at Thome Ship Management, Brigantine Group and A.P. Møller Singapore, as well as manager of operations, efficiency & IT for APM Terminals.

Before moving into shore-side management, he was a master mariner with A.P. Møller - Maersk, commanding one of the shipping group’s largest container vessels at the time.

He is the present chairman of the Hong Kong Shipowners Association, a council member of INTERTANKO, chairman of the Maritime and Port Development Committee under the Hong Kong Maritime and Port Board, a member of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council’s Logistics Services Advisory Committee and a general committee member of The Sailors Home and Mission to Seafarers in Hong Kong.

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