Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), the world’s leading maritime services provider, has appointed Romi Kaushal as Executive Vice President of Operations for their Asia Pacific region.
Based in Singapore, Romi will have operational management responsibility for 17 countries in the region. He will focus on driving growth for ISS by exploring and developing new business opportunities and will retain and reward ISS’ existing customers with a renewed emphasis on operational excellence and exceptional customer care.
With extensive experience in operations and shore based management, Romi has worked in senior commercial and operational positions across the globe. Romi was also a Principal Consultant for KPMG, CEO for the Emirates Shipping Line in Hong Kong and has held shipping roles in Hamburg, New York, Dubai and Montreal. He started his career at sea as an apprentice and was an officer at sea with P&O Bulk Shipping before coming ashore in 1996.
Said Michael van Hemert, ISS Group COO: “Romi’s extensive professional experience in customer care, operations, strategic business development and quality control, combined with a strong commercial background, will further enhance our regional team and we warmly welcome him to ISS.”
Romi Kaushal, ISS Executive Vice President of Operations, Asia Pacific.
Inchcape Shipping Services is the world’s leading maritime services provider. With over 300 proprietary offices in 66 countries, and a workforce of over 3,800, the company’s diverse global customer base now includes owners and charterers in the oil, cruise, container and bulk commodity sectors as well as naval, government and inter-governmental organisations.
ISS provides landside commercial and humanitarian logistics, transit, offshore support, informational and other associated marine services. The company also provides a growing range of outsourcing services including global crew and marine spares logistics; port hub agency management; and sophisticated Enterprise Resource Planning solutions through its subsidiary ShipNet.
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