Chairman of Hong Kong Shipowners Association (HKSOA) and Chief Executive Officer at Anglo-Eastern Univan Group
Bio
Bjorn Hojgaard is Chairman of the Hong Kong Shipowners Association and CEO of Anglo-Eastern Univan Group, a ship management company.
Previously, he was Managing Director at Thome Ship Management, Brigantine Group, and A.P. Moller Singapore, as well as Manager of Operations, Efficiency & IT for APM Terminals.
A keen yachtsman and Master Mariner, Bjorn worked his way up through the ranks, from military service in the Royal Danish Navy to Captain of one of the largest container vessels in the A.P. Moller – Maersk merchant fleet, before moving into shore-side management.
A graduate of A.P. Moller – Maersk’s prestigious MAESTRO program, Bjorn also trained in executive leadership strategy and organization at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, Palo Alto, USA.
He has served two terms on the Singapore Shipping Association’s Council and as Chairman of its Technical Committee (2009-2011), delivering the SSA’s draft proposal on piracy to the UN Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) in New York in June 2011.