Advisory Panel
 
Mr Esben Poulsson
Chairman, Avra Asia Pte Ltd


Mr Esben Poulsson is the Chairman of Avra Asia Pte. Ltd, a commodity trading and shipping business established in Singapore at the end of 2010 that is strongly backed by international investors. Mr Poulsson has worked in the maritime industry for over 40 years. He spent 20 years with TORM A/S in a variety of senior management positions in Hong Kong, London, Copenhagen and, most recently, as President & CEO of TORM Singapore Pte. Ltd before he stepped down in December 2009.

Aside from his Chairmanship in Avra Asia Pte Ltd., Esben Poulsson is also a Non Executive Director of Epic Shipping Singapore Pte. Ltd. and of Pacific Shipping Trust Management Pte. Ltd. He was recently appointed as Senior Advisor to Straits Tankers Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-based pool management company jointly owned by MOL, Tokyo and Hafnia Tankers, Copenhagen. He is Honorary Secretary, Council Member and Chairman of the International Committee of the Singapore Shipping Association and is a Committee Member, and past President, of the Danish Business Association of Singapore.


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