HOMEABOUT USOUR PEOPLESAFETYSUSTAINABILITYOUR BUSINESSNEWSINVESTORS Home/ About Us/ Board of Directors BW Group Board of Directors Management Committee History Global Offices BW Group Fleet Contact Us Privacy Statement Board of Directors Dr Helmut Sohmen Chairman Dr Helmut Sohmen joined the World-Wide Shipping group in Hong Kong in 1970, having been trained as a lawyer in Austria and the United States. He became chairman of the group in 1986. After his family's acquisitions of N&T Argonaut in Sweden in 2001, and of Bergesen d.y. ASA in Oslo in 2003, he also assumed the chairmanship of these two companies. Since 2005 Dr Sohmen is also chairman of the Board of BW Offshore Limited listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. Dr Sohmen has always been active in industry and community affairs. He was chairman of the International Maritime Industries Forum and of the International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation in London, President of the Baltic and International Maritime Council in Copenhagen, and International Chairman of the Pacific Basin Economic Council in Honolulu. In Hong Kong he served as chairman of the Hong Kong Shipowners Association, of the HK General Chamber of Commerce, and of the HK Academy for Performing Arts, as a member of the Courts of Hong Kong University and the HK University of Science and Technology, and as a member of the Legislative Council. For many years he was a non-executive director of HSBC Holdings plc in London, and of its subsidiary in Hong Kong. Mr Amaury de Seze Mr Amaury de Seze joined the Board of Directors in December 2007. He has been Vice-Chairman of the Board of Power Corporation of Canada since 2008, Lead Independent Director of Carrefour since 2006 and is on the board of Publicis, Groupe Bruxelles Lambert and Pargesa, amongst others. Mr de Seze began his career in 1968 at Bull General Electric. From 1978 to 1993, he was with the Volvo Group holding various positions including Chief Executive Officer, President and Executive Vice President of Volvo France, Senior Vice President of AB Volvo and President of Volvo European Corporate Office. He joined the Paribas group in 1993 and held senior positions within the group. Mr de Seze was previously on the Group Executive Committee of AB Volvo, the Management Board of Compagnie Financière and Bank Paribas, the Group Executive Committee of BNP Paribas, and Chairman and CEO of PAI partners, amongst others. Mr John B Harrison Mr John B Harrison joined the Board of Directors in November 2010. He is also currently the Vice Chairman of BW LPG Limited, an Independent Non-Executive Director of AIA Group, The Hong Kong Stock Exchange, LME Clear and The London Metal Exchange where he serves as Chairman of their Audit Committees. Mr Harrison joined KPMG in London in 1977 after graduating from Durham University with a Mathematics degree. He transferred to KPMG in Hong Kong in 1983 and became a partner in 1987. From 2003-2009, Mr Harrison was Chairman of KPMG Asia Pacific and China and Hong Kong. He retired in 2010 as Deputy Global Chairman of KPMG International. Mr Harrison is currently a Member of the Council of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and a Member of the Investment Advisory Committee of Australian Super. He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Sir John Rose Sir John Rose joined the Board of Directors in January 2012. He is currently Deputy Chairman of Rothschild Group, and Chairman of the Holdingham Group. Sir Rose is an Adviser to the Greenbriar Equity Group and the Abu Dhabi Executive Affairs Authority, and a trustee of the Eden Project and the Baker Dearing Trust. Sir John was with the First National Bank of Chicago and Security Pacific before joining Rolls Royce in 1984 where he was Director of Corporate Development (1989-1994), President and Chief Executive of Rolls-Royce Inc (1993-1994), Managing Director of the Aerospace Group (1995) and Chief Executive (1996-2011). Sir John was conferred knighthood in 2003. In 2008, he was made a Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur, and awarded the Singapore Public Service Star. Sir John is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society. He was Chairman of the Council of The Prince's Trust, and President of the European Association of Aerospace Industries and the Society of British Aerospace Companies. Mr Peter D Sutherland Mr Peter Sutherland joined the Board of Directors in July 2009. He is currently Chairman of Goldman Sachs International, Chairman of the London School of Economics, and UN Special Representative for Migration and Development. Mr Sutherland also serves on the board of Allianz, Koç Holding A.S. and is a member of the advisory board of Eli Lilly. Amongst others, Mr Sutherland was previously Chairman of BP plc (1997-2009), Director General of the World Trade Organisation (formerly GATT, 1993-1995), and Chairman of Allied Irish Banks (1989-1993). From 1998-2005, he was a member of the Hong Kong Chief Executive's Council of International Advisers. Mr Sutherland has been decorated by the United Kingdom (honorary knighthood), France, Belgium, Brazil, the Vatican, Portugal, Spain, Morocco and New Zealand, and has numerous honorary degrees. Mrs Lim Hwee Hua Mrs Lim Hwee Hua joined the Board of Directors in January 2014. She is currently an Executive Director of Tembusu Partners, a Senior Advisor to Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts, a member of the Asia Advisory Board, Westpac Institutional Bank, and a non-executive director of Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd and Stamford Land Corporation Ltd. Mrs Lim was an Independent Non-Executive member of the Ernst & Young Global Advisory Council (2011-2014). Mrs Lim was first elected to Parliament in December 1996 and served till May 2011, last as Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore, and concurrently as Second Minister for Finance and Transport. Between April 2002 and July 2004, she was Deputy Speaker of Parliament and Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee. Prior to joining the Singapore Cabinet, Mrs Lim held various positions at Temasek Holdings (2000-2004), Jardine Fleming (1992-2000), Swiss Bank Corporation (1989-1992) and the Ministries of Finance, Education and Law (1981-1989). 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