Andrew has a long international background in the maritime industry, working as Chief Operating Officer for leading companies such as Wilhelmsen Ships Service and Wallem Group before joining the Sustainable Shipping Initiative, as Executive Director, in August 2018.
In his time at SSI, Andrew has overseen…
• An expanded work programme and industry engagement, addressing systemic sustainability issues in shipping
• An updated roadmap to guide the industry on its journey to sustainability across six vision areas, emphasising the need for sustainability to be holistic
• Growth in members across the maritime ecosystem, including the first port member of the initiative, Port of Vancouver, as well as expansion of SSI’s NGO members, bringing in the human rights expertise of the Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB)
• An updated strategy to take SSI to 2025, catalysing change: by supporting the leading companies to act, tracking and challenging the industry’s progress in ways thatstimulate and accelerate action on specific emerging issues, and providing additional opportunities for interested organisations to get involved in SSI’s work