After studying at the Nautical College “Michiel de Ruyter” at Vlissingen, Ton went to sea as a ships engineer for Shell Tankers. The sailing career lasted for 9 years after which he was “buried alive” as a senior process operator (aged 28!!!) for Shell Chemical Netherlands. This part of his career ,luckily, lasted for approximately 1 year as it was a terrible bore! May 4th 1987, he joined the forces of Corocor, what later became Recontec and finally, after being acquired by BELFOR, BELFOR Technology (Netherlands) BV as project manager. Since 2007 Ton serves the “BELFOR Countries” Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, UK, Spain and Singapore as Technical Sales Consultant.

Panos Smyroglou is educated in the UK with a B.Eng. in Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering from Glasgow University and an MSc. in Naval Architecture from Southampton University. He began his career with class and flag surveys, as well as, supervision of repairs and conversions for 3 years. For the next decade, he gained valuable experience in marine consultancy and dry-docking & repairs by renowned shipyards as the Commercial Manager of the oldest marine technical office in Greece. He founded Abacus Marine Consultants in 2007, to focus on ship repairs and equipment. Mr. Smyroglou became 'Director of Business Development' of Ecochlor Inc., USA, early in 2020 and established Ecochlor's Athens office since Greece is one of Ecochlor's most important markets

Guillaume Drillet is Regional Manager for EHS Marine Services at SGS. He has 19 years of experience working with environmental sciences in the public and private sectors. He holds a MSc with a major in coastal resources management (France) and a PhD in life sciences from Denmark. In 2011, he received the Young Elite Scientist Award from the Danish Ministry of Independent research.

Guillaume is supporting ship-owners and ship managers with their compliance monitoring and commissioning testing (VGP, MARPOL, EGCS, BWMS, Sanitation surveys). He is the chairman of the Global TestNet since 2016 (an organization supporting the robust testing of solutions to manage bio-invasions from shipping (ballast water and biofouling)). In the recent years he has been deeply involved in the revision of the guidelines for the testing of ballast water management systems as well as the development of methodology for the issuance of exemption according to regulation A4 of the ballast water management convention. Guillaume is also a consultant in the IMO Roster (IMO ITCP and IMO-NORAD MEPSEAS projects) dealing with the ballast water and AFS conventions. After 3 successful years as President of the WAS-APC chapter, Guillaume has recently been elected director of the board of the World Aquaculture Society (largest Aquaculture Inter-professional organization). Guillaume Drillet continues to deliver lectures in academia and to global organization. He is an ambassador to the Singapore Exhibition & Convention Bureau for his commitment to the organization of international scientific/technical events (e.g. ICBWM, WAS, SETAC...).

Currently Consulting; ballast water management, industrial and marine air emissions, industrial water treatment and vapor control industries.  Specializing in Ballast Water Treatment and Ballast Water Management – Type Approval, Technical and Regulatory Compliance, BWTS Selection/Installation/Integration and Business Development. Recently working with Sumitomo Electric Inc, Envirocleanse LLC and Ballast Water Containers Ltd on innovative BWT/BWM solutions.   Previously Giles more than a decade working at the forefront of the ballast water treatment industry with N.E.I. Treatment Systems, helping to develop the VOS Ballast Water Treatment System from 2002 – before the IMO Convention was finalized in 2004. Contributing to taking VOS from a fish tank pilot test in a warehouse to working with Hyundai Samho Shipyard to install the first BWTS aboard a VLCC.  

• Completed the first Type Approval Documentation for a BWTS – Venturi Oxygen Stripping (VOS}.
• Receiving the first Type Approval Certificate for a BWTS – VOS in 2007
• By 2012 had received Type Approvals from Flags representing over 45% of world tonnage
• Issued both USCG Shipboard Technology Evaluation Program (STEP) and Alternative Management System (AMS) for VOS.
• Completed tanker and bulk carrier new build installations – coasters to VLCC’s
• Completed container vessel retro-fit
• As Director of Global Sales. Managed a worldwide network of VOS agents growing commercially and increasing the technical and regulatory knowledge base.

  Before ballast treatment Giles managed industrial waste water treatment and vapor control projects. Mobilizing modular treatment equipment to industrial waste streams. Many different types of treatment were utilized in different treatment “trains” up to 7 or 8 stages on occasion. Treating hazardous liquids, sludge or gasses onsite with permitted processes allowed on-site non-hazardous (monitored) sewer or atmospheric discharge stopping the transport of thousands of tons of hazardous materials. Projects were completed throughout the U.S. always requiring rigorous operational and compliance management.

A high-performance leader with extensive experience in the MENA region, Nabil Ben Soussia joined IEC Telecom Group as Director of Technologies and Operations in 2008. In the capacity of Business Unit Director, Mr. Ben Soussia played a key role in the opening of the Abu Dhabi office in 2011. In 2014, Mr. Ben Soussia initiated the opening of a new office in Kazakhstan, and in the same year, he became Managing Director of the Middle East division. Mr. Ben Soussia moved into the role of Group Vice President in 2018, responsible for the strategic vision and management of the maritime segment. With the increased scope of his profile and responsibilities within the Group, Mr. Ben Soussia has advanced to the role of CEO Asia, Middle East & CIS in 2020. In his tenure so far, Mr. Ben Soussia has been instrumental in earning international recognition for IEC Telecom, including Thuraya Best Performing SP Maritime (2014, 2018), YahClick Service Partner of the Year (2014), YahClick Innovation Excellence Award (2018), and many more.

Anil Saini is Management Consultant actively engaged in Maritime Digitalisation sphere by consulting maritime companies in effective use of digital tools to manage cyber secured assets available round the clock using Machine learning and AI tools. In addition, currently, he is Interim CEO with Group Nautical, Singapore(Blockchain Smart Contracts, E-stowage Port Solution) and Consultant at CyberOwl, U.K.(Maritime CyberSecurity), TechInnology, Singapore(Health&Wellness, Logistics/ Supply Chain Optimisation). Over 17 years in Maritime, working with innovative companies like Globetech Group(Mumbai), Spectec(Italy), MESPAS(Switzerland), Danaos(Greece), Bernhard Schulte’s MariApps(Singapore) beginning as Project Manager evolving to Business aspects as Business Representative, C-Level executive involved in Product Development & Lifecycle, Financial Management, Business Sustainability, Corporate Restructuring, BD Strategy aspects of companies.