With more than 40 years in the maritime and energy sectors, Thomas is Chairman Lloyd’s Register Group and Lloyd’s Register Foundation. He is also Chairman at VKR Holdin, and Non-Executive Director at BW Holding, Cadeler, IMI PLC, and Lambert Energy. His previous positions include Chairman of Ørsted and Chairman of DeepOcean Group Holding; Non-Executive Director of SSE and Petrofac; member of the Executive Management board at A. P. Moller-Maersk Group; president and CEO of Maersk Inc; EVP of A.P. Moller-Maersk and CEO of Maersk Oil. He is also Vice Chairman of the Danish Think Tank ‘Ocean’ and a freeman of the City of London.
Like all critical infrastructures, the 17,000 ports worldwide are part of larger social, technical, and physical systems that play an essential role in the movement of goods, people, and ...
Our global economy is underpinned by the ocean. Over 80% of global trade in terms of volume is transported by sea, the ocean supports about 500 million people through employment in small-...
Ocean-based activities can contribute to more than 20% of the emissions reduction needed to keep the world on a 1.5℃ pathway.
For too long the ocean has been left out of vital policy discussions on climate, viewed solely as a victim of the crisis rather the solution.
