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Richard Hext |
| Chief Executive Officer and Deputy Chairman |
| rmh@univan.com |
| Mr. Richard Hext has lived in Asia for 32 years and has been in
shipping for over 30 years. He graduated from Worcester College, Oxford
University in 1978 with a Bachelor of Arts (subsequently Master of Arts)
degree in Modern History and Economics. He has since attended executive
programmes at INSEAD, Oxford University and Stanford University. He
served with John Swire & Sons Limited from 1978 to 2000 during which
time he held senior management positions with a number of Swire
subsidiaries and joint ventures including P&O Swire Containers in
Australia, Steamships Trading in Papua New Guinea, Swire Pacific
Offshore in the United Arab Emirates and in Qatar and The China
Navigation Company Limited in Hong Kong where he was Managing Director
from 1996. From early 2000 he was a Director of John Swire & Sons (HK)
Limited which controls a number of Hong Kong companies including Hong
Kong-listed Swire Pacific Limited. He also served on the boards of
Modern Terminals Limited, Hong Kong Salvage and Towage and Hong Kong
United Dockyards. From late 2000 to early 2003, he was Chief Executive
Officer of LevelSeas Limited. From 2003 until early 2005 he served as
Chief Executive Officer of the Marine Services Division of V Ships. Mr.
Hext joined Pacific Basin in April 2005. He was appointed as Chief
Executive Officer in April 2006. He joined Univan from 1st January, 2010 as CEO and Deputy Chairman.
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Victor Y.K. Lo |
| Head of Investment |
| victor.lo@univan.com |
| Mr. Lo is the longest servicing employee of Univan and has put in 33 years. He joined Univan as Assistant Accountant in 1977 and got promoted to Chief Accountant of Univan in 1978. He worked as Chief Accountant from 1978 to 1991.Since 1991 he holds the position as Deputy Director of Univan and is responsible for investments, finance and joint venture projects. |
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A S Maniyar |
| Chief Operating Officer & Acting Managing Director |
| coo@univan.com |
Joined Univan in 1992 as Accounts Executive and was promoted as Chief Accountant in March 1996. After working more than 10 years as Head of Accounts, since 2006, he was asked to supervise various departments from time to time by our Founder Chairman Late Capt. Vanderperre and worked with all departments within the organization. During this period under the guidance of Capt. Vanderperre, he gained substantial knowledge required for day to day operations of the company.
He has very considerable experience of over 21 years in all areas of Ship owning and Ship management. Before joining Univan in 1992, he worked in a ship owning division of a prominent listed company in Bombay, India from 1988 to 1992. Prior to this, he worked 1 year with a group of companies involved in trading, exports, tea plantations & tea manufacturing apart from mandatory 3 years of audit / taxation work experience for his CPA. He completed his Masters degree in Commerce from Bombay University, India in the year 1986 and is also qualified Chartered Accountant (CPA) since 1987. |
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Raja Ram |
| Chief Financial Officer |
| cfo@univan.com |
Mr. Raja Ram Kogta joined Univan in 1998 as Accounts Executive. He has been the Head of Accounts Department since October 2006. Mr. Kogta received Bachelors in Science (B.Sc.) degree with merit from Ajmer University, Ajmer in 1988, Cost Accountant (AICWA) with merit in 1991 and Chartered Accountant (ACA) in 1992. He has 8+ years experience of working in finance and accounting with shipping and ship management firms. Before joining Univan, he had worked for 4 years with trading firm in Singapore, Hong Kong and 3 years with an industrial company in Mumbai. He also worked with a reputed Chartered Accountant firm in Mumbai for the mandatory 3-year training. |
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A.D. Mishra |
| Acting Chief Technical Officer & Head of Maintenance Group C Section |
| groupC@univan.com |
Mr. Mishra has a BE (Electrical) degree and a one year marine Engineering training from DMET, Kolkatta. He started his sailing career with a renowned Indian shipping company of yester-years, namely ：Scindia Steam Navigation Co. Ltd and worked with them from year 1977 to 1986. Mr. Mishra in year 1986 joined Univan as 2nd engineer and got promoted to the responsibilities of a Chief Engineer by 1987. In 1990 he was placed in Univan Hong Kong office as a Technical Superintendent. Midst his work experience as a Technical Superintendent and gradually promotion to a Technical Manager with Univan, Mr. Mishra also worked as a Marine surveyor with Lloyd・s Register for 2 years. Mr. Mishra brings in very considerable shipping experience in handling technical and operations matters. He now works as Acting Chief Technical Officer as well as Head of Maintenance Group C Section.
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Eric Cheung |
| Head of Administration Section |
| administration@univan.com |
| Mr. Cheung has an extensive shipping experience of over 21 years. Mr. Cheung started his shipping career at Univan in 1980 and worked in Fleet Personnel Department for 5 years. He had worked as Crew Manager in Anglo Eastern from 1985 to 1988. After 1988, Mr. Cheung had taken an overseas employment in Canada before rejoining Univan in January 1992 as Administration Manager and looked after company・s administration and personnel matters. During his tenure with Univan, he has worked in different Departments. He was Head of Purchasing from 1997 to 2000 in Technical Department and he is also Company Security Officer since 2003. |
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Capt Vikrant Gusain |
| Head of Business Development Division |
| business@univan.com |
| Capt.Vikrant Gusain joined Univan as Deck Cadet in year 1990. He sailed on various company flag ships and got elevated to the post of Master in year 2003. Capt.Gusain has commanded Chemical tankers and a Crude Oil tanker in past and has extensive Crude/ product/ chemical tanker experience in management level. He has also sailed in the company・s dry-cargo fleet until the rank of 2nd officer. He joined Univan office as Safety and Quality Auditor in Jan 2006 and held responsibilities such as carrying out ISM internal auditing, preparing VLCC・s for vetting inspections, onboard training etc. Capt. Gusain is been part of Univan business development department since July 2006. |
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Capt Sundeep Kamath |
| Head of Fleet Global Personnel Division |
| personnel@univan.com |
| Capt. Sundeep Kamath is responsible for Univan's Fleet Personnel Department. Capt. Kamath has over 12 years of experience in the shipping industry. He joined Univan as Fleet Personnel Superintendent in 2008 and is currently heading the Fleet Personnel Department. He is a post graduate in Business Management with specialization in Marketing and Operations. He is a Member of the Nautical Institute and has qualified for membership of Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, London. |
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G K John |
| Head of Fleet Coordination & Planning Section |
| personnel@univan.com |
| Mr. John joined the Univan in 1989 as a Radio Officer and served on company's various vessels. In 1994, he joined the Crew Department at Hong Kong Office as a Deputy Head. Since 1st January 2006, he is working as a Fleet Personnel Co-ordinator after the Indian Manning activities was shifted to Mumbai Office. |
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Capt Abhijit Ghosh |
| Head of Chartering & Traffic Section |
| operations@univan.com |
| Graduated from T.S.Rajendra in 1991 with first class distinction. Joined Univan in 1993 and served on board all types of Tankers till 2005 . Grew up to the rank of Master in 2003 and was in command of several VLCC・s during his sailing tenure in the company. Served as the DPA of the Univan fleet and was in charge of the safety , Quality & vetting department of the company in 2006- 2007. Presently heading the Chartering & the Vetting department. |
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