The day of the Annual General Meeting started with interesting lectures by Håkan Friberg of The Swedish Shipowners’ Association who talked about “Air emissions – a challenge for the shipping industry” and Jörgen Oom of Peak Motivation who taught us: “If it’s to be – it’s up to me”. In the evening everyone dressed up for a dinner at the Banquet Hall of Elite Park Avenue Hotel.

Håkan Friberg told us about how the shipping
industry has to tackle air emissions.

Jörgen Oom talked about your own responsibility to evolve in your job and the importance of the team working together.

Frans Malmros greets all the dinner guests at the Banquet Hall.

Rob Grool of Wallem Shipmanagement Ltd. and his wife Christine get a warm welcome from Frans.

Ralf Guder of Aon Re Nordic and Frans seem to get along well.

Lars Rhodin, soon to be Managing Director of
The Swedish Club (TSC) and Lennart Simonsson of Broströms
and also chairman of TSC board mingled before the dinner.

Katarina Markström and Lena Höglund enjoyed each others company.

Lennart Simonsson and Frans Malmros held a speech to the guests between courses. At the same time Mr Simonsson honoured Mr Malmros with The Swedish Club Silver Medal.

Good wine, white asparagus, and salmon with Swedish new potatoes was rounded of with strawberries as the tradition prescribes.

Paul Spencer of Miller Insurance Services has something important to tell Ingela Tengelin of Stena Rederi and Andreas Gerathewhol of Munic Re!

Dia Psanis-Panagiotidis and Jan Hilmersson of Bogser AB Sven conversed during the dinner.

Håkan Friberg of The Swedish Shipowners’ Association listens to his dinner partner.

Annika Hessler of KPMG, Ryuzou Imai of The Swedish Club and Ken Bright, Havens Consulting Ltd. are engaged in an interesting conversation…

…as well as Helen von Sydow and Brian D. Starer of Holland & Knight.

The former Board member of The Swedish Club, Robert Knutzen of RK Offshore Management Pte. Ltd. held a speech of thanks to the organisers.

Emma Essinger sang and played the saxophone, accompanied by her guitarist.