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The Norwegian branch of Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA) has strengthened their media, communication, and tech presence this year. In addition to the sitting seven board members, three new members were elected: Caroline Whittle, Head of Marketing at the Norwegian Maritime Authority, Agnieszka Sledz, former head of Clean Marine’s System Design & Engineering, and Wallenius Wilhelmsen Senior Executive Advisor Carine Moeller Mortensen.
Siri Sundal Shield, Senior Ship Broker at Odfjell Tankers, was elected President, succeeding Pia Meling who has chosen to step back after two years. Siri has spent close to 20 years in commercial roles within the shipping industry and has extensive broking and business development experience from ship broking majors Clarksons, Howe Robinson and Simpson Spence and Young in London and Bergen.
WISTA Norway appoints new President and board members
The Norwegian branch of Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA) has strengthened their media, communication, and tech presence this year. In addition to the sitting seven board members, three new members were elected: Caroline Whittle, Head of Marketing at the Norwegian Maritime Authority, Agnieszka Sledz, former head of Clean Marine’s System Design & Engineering, and Wallenius Wilhelmsen Senior Executive Advisor Carine Moeller Mortensen.
Siri Sundal Shield, Senior Ship Broker at Odfjell Tankers, was elected President, succeeding Pia Meling who has chosen to step back after two years. Siri has spent close to 20 years in commercial roles within the shipping industry and has extensive broking and business development experience from ship broking majors Clarksons, Howe Robinson and Simpson Spence and Young in London and Bergen.
A woman stands watch on a ship s bridge. Shipping leaders gathered on International Women’s Day to discuss the role of mentoring in the development of women in the maritime industry.
Hosted by the Focus Group in Africa formed after the signing of an MoU by the IMO and Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA) panellists called for sustained and meaningful action to unlock the social and business benefits of a more diverse industry.
Helen Buni, Technical Officer, Marine Environment Division said that using an estimate of women representing around 1-2% of the workforce in the industry, it would take over 100 years to reach gender parity in shipping. The need to improve is urgent to prevent loss of talent to other sectors, said Buni, but also to reap benefits to the bottom line from diversity in the workforce.
Equality for Women Means Progress for All
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A challenged world is an alert world. Individually, we re all responsible for our own thoughts and actions all day, every day.
We can all choose to challenge and call out gender bias and inequality. We can all choose to seek out and celebrate women s achievements. Collectively, we can all help create an inclusive world.
From challenge comes change, so let s all choose to challenge.
In this guest blog, Dryad s Belle Davenport, shares how her preconceptions about the maritime industry have changed and why it s still imperative for the shipping industry to #ChooseToChallenge inequality.