Mr Sohmen-Pao, who is the grandson of legendary Hong Kong shipowner YK Pao, is now based in Singapore helming BW Shipping Managers.
He is also deputy chairman of Bergesen, the crown jewel of Norwegian shipping, which in a spectacular move in 2003 was acquired by the Sohmen-Pao family of Hong Kong’s World Wide Shipping.
World Wide, founded by the late Mr Pao, was headed by Mr Andreas’ father Helmut Sohmen and now merged with Bergesen under the BW group, with the elder Sohmen as chairman. |
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The Transport Ministry said Mr Andreas Sohmen-Pao has contributed especially in the area of manpower development in Singapore, giving his time to MPA talks on the industry.
He was recently featured in a TV documentary Making Waves, commissioned by the Singapore Maritime Foundation to project the maritime industry to young Singaporeans as a sector full of meaningful and well-paying career opportunities.
Other members of the MPA board reappointed for a three-year term are: Bahren Shaari, of UBS Ag; Choo Chiau Beng, chairman and chief executive, Keppel Offshore & Marine; Leow Ching Chuan, general secretary, Singapore Organisation of Seamen; John Lu, chairman, Singapore National Shippers’ Council; BG Tay Lim Heng, chief executive, MPA; Rear Admiral Ronnie Tay, Chief of Navy; Teo Siong Seng, president Singapore Shipping Association and Ronald Widdows, chief executive officer, APL Co Pte Ltd. |