ASSOCIATION

Governance

The Poseidon Principles for Marine Insurance Association is the governing body of the Poseidon Principles for Marine Insurance whose object is the management, administration and development of the initiative. Signatories and affiliate members to the Poseidon Principles for Marine Insurance automatically become members of the Poseidon Principles for Maritime Insurance Association.

The Poseidon Principles for Marine Insurance Association is governed by a set of Governance Rules which provide guidance to existing and prospective signatories and affiliate members on the processes for the management, administration, and development of the initiative.

The Steering Committee coordinates the Association and Principles on behalf of its members. The 9 members of the Steering Committee for signatories (since May 2024) are:

• Axa XL– Sundeep Khera, Global CUO Marine Hull, Head of Marine, UK & Lloyd’s (Vice Chair)
• Fidelis MGU – Hannah Charnaud, Deputy Head of Marine and Connor Gray, Sustainability Manager
• Gard – Line Dahle, Chief Customer Officer
• Hellenic Hull Management (HMA) Limited – Ilias Tsakiris, CEO and Ioanna Skondra, Marketing Manager and ESG Ambassador
• Norwegian Hull Club – Hildegunn Nilssen, Chief Communications and Sustainability Officer and Christian Irgens, Chief Actuary
• SCOR – Sylvain Gauden, Chief Underwriting Officer Marine & Energy and Pauline des Vallières, Marine underwriter
• Skuld – Matias Bøe Olsen, Senior Executive, Underwriter and Decarbonisation Coordinator
• Swiss Re Corporate Solutions – Patrizia Kern, Marine Strategy Consultant (Chair)
• Victor International – Alexander Arias, Managing Director

The Governance Rules detail the scope of the roles of the Steering Committee / Affiliate Members Committee and how representatives are nominated and appointed.

The Secretariat maintains the day-to-day functions of the Association and is the first point of contact for existing and prospective signatories and affiliate members. The Secretariat is provided by the Global Maritime Forum through a service agreement.

The technical expertise needed for the Principles to remain updated and accurate is provided by UMAS and may include other organisations in the future as and when needed.