Punit Oza

Founder and Director / President at Maritime NXT / Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers

Speaker

Mr. Punit Oza is the founder of Maritime NXT, Singapore, a platform dedicated to driving the “Next” in Maritime through investing, training, teaching, mentoring, consulting & collaborating on commercial shipping, geopolitics & digital transformation space. Prior to setting up Maritime NXT, Punit held senior management positions in some leading shipping companies including Precious Shipping, Noble Group & Torvald Klaveness, with an experience spanning over three decades. Punit holds a Masters in Shipping, Trade and Finance from Bayes (previously CASS) Business School, UK and a LLB and Post Graduate Diploma in Maritime Law from University of London. Punit is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers and currently the President of the Institute. Punit is a Senior Adjunct Fellow at Maritime & Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) Academy, and an Affiliated Research Fellow & Guest Lecturer at Singapore Management University (SMU) , Nanyang Business School, Copenhagen Business School & Bayes Business School lecturing on “Geopolitical risks & their impact on shipping & trade flows” & also hosts a monthly podcast on the topic with Seatrade Maritime Podcast, interviewing prominent shipping & trade leaders. Punit is deeply involved with the maritime tech-startup space and is an angel investor and advisor in Motion Ventures, a VC fund focused on Sustainable Maritime and Supply Chain startups.