Sebastian von Hardenberg

Vice President/ Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at InterManager/ Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement

Speaker

Sebastian von Hardenberg was elected Vice President of InterManager in January 2024. InterManager is the ship management industry association whose members manage over 7,500 ships and are responsible for more than 330,000 seafarers.

Sebastian is the Chief Financial Officer of Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM), which is part of the Schulte Group. The company manages a fleet of over 670 vessels with more than 25,000 seafarers.

Sebastian joined the Schulte Group in 2005. From 2006 to 2009, he served as Head of Controlling at Bernhard Schulte, the ship-owning arm of the Schulte Group, before moving to BSM Germany as Financial Director. Following several career milestones in Hong Kong, Cyprus, and Singapore, where he held positions including Executive Assistant to the CEO and Director of Business Risk, he was appointed Chief Financial Officer of BSM in 2015.

He is a qualified lawyer and gained experience in financial and risk management while working for an audit firm before entering the maritime industry.