Goodwill Maritime Ambassadors list

Member States

Brazil

• Captain Fabiana Vila Nova Durant da Silva, Ship to Ship Operations Manager, nominated by Brazil
  

Bulgaria

• Captain Alexander Alexandrov, nominated by Bulgaria
  
• Captain Dimitar Dimitrov, Representative of Bulgarian Shipmasters' Association in IFSMA, nominated by Bulgaria
  
  

Cyprus

• Mr. Alexandros Josephides, Deputy Director General-Marine Manager, Cyprus Shipping Chamber, nominated by Cyprus
  

Georgia

• Captain George Ovcharenko, Master, nominated by Georgia
  
• Captain Mamuka Kuntchulia, Master, nominated by Georgia
  

Germany

• Captain Sabine Zeller, Executive Secretary, Association of Maritime Education, nominated by Germany
  

Greece

• Mr. Leonidas Dimitriadis-Evgenidis, President, Eugenides Foundation, nominated by Greece
  
  

Lebanon

• Mr. Estephan Estephan Assal, General Manager at the Maritime Sciences and Technology Institute, nominated by Lebanon 
  

Mexico

• Dr. Bernardo Melo Graf, Partner at Melo Abogados - Lawyers, nominated by Mexico
  
• Mrs. Zaire Gabriela Osorio Pacheco, CEO, Zaire Shipping Mexico SA de CV, nominated by Mexico
  

Morocco

• Mr. Mohammed Drissi, National SAR Coordinator, Head of SAR Services and MRCC Director, Ministry of Marine Fisheries, nominated by Morocco
  

Philippines

• Ambassador Carlos Salinas, Founder and Chairman Emeritus, The PTC Group of Companies, nominated by Philippines
  
• Ms. Josephine J. Francisco, President, NYK-FIL Ship Management, nominated by Phillippines
  
• Vice Admiral Eduardo Ma R Santos, MAAP President and AMOSUP Executive VP, nominated by Philippines
  

Poland

• Mr. Ireneusz Lewandowski, Master Mariner,  Ministry of Economy and Inland Navigation, nominated by Poland
  

Romania

• Dr. Eng. Ovidiu Sorin Cupşa, General Manager and Chairman of Board of Directors Romanian Maritime Training Centre (CERONAV), nominated by Romania
  
• Captain Cosmin-Laurentiu Dumitrache, Director General, Romanian Naval Authority, nominated by Romania
  

Singapore

• Ms. Akanksha Batura Pai, Head of Strategy and Growth, Sinoda Shipping Agency Private Limited, nominated by Singapore
  
• Mr. Jonathan Choo, Partner, Allen & Gledhill LLP, nominated by Singapore

Spain

• Captain Agustí Martin Mallofré, nominated by Spain 
• Captain Antonio M. Padrón-Santiago, nominated by Spain

United Arab Emirates

• Dr. Aysha Albusmait, Media Expert, nominated by the United Arab Emirates
  

Ukraine

• Mr. Oleg Grygoriuk, Chairman of Local Black Sea Trade Union organization for Seafarers (LBSTUS) and Chairman of Marine Transport Workers’ Trade Union of Ukraine (MTWTU), nominated by Ukraine
• Mr. Volodymyr Rabotn'ov, Deputy Director of State Enterprise "Maritime Search and Rescue Service", Secretary of SAR Coordination Committee, nomiated by Ukraine
  

United States of America

• Mrs. Carleen Lyden-Walker, nominated by the United States of America
  

NGOs

GlobalMET

• Captain Vinayak Mohla, GlobalMET Accredited Representative to the IMO, and Head- Cadet Recruitment & Competency Management, Anglo-Eastern nominated by GlobalMET

IFSMA

• Captain Assoc. Prof. Willi Wittig, nominated by the International Federation of Shipmasters' Associations
  
  

IIDM

• Ms. Kamyla Alejandra Barrientos Pineda, President of WISTA Guatemala and Vice President of the Guatemalan Maritime Law and Port Association, nominated by Iberoamerican Maritime Law Institute
  

IMarEST

• Dr. Sajid Hussain HonDSc MSc CEng CMarEng FIMarEST, Commandant (2009-2023), Bangladesh Marine Academy nominated by IMarEST
  

Nautical Institute

• Captain Sarabjit Singh Butalia, Director, Special Projects, Asian Maritime Technological College of Chonburi-Thailand, nominated by the Nautical Institute
  
• Mr. George Hoyt, FNI, Adopt A Ship International Global Coordinator, nominated by the Nautical Institute
  
• Captain Berislav Vranic, FNI, Captain, nominated by the Nautical Institute
  
• Captain Walimuni Nishan Wijayakulathilaka, Director, Niw & Nawis Law Marine Surveyors and Legal Consultants, nominated by the Nautical Institute