BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ TESTIMONIAL SERIES
The New York Maritime cluster is home to over 250 shipping companies, who are continually reaping the benefits of the area's extensive resources and infrastructure (banks, lawyers, insurance and arbitration). New York is also the world's best tax haven for a foreign shipping company to base its operations if it qualifies for exemption under US tax laws or a US treaty.
F. Humera Ahmed, VP of Legal and Business Development, LISCR, LLC
Brian P. Devine, Head of Transport, United States, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
Gordon Downes, CEO, New York Shipping Exchange, Inc. (NYSHEX)
Keith Heard, Attorney, Lennon Murphy & Phillips, LLC
Joseph Hughes, Chairman & CEO, Shipowners Claims Bureau, The American P&I Club
John Kimball, Partner, Blank Rome LLP
Clay Maitland, Chairman, New York Maritime, Inc., Managing Partner, International Registries, Inc.
Jeffrey D. Pribor, Chief Financial Officer, International Seaways, Inc.
Robert Shaw, Sea Trade Holdings, Inc.
John Stratakis, Partner, Poles, Tublin, Stratakis & Gonzalez, LLP