CEO & CFO

Mikael Skov is Chief Executive Officer, a role he assumed in 2019 after the merger between Hafnia Tankers and BW Tankers. Mikael Skov was the co-founder and CEO of Hafnia Tankers and has more than 33 years of experience in the shipping industry. Prior to establishing Hafnia Tankers, Mikael held various positions over his 25-year career at Torm, of which the last two years he served as CEO.

Mikael is a board member of Clipper Group Ltd. and was an industry representative of the Danish Maritime Strategy Team established by the Ministry of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs.

Mikael Skov is a Danish citizen, and resides in Monaco.

Perry van Echtelt is Chief Financial Officer, a role he assumed in early 2019 after the merger between Hafnia Tankers and BW Tankers. Perry has more than 20 years of experience in investment banking and ship finance. Prior to Hafnia, he was CFO of BW Tankers from 2017, a role he took after leaving ABN AMRO Bank as Head of Transportation and Logistics Asia Pacific & Middle East. For 17 years Perry held various positions in the corporate finance and capital markets group of ABN AMRO and its predecessors (MeesPierson and Fortis Bank). Prior to joining MeesPierson, he worked for Gilde Investments from 1998 until 2000.

Perry has been involved in numerous M&A transactions, advisory mandates and debt and equity raising transaction across various industries including the shipping sector.

Perry Van Echtelt is a Dutch citizen, and has resided in Singapore since 2013.