CEO & CFO

From 1 September 2026, Søren Steenberg Jensen has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Hafnia.

Søren has over 30 years of experience in shipping across roles in chartering, operations, joint ventures and, most recently, asset management. He started his career at Maersk Tankers, then joined TORM and worked his way up to VP Chartering. Later he served as CEO of Straits Tankers, a joint venture between Hafnia Management and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines.

As EVP and Head of Asset Management at Hafnia, he was responsible for fleet strategy, investments, and transactions - buying and selling vessels, advancing the newbuilding program, and keeping the fleet ahead of tightening efficiency and fuel requirements.

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.