The MACN Board’s Role and Responsibilities
The role and responsibilities of the MACN Board include approval of annual work plans, overseeing progress against priorities, providing input and approval of the agenda for annual Member Meetings, approving admission of new members, and reviewing the annual budget and monitoring budget performance.
MACN Board
The MACN Board is made up of representatives from members of MACN. The MACN Board reflects the diversity of MACN members, taking into account factors such as industry segment, company size, and country of origin.
The MACN Board consists of the following MACN member representatives.
Øistein Jensen
Odfjell SE, Chief Sustainability Officer
Chair of MACN
Mr. Jensen has been an active MACN Member representative for several years and Odfjell has been a Member since 2013. Øistein is the Chief Sustainability Officer at Odfjell SE. In this role, Øistein has overall responsibility for sustainability, compliance, and strategic safety for the group. Øistein has been part of Executive Management in the group and was appointed to this role in August 2020 as a part of the company’s dedicated focus on sustainability. Øistein is an executive with broad experience in naval leadership, management consulting, corporate governance, and shipping. Øistein was previously a director at PwC Management Consulting for 10 years, working on strategy, ESG, and compliance. Øistein came to PwC from the Navy where he served as captain of a submarine and commander for the submarine command training.
Dorte Christensen
Hafnia, Vice President, Chief Operations & Claims
Vice Chair of MACN
Dorte is a passionate leader with a fundamental belief that the team delivers the best results together. She strives to empower her team through delegation and challenge. She has profound knowledge within the tankers industry which arises from her international exposure and past positions in chartering, operations, and supply chain. Dorte has been a part of the management team in several global shipping companies and experienced many opportunities and challenges such as international leadership in a global organization, mergers & acquisitions, stakeholder management, and relationships across borders and cultures. She believes in structure and processes as great means to facilitate growth as well as the importance of innovation and openness to new ideas.
Neale Proctor
OMA Group, Group Sales & Commercial Director
Neale started his career as a seagoing Deck Officer for ten years. After moving ashore and working at the Newcastle P&I Club, handling a variety of incidents and claims, he joined the global shipping, logistics & marine services company GAC, based in Dubai, where he developed and managed a regional network of P&I Correspondents across the Middle East. Neale then held company management positions in Indonesia, Nigeria & Turkmenistan, before joining shipping & logistics company OMA Group West Africa, as Group Sales & Commercial Director. His current role also includes the development and management of relationships with third–party sub-agents across West Africa.
Dieter Rohdenburg
InterMaritime Shipmanagement, CEO
Dieter started his career in Chartering and Operations with reputable German and Swiss shipping companies prior to joining Intership in 1990 as Operations Manager. Dieter was promoted to Joint Managing Director in 2010 and later took over the helm as CEO in 2013. In 2024 Dieter took over the ownership of Intership and related companies in a management buy-out.
Dieter holds several professional positions including Honorary Consul in Cyprus for the Independent State of Samoa, substitute member of the Board of Directors of the Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO), member of the BIMCO Nominations and Governance Committee, Vice President of the Cyprus Shipping Chamber, member of the Members’ Board of NorthStandard P&I, Chairman of the NorthStandard P&I Elections Committee, member of the Board of the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN), Norwegian Hull Club and the Cyprus Marine Environment Protection Agency (CYMEPA). He is also a member of the Cyprus Committee of DNV and the Mediterranean Committee of the China Classification Society (CCS) and sits on the Board of Governors of the Cyprus Maritime Academy (CyMA).
Capt. Anwar Farah
Bahri, Vice President, Sustainability & GRC
Capt. Anwar has a successful and versatile career within the maritime industry spread across a period over two and a half decades.
Proficient in developing policies, upholding service standards, planning & implementing effective control measures for safe and efficient operation, project management, auditing, risk management, compliance, internal controls, crisis management, business continuity, incident investigation, OCIMF TMSA/SIRE marine vetting.
Capt. Anwar started his career at sea in 1997 part of Saudi Aramco’s College Degree Program for non-employees (CDPNE) and qualified as OOW in 2002. He joined Vela International Marine Ltd sailing on ULCC, VLCC and product tankers until late 2014.
In early 2015, he joined Aramco Trading Company (ATC), the trading arm of Saudi Aramco and the lead premier trading company within the middle east establishing the Marine Quality Assurance department.
In January 2020, Capt. Anwar returned to Bahri Ship Management as company DPA and heading the HSEQ department. Finally, he was appointed as Bahri Vice President of Sustainability & GRC effectively from 1st of September 2024.
Capt. Anwar graduated from Warsash Maritime Academy. A certified UK Master Mariner and holding a degree in Marine Operation from Southampton Solent University.
He is an approved certificate of competency oral examiner for merchant marine deck officers for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Transport General Authority, assessing and qualifying young Saudis starting their career at sea. A sector in which Saudi Arabia is heavily investing in support of the Kingdom 2030 vision.
Anette Ryde
Maersk Tankers, General Counsel
Anette Ryde serves as General Counsel for Maersk Tankers, which owns and commercially operates tanker vessels worldwide. Maersk Tankers has been an engaged MACN member from the early days, and Anette has represented the company within the Network since 2013. Anette heads up the Legal & Tax department with direct reference to the CEO of the company. She has a broad experience in leadership, a variety of strategic work and all legal matters, and a passion for legal compliance. She started her career with 13 years in private practice followed by 6 years in the competition compliance team in A.P. Moller – Maersk A/S. In 2013, she took up the position as General Counsel for Maersk Tankers where she has since built a strong and diverse team.
Jeremy Grose
NorthStandard Group, Managing Director
After studying law, maritime economics, and sea-use policymaking, Jeremy joined the Standard Club in 1991, initially working on claims. Soon after, he transferred into underwriting, and over his 34-year career in Protection and Indemnity (P&I), he has held various roles across different geographic markets. Appointed CEO in 2014, Jeremy worked closely with the Standard Club board and, in 2020, brought the club’s management in-house. Later, in 2023, he concluded the merger between the Standard Club and North P&I, resulting in the formation of NorthStandard, and since then, he has served as Managing Director. In addition to his own regulatory and board duties, he collaborates with fellow Managing Director Paul Jennings to formulate, execute, and evaluate the club’s long-term strategic vision and plans.
Capt. Leonid Zalenski
Columbia Shipmanagement, COO
Captain Leonid Zalenski brings 20 years of seagoing experience to the Board, including eight years in command. He moved ashore in 1999 to lead a Manning and Training Office before joining Columbia Shipmanagement in 2004, where he has held various positions within the organisation. Since August 2021 he has served as Group COO. Captain Zalenski has in-depth knowledge of ship management, incident investigations, and maritime quality assurance, and is actively involved in industry forums and committees including INTERTANKO, the Cyprus Shipping Chamber, and MACN.
May Jensen
The CSL Group, Director of Risk Management
May Jensen serves as Director of Risk Management at The CSL Group, a privately-owned Canadian shipping company headquartered in Montreal, which operates a global fleet of specialised self-unloading vessels, offshore transhippers and bulk carriers. May joined CSL in 2013 and is responsible for the company’s risk management strategy and its implementation, including global insurance placements and claims handling. She brings to the Board over 15 years of international marine insurance experience gained across Canada and abroad, including five years with a leading transportation mutual in London. May holds an LLM and LLB from the University of Copenhagen and an LLM in Maritime Law from the University of Southampton.
