The MACN Secretariat
The MACN secretariat is responsible for progressing MACN’s strategic workplans (including MACN’s strategy), ensuring good governance, and managing MACN’s day-to-day work, including with its members, third parties, and funders.
The MACN secretariat office is situated metres from the historic Christianshavn in Central Copenhagen.
Cecilia Müller Torbrand
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Cecilia leads Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN), a global business network working toward the vision of a maritime industry free of corruption that enables fair trade to the benefit of society at large. She was one of the front drivers for MACN establishment in 2011. MACN has under Cecilia’s leadership grown significantly, won multiple awards, and is considered to be one of the pre-eminent examples of collective action to tackle corruption.
Cecilia is an experienced anti-corruption specialist with more than ten years of expertise in the compliance field. She has multinational experience within shipping and trade and has been responsible for anti-corruption efforts globally; trained management and Captains worldwide; implemented whistle blowing systems; rolled out country-specific anti-corruption campaigns, and conducted risk assessments, audits, and misconduct investigations. She has led and initiated public private partnerships to tackle corruption globally incl Nigeria, Egypt, Ukraine, India and Argentina. In 2015 she was awarded “Compliance Officer of the Year” by the C5 Women in Compliance Awards.
Cecilia is a member of the B20 Task Force for Integrity and Compliance and is a member of WEF’s Partnering Against Corruption Initiative. She is a guest lecturer at the World Maritime University.
cmullertorbrand@macn.dk
Tel: +46 702 43 83 50
Guesting on Kickback – The Global Anticorruption Podcast
Guesting on the Shipping Podcast
Guesting on the Democracy that Delivers Podcast
Guesting on the Lloyd’s List Podcast
Martin Benderson
Associate Director, Collective Action & Partnership Development
As Associate Director for Collective Action and Partnership Development, Martin is responsible for scaling MACN´s Collective Action initiatives and for stewarding MACN’s partnerships with international donor organizations. Martin joined the MACN secretariat in 2014 and has since catalyzed and led Collective Action initiatives and Public Private Partnerships to tackle corruption in the port and maritime sector in various countries. He manages MACN’s Collective Action initiatives in e.g., Argentina, Indonesia, and MACN’s Collective Action initiative in Nigeria funded by the Siemens Integrity Initiative. Martin also provides oversight and ensures good governance of MACN’s grant portfolio.
Prior to joining the MACN Secretariat, Martin worked as a sustainability consultant, advising corporate clients, international organizations and donor agencies. Martin holds a MSc in International Economics and a BA in International Relations.
mbenderson@macn.dk
Tel: +45 2120 4643
Vivek Menon
Associate Director, Global Operations & Industry Engagement
Vivek is responsible for engaging the maritime industry towards MACN’s vision, executing MACN ́s collective action projects, lead and oversee MACNs operational tools & services, and co-lead private public partnerships in combating corruption in the port and maritime sector.
Prior to joining MACN, Vivek was the head of the maritime occupational safety and health department at Sea Health and Welfare, a Danish non-profit private consultancy and service organization for Danish Shipping. Vivek is a master mariner with more than 20 years of experience in the maritime industry, including sailing as senior officer aboard merchant ships worldwide. He holds a Master’s degree in maritime affairs with a specialty in maritime law and policy from the World Maritime University, where he is also a guest lecturer.
Vmenon@macn.dk
Tel: +45 2183 6906
Vivek interviewed on the Democracy that Delivers Podcast
Vivek interviewed on the Even Keel podcast
Jonas Søberg Erlandsen
Senior Lead South Asia
Jonas leads the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network’s efforts in South Asia. He is responsible for setting the strategic direction and fostering collaboration between all involved partner organizations and stakeholders in the region.
Jonas has more than 10 years of international experience in the Maritime industry. He has worked for port agencies in West Africa and shipbuilding companies in East and Central Africa. Jonas stems from 5 years of military background.
Jonas is attending the Executive MBA in Shipping and Logistics (The Blue MBA) at Copenhagen Business School (Class of 2023), where he is elected Student President.
Tel: +45 23 65 83 36
The 50 inspiring Champions of the Blue MBA Class of 2023 – Meet Jonas Erlandsen – All About Shipping
Soumya Prakash Dalua
Project Manager, Mumbai, India
Soumya represents MACN in India in the capacity to drive, executive and monitor MACN’s Collective Action work. He supports engagement and recruitment of regional companies to participate in MACN Collective Action projects and plans and executes stakeholder engagement with the maritime industry, government representatives and civil society.
Soumya has more than 23 years’ experience in sales, market research, corporate marketing, IT consulting and social sector program design and management. He has also been actively involved with the social sector for profit start-up program called INVENT as Program Manager while working with Villgro Innovation Foundation. As Sustainability Program Manager at Hindalco, he has the credit of convergence of social sector programs with Govt. funded one and reported it. He has extensively worked with CSR and grant management sectors while working with Piramal Foundation in the areas of health, education, and water. He had worked with leading IT companies like Wipro, Infosys, and Capgemini as Business Analysts in the areas of banking and financial services. He also worked as a Market Analyst with IDC.
Soumya has done his BSc with Physics and MBA in Rural Marketing from Berhampur University, Odisha.
Tel: +91 7683856272
Anna de Vries
Manager Member Relations
As Manager Member Relations, Anna is leading on member engagement, recruitment, managing MACN’s member system and all member-related meetings, as well as providing support on grant governance and project execution. Prior to joining the MACN Secretariat, Anna worked at BSR where she supported the Collaborative Initiatives Portfolio.
Anna holds a MA in Fashion Strategy from ArtEZ Fashion Masters Arnhem, the Netherlands and a Bachelor of Commerce – Marketing from the University of Applied Sciences Utrecht.
Mathias Bak
Associate
Mathias is an Associate at MACN where he assists in managing MACN’s regional Collective Action project in South Asia and in developing and implementing compliance and capacity building tools.
Mathias holds an MSc in Global Development from Copenhagen University. Prior to joining the MACN, he worked as a consultant, supporting donors and civil society organizations in the fight against corruption and organized crime.
Flora Caia
Associate
As an Associate, Flora is responsible for MACN’s Collective Action initiative in Argentina, assists MACN’s work in Nigeria and supports the expansion of MACN’s Collective Action efforts. She also contributes to the development and maintenance of the Global Port integrity Platform and MACN’s incident data.
Flora speaks English, French and Spanish and holds an M.Sc. in Security Risk Management from the University of Copenhagen and a B.Sc. in International Relations and Business Management from the University of Aberdeen.
Martin Stene
Junior Associate
Martin is responsible for MACN’s incident reporting data and is assisting in the continuous development and expansion of MACN Global HelpDesks. He also contributes to MACNs Collective Action projects and in-country work.
Prior to joining MACN, Martin has a background from sales and the insurance industry. He is currently completing his M.Sc. in Security Risk Management at the University of Copenhagen and holds a B.A. in International Relations and International Security from the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland.
Radha Laplamool
Communications Associate
As a Communications Associate, Radha assists in driving member engagement and provides administrative support to MACN members and the internal team. She is responsible for the implementation of communications strategies and contributes to the writing and drafting of media releases.
Prior to joining MACN, Radha was actively involved in several internship opportunities in the private sector, focusing on digital marketing, branding, and communications. She is currently completing her BSc in Business Administration and Digital Management at Copenhagen Business School.
Kasper Nielsen
Junior Associate
Kasper assists in developing MACN’s engagement in West Africa by conducting research on regional trade routes and acquiring country-specific knowledge. Additionally, he is part of MACN’s incident data team, which focuses on exploring new ways to utilize data for supporting policy development and providing insights to members.
Kasper is currently completing his M.Sc. in International Security and Law. He has an operational background as a naval officer and holds a Class 1 Master Mariner certification from the Royal Danish Naval Academy.
