With a BA in International Business Management, and an MA in Broadcast Journalism, Camilla worked in London and New York, before returning to the Humber and the Shipping sector in 2008.

Camilla is the 4th generation of the family to work in the family shipping business, which was established in 1897 by her great-grandfather, John Carlbom, who was also a founder member of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in 1906.  Carlbom Shipping was sold in 2022 and Camilla continues as a Director of the newly re-branded Pentagon Marine, which remains a firm supporter of the Chamber as it has done for the past 118 years.
 
Continuing another family tradition, Camilla became the Hon. Consul for Sweden and the Hon. Consul for Finland in the Humber region, as well as Chairman of the Humber Chapter of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce, actively promoting business and cultural connections across the North Sea, and within business in the Humber - particularly in the Maritime and Offshore Wind sector.

Camilla is a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Lincolnshire, and is equally passionate about the English Speaking Union, the International Bomber Command Centre, the Danish Church in Hull and Lincoln Cathedral; as well as her additional business commitments as a Director of Humber Marine & Renewables; a Non-Exec Director of Portico Shipping in Portsmouth; as an Ex-Officio Council Member of the Hull & Humber Chamber of Commerce, and as the first woman elected onto the Federation Council of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers in London.  She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration from University of Lincoln in 2017.

Heike Deggim, a German national, joined the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the UN specialized agency responsible for the safety and security of shipping and the prevention of marine and atmospheric pollution by ships, in 1993. Following various technical positions in both the Maritime Safety Division (MSD) and the Marine Environment Division (MED) with progressively increasing responsibilities, she was in 2018 appointed as MSD Director and in that position also acting as the Secretary of the Maritime Safety Committee, IMO's senior technical body for ship safety and security related matters. In 2024 she was appointed MED Director and Secretary of the Marine Environment Protection Committee, the IMO body dealing with protection of the marine environment, including air pollution from ships.

Prior to her career at IMO, Heike worked as R&D engineer in the German naval shipbuilding industry, followed by several years as Senior Researcher at the Shipbuilding Faculty of Rostock University, resulting in a PhD in fishing technology; and later in various positions in the German Maritime Administration dealing among other things with tonnage measurement of ships and issuing of Tonnage Certificates.

Heike graduated in 1983 in Germany with a Master’s degree in marine engineering from Rostock University. She is a member of the The Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA).

Oscar Engström, a 23-year-old from Lerum, a quaint town just outside Gothenburg, has been immersed in sailing since childhood, spending countless hours on a nearby lake. Beginning with the Optimist class and advancing to the 29er, he honed his skills at one of Sweden's prestigious sailing high schools. While primarily focused on skiff classes like the 29er and 49er, Oscar has recently delved into Match Racing, securing notable achievements such as two top-five finishes at the Youth Worlds in the 29er class and a silver medal at the Youth Match Racing Worlds. Over the past year, his attention has shifted to Moth sailing, a foiling single-handed dinghy, serving as crucial preparation for competitions like the AC40 and Youth America's Cup.

The Swedish Club is one of the leading international marine mutuals providing shipowners with a wide range of insurance solutions for over 150 years.
 
Tord has been working in the marine insurance and reinsurance field in various positions for over 30 years in many different parts of the world.

Jacob Norrby is the Deputy Technical Director and Head of Newbuilds & Projects at Stena Teknik. 

Stena Teknik is the centre of excellence for technology, contracting and innovation within Stena, guiding and supporting the transition towards sustainable shipping solutions.

He holds a Master of Science in Naval Architecture. He served his first 10 years in the shipping industry with Lloyds Register. Initially he worked at the London HQ engaged in R&D work. Later he was appointed Ship Surveyor working with ship newbuilds plan approval and survey work.
 
25 years ago, he joined Stena Teknik as Project Manager. His main assignments have been concept design, newbuilding, technical development and decarbonization work. He has been design and construction manager for 29 newbuilds, for numerous concept designs and he has regularly been participating in joint-industry-project’s advisory boards. Sustainable solutions have inspired more or less everything he worked with and in particular means to minimize energy consumption and GHG footprint.

Jacob took up his current role 2 years ago.

Iain is a four time Olympian, three time Olympic medallist and double Olympic champion. He is also a veteran of four America’s Cup challenges beginning in 2005 as a helmsman for the +39 Challenge, before joining Great Britain’s America’s Cup challenge, Team Origin.

After retiring from Olympic competition in 2012, he joined Artemis Racing as a tactician, and was appointed Team Manager in October 2013. Iain then went on to lead the team’s successful 35th America’s Cup campaign in Bermuda, reaching the Louis Vuitton Challenger Series final in 2017.

Passionate about protecting the oceans, the economics graduate founded Artemis Technologies in 2017, with a mission to see how America’s Cup technology could play a part in the decarbonization of the maritime industry.

He has overseen the company’s transition from a sailing services provider, to an applied technologies company focusing on green innovations for marine transportation.

Philip is a marine disputes, legal, regulatory and environmental risk management lawyer. He has wide experience of the shipping and offshore energy sectors together with marine insurance and general commercial disputes. Philip has been advising on the challenge of decarbonisation facing the industry including the inclusion of shipping in the EU emissions trading system (EU ETS). Philip was part of a consortium led by CE Delft that advised EU Commission through a study entitled Technical support for European action to reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from international maritime transport (2009) and has been involved in abatement discussions since then. Currently Philip is advising ship owners, banks and energy companies on all aspects of the push for global decarbonisation including the consequences of EEXI and CII to trading and contractual arrangements, the introduction of shipping to the EU ETS and future impact of Fuel EU Maritime, assisting startup technology companies wanting to introduce their ideas to the shipping industry, and assisting companies where new-technology does not work as intended. He has also been working on various ammonia shipping projects for energy companies and with the Carbon Capture and Storage Association assisting them in developing a charterparty for an LCO2 vessel for non-pipeline transport solutions for carbon capture hubs which has led to involvement with two projects, one in the Mediterranean and one in the North Sea.

Per Tunell is a Naval Architect with more than 25 years in the shipping industry. He has been working as a ship surveyor, project manager of several newbuildings, Head of Environmental Management and Chief Operating Officer at Wallenius Marine and is now Vice President, Sustainability & Business Development at Soya Group (the Wallenius Group)

Per Tunell has been speaking about the Wallenius Marine vision: “Leading the way towards truly sustainable shipping” all over the world, and how that vision has led to concrete results. Today, Wallenius Marine is using big data and lean processes to ensure energy efficiency, have a highly skilled crew with a strong environmental engagement and has now also developed a new vessel concept with wind as main propulsion.

Fredrik Warneryd is the Chief Executive for the Swedish Chamber of Commerce for the UK, one of the largest and most active foreign chambers in the UK. Prior to joining the Chamber, Fredrik held many leading positions in the City of London. With more than 25 years of experience within the Nordic teams of French Banque Paribas, Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, UBS and Credit Suisse, he has earned extensive knowledge and expertise in both the UK and Nordic markets.

Anna Östling currently holds the top position in the Women's World Match Racing ranking and boasts over a decade of podium finishes at the Championships. As one of the driving forces behind securing a Women's America's Cup invitation for Sweden, participating in this pinnacle event of women's professional sailing fulfils a lifelong dream. For years, she has been dedicated to enhancing opportunities for younger sailors, notably through her march racing team WINGS, inspiring a new generation of Swedish female sailors. Anna's strengths lie in her ability to discern the needs of those around her and her unwavering commitment to energizing everyone she encounters.