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Mr. Keith Winters W. is a Chief Operating Officer at Crane Worldwide Logistics and is based in Crane Worldwide Logistics.

Yo-Ik Song is a Chairman/CEO at Hyundai Merchant Marine America Inc. He works or has worked as Senior Managing Director at Hyundai Merchant Marine America Inc.

Diego Aponte is Group President and CEO of MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company SA. Son to Gianluigi Aponte and his wife Rafaela, Diego was raised sharing his family’s passion for the sea. After school Diego took his first steps towards his ultimate career by furthering his education in London, becoming a post graduate of Maritime Studies with a particular focus on shipping. In 1997 Diego joined MSC, training on-board vessels as a junior engineer to gain first-hand technical experience. To increase his breadth of maritime knowledge Diego also worked in MSC Ship Management in Sorrento, gaining valuable experience of MSC’s operations. Upon joining MSC Headquarters in Geneva, Diego worked in all departments including Latin American and USA trades, immersing himself in the day-to-day challenges and successes of the business. In the late nineties, Diego identified an opportunity for MSC to invest in a terminal infrastructure which he believed would help to facilitate the long-term growth of the container industry. In 2000, Diego created Terminal Investment Limited S.A. (TIL), which, under his careful management and direction has become one of the largest terminal operators in the world. Today, Diego is the Chairman of TIL. From 2006 Diego worked closely with his father as Vice President of the business, before being announced in 2014 as Group President and CEO of MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company SA.

Jon Slangerup has over 38 years of executive leadership experience, including the past 27 years as a corporate director, president and/or CEO of both public and private companies, ranging from the Port of Long Beach to a billion-dollar subsidiary of FedEx Corporation. With domain expertise in supply chain and logistics, enterprise software, and clean energy technologies, Mr. Slangerup has focused his work on transforming companies into global market leaders. During his career, he has built businesses throughout North America, Europe and Asia, serving customers in more than 100 countries and managing more than a dozen corporate mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Slangerup’s career began in military and commercial aviation, leading to a distinguished 20-year career with FedEx where he advanced to become President of FedEx Canada. From FedEx, Mr. Slangerup was recruited to Silicon Valley as CEO of tech startup Electron Economy, a supply chain enterprise software company, before returning to Toronto as CEO of Stuart Energy, a leading TSX-listed cleantech company.For the past 16 years, Mr. Slangerup has worked in private equity as a corporate director, industrial advisor and operating executive, serving on boards and as CEO of several technology and logistics companies. Since 2014, he has been a member of the Executive Advisory Board of NexPhase Capital Partners and currently serves on the Board of Hawthorne Global Aviation Services. He previously served as Chairman and CEO of two previous NPC portfolio companies; Mxi Technologies and American Global Logistics. Slangerup also recently joined EQT Group as an industrial advisor and currently serves on the Board of Fenix Marine Services, an EQT portfolio company. Concurrent with his work in private equity, Mr. Slangerup previously served in a public service role as CEO of the Port of Long Beach, a primary U.S. gateway for trans-Pacific trade via ships, railroads, and trucks. In addition to his corporate work, Mr. Slangerup serves as a Trustee of his alma mater, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and holds a bachelor’s degree in Aeronautics and master’s in Business Administration. He is also a certified NACD Board Leadership Fellow.