CEO of Shipowner.io – a project sponsored by the AlphaSeas Group, which includes a successful marine finance and strategy consultancy firm in the EU & a vessel management company in the UK. Prior to co-founding AlphaSeas, Mitul served as Head of Marine Business Risks at PK Airfinance in GE Capital overseeing asset, market & credit risks for the global marine investment portfolio. Before his assignment at GE, Mitul served as SVP Shipping & Intermodal Investment Management at DVB Bank SE in the Netherlands, where he was responsible for evaluation of risk-reward metrics, in-house consultancy on asset, market and credit risks in equity deals and commercial and technical management of assets.  He has previously held various positions in the maritime industry through his work at DVB, S&P’s Research, Hudong Shipyard China, Namura / Imari shipyard Japan, Teekay Tankers, Valles Steamship, Dynacom Tankers and Dockendale Shipping. His roles included:

• Heading the Research & Strategic Planning division of DVB Bank.
• Heading DVB’s technical committee; Advising new deal and credit committees & as a Recommendation Panel member for global marine investments.
• Project engineer for new build construction projects in China & Japan.
• Shipboard operations for global players.

Mitul holds an MBA from Lancaster University Management School, UK and a Chief Engineer’s Certificate of Competency (Marine) from the Maritime & Coastguard Agency, UK; Post MBA, Global Strategic Management program from Harvard Business School, USA.