Christian von Oldershausen started his professional career in the German Navy sailing on destroyers and frigates as a Marine Engineering Officer and Weapons Engineering Officer for seven years. Christian looks back on more than 40 years of involvement in the international maritime industry, having gained his management and project development experience through such positions as CEO of a Tanker and Offshore shipping company, MD in charge for the shipping activities of a leading finance syndicator for shipping investments, and the head of shipbuilding for a large German Industrial Group which included overseas postings. Germanischer Lloyd’s Chief Commercial Officer at the time of the merger with DNV, he is now DNV’s Naval Business Segment Director. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering of the Helmut Schmidt University of the Federal German Armed
Forces, Hamburg and participated in an International Business Post-Graduate program at the University of Houston.