Peter Ahlås, Esq

Career: Lt Cdr Royal Swedish Navy 1969-71, Res 1971-; marine insurance broker; W K Webster 1971-73, gen mangr Liberian Insurance Agency 1973-74, broker Bland Payne 1974-78; dir: Jardine Glanvill Marine 1978-86, Gibbs Insurance Holdings Ltd 1986-, HSBC Shipping Services Ltd 2000-, Maritime London; HSBC Insurance Brokers Ltd (formerly Gibbs Hartley Cooper Ltd): chief exec Marine Cargo and Aviation Divs 1986-, chm global marine practice 2006-; mgmnt conslt in the shipping and marine insurance sector 2007-; chm: C Solutions Ltd, C J Coleman Ltd; non-exec dir HSBC Shipping Services Ltd; memb Advsy Bd Svenska Bostadsfonden; tstee Maritime London Cadet Scholarship Tst; memb IBRC; Freeman City of London, Liveryman Worshipful Co of Shipwrights