Capt. Marc Nuytemans (°61) is currently Vice President Europe region at Excelerate Energy (www.excelerateenergy.com), a company quoted on the NYSE and a leader in integrated LNG solutions providing security of energy supply. Till April 2023 Marc was CEO of the Blauwe Cluster / Blue Cluster (www.blauwecluster.be) a maritime innovation hub mandated by the Flemish government with over 200 member companies + trade associations & knowledge institutes.

From January 2009 till November 2019 he was Managing Director of Exmar Shipmanagement N.V. and member of the executive committee of Exmar N.V. (www.exmar.be), a Belgian listed ship owning company. He lectures at the University of Antwerp (C-MAT www.c-mat.be) in shipping and shipping management since 2000. After an extensive career at sea he became fleet personnel manager at CMB nv in 1997. In 2000 he took up the position of Managing Director of the Royal Belgian Shipowners’ Association leading the revival of the Belgian register.

Capt. Marc Nuytemans also serves on the board of several companies and an international charity.