DISPUTE RESOLUTION PRACTITIONER AND CONSULTANT SPECIALIZING IN MARITIME | OIL& GAS | COMMODITIES BUSINESS SECTORS. PASSIONATE ABOUT IMPROVEMENT IN ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND APPROPRIATE DISPUTE RESOLUTION. CAREER IN SHIPPING AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION SPANNING OVER 45 YEARS.

Wai Pong started his career in 1974 on board a dry cargo ship trading in international waters. By the time he stepped ashore in 1982 as a Master Mariner, he had experienced sailing on a broad spectrum of carriers and undergone extensive experience in navigation and cargo handling. 

His career ashore was focused on technical and commercial ship management with exposure to both mainstream shipping and the oil&gas sector. He has acted both as Manager and Principal on behalf of Ship Owners in areas of chartering, S&P and ship building. 

Wai Pong is also very active in teaching and over the last 30 years has taught thousands of students in shipbroking and chartering under Executive Training programs under the umbrella of the Singapore Shipping Association (SSA). The participants are drawn from the shipping and commodity business sectors in Singapore and the region and range from trainees to C-Suite executives and Shipowners. 

Wai Pong is currently the Principal Consultant in a Business Consultancy he founded in 2016. In addition to dispute resolution and volunteering towards the development of standards in the bunkering industry, he manages a team highly experienced and qualified fellow consultants. Collectively, these panel of consultants represent more than a century of experience and expertise culled from work and practice accumulated both in Singapore and overseas to provide an international perspective across a broad spectrum of business sectors to advise clients.