From Uncertainty to Resilience: Building Adaptability into Fleet Decisions 

Charles Harris-Cooke is General Manager, Marine Decarbonisation at Shell, where he leads Shell Marine’s global decarbonisation agenda. He works with customers and colleagues across the business to navigate evolving regulation, fuel choices and the commercial realities of the energy transition, translating complexity into practical strategies and solutions.

During his career at Shell, Charles has held a range of commercial, strategy, sustainability and policy roles across the transport and energy sectors, including road transport, aviation and shipping. This breadth of experience gives him a commercially grounded perspective on decarbonisation and the challenges businesses face when making long-term investment decisions amid regulatory, technological and market uncertainty

Marcel Goncalves is Vice President of Decarbonisation at Carnival Corporation, where he leads the company's global strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and advance the pathway toward net-zero operations.

In this role, he oversees the evaluation and deployment of emerging technologies, alternative fuels, energy-efficiency initiatives, and regulatory compliance strategies across the world's largest cruise company. 

Over a career spanning more than two decades with Carnival, Marcel has held leadership roles across revenue management, operational analytics, product development, shipbuilding, fleet retrofits, and maritime operations. This broad experience provides him with a uniquely practical perspective on how commercial, technical, and operational considerations come together when evaluating new energy solutions and decarbonisation investments.

Marie-Caroline Laurent leads the MSC Group’s Maritime Policy & Government Affairs department. She is based in Geneva and oversees the Group’s government affairs engagements on a wide range of global transport policy matters impacting both MSC’s cargo and passenger divisions.

Marie-Caroline holds a master’s degree in public administration from Sciences Po Paris (IEP) and a second master’s degree in European policies from the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium.

Christos Chryssakis is Vice President Energy & Regulations at Wallenius Wilhelmsen, with responsibility for the Energy Sourcing/fuel procurement team, alternative fuels, and compliance with environmental regulations. Prior to joining Wallenius Wilhelmsen, he worked for 12 years for DNV in R&D and commercial roles related to decarbonization of shipping and marine fuels. Before joining DNV he worked as a researcher at the National Technical University of Athens, and at the Institut Francais du Petrole (IFP), in Paris, France. He has more than 10 years of R&D experience in internal combustion engines for marine, automotive and off-road applications, with particular focus on emissions reduction. He has a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens and a MSc and PhD degree from the University of Michigan.