The Nomination Committee is responsible for proposing candidates for election to the Board and the Nomination Committee and proposing remuneration to be paid to members of these bodies. As part of its work in proposing candidates for election to the Board and the Nomination Committee, the Nomination Committee is available for contact with shareholders and maintains contact with the Board and the Company’s Executive Management. The Nomination Committee will justify its recommendations for each candidate separately and strive to consult with relevant shareholders concerning proposals for appointment of candidates, and will also provide the rationale for each proposed candidate.
Alicia Yik Jie Ting
Ms. Alicia Yik Jie Ting is COO for Altara Management, a company affiliated with BW Group Chairman Mr. Andreas Sohmen-Pao. Previously, Ms. Yik was an Executive Director at J.P. Morgan Private Bank in Asia. Prior to that, she worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch focusing on Strategy and Business Development. Ms. Yik has more than 13 years of professional experience in the financial industry, and holds a Bachelor of Business Management degree in Finance and a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the Singapore Management University.
Bjarte Bøe
Mr. Bøe has over 30 years of experience in the finance industry. He currently serves as a director of CMB Tech, a NYSE and Belgium listed shipping company. He also serves as a director of Eika Group, a Norwegian savings bank group, as Chairman of Nordic Financial Regulation Group, and as Chairman of Merkantilbygg, a Norwegian real estate company.
He has previously served on the following boards: Jøtul (a Norwegian wood oven manufacturer), Seadrill (a US and Oslo listed drilling company), Hermitage Offshore (a US offshore supply vessel company), Ellos group AB (a Swedish retail company), and Agera Venture (a Norwegian venture capital company).
Mr. Bøe is a member of the Nomination Committee of BW Offshore Limited since May 2014, and Hafnia Limited, BW LPG Limited and BW Energy Limited since May 2020. Mr. Bøe was chair of the Investment Committee at SEB Venture Capital, a subsidiary of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ), a Nordic financial services group, where from 1995 to June 2019, he held a range of management positions.
Elaine Yew Wen Suen
Ms. Yew is a Non-Executive Director on a number of private and public sector Boards, a senior executive Coach, and Advisor to family-owned businesses.
Until the end of 2025, Ms. Yew was a Senior Partner in Egon Zehnder, one of the world’s largest executive search and talent strategy firms. Ms. Yew was the Asia Lead of the firm’s Global Board Advisory practice and her focus was on Boards, CEOs and other C-suite succession planning. Ms. Yew also advised clients on CEO development, top team effectiveness, organizational culture and board effectiveness.
Before joining the firm, Ms. Yew led an industry change program while at Global Freight Exchange, the world’s first Internet-based global marketplace for air cargo. Prior to that, Ms. Yew was Executive Director with Goldman Sachs in the European Equities Division and was a Consultant with Monitor Company.
Ms. Yew started her career with the Singapore Economic Development Board, helping Singapore companies develop their presence in Indochina and Myanmar in the early 1990s. Ms. Yew is a trained Coach and Fellow of the Institute of Coaching, McLean, affiliated to the Harvard Medical School. She is also a certified Mediator and uses some of the principles in helping people work better together. Ms. Yew is an independent Non-Executive Director on the Board of SPH Media Holdings, and is also on the Board of MOH Holdings, the holding company of Singapore’s public healthcare clusters, where she chairs the Human Resource Committee.
She chairs the independent Nomination Committees of BW Offshore, BW Energy, BW LPG, Hafnia and Cadeler, all listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange, with BW LPG, Hafnia and Cadeler also dual-listed on the New York Stock Exchange. She sits on the Board of The Majurity Trust, a philanthropic foundation, on the Board of Wild Rice Ltd, a not-for-profit theatre company, and on the Board of Capella Hotels Group. She is also a Board Member of the Singapore International Mediation Centre and is a Justice of the Peace. She had previously served for nine years on the Board of Trustees of the National University of Singapore.
Ms. Yew has a BA with Honours in English and Drama from the University of Kent and an MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France.