Sharad Bhasin

Background

About Sharad Bhasin

I am an achiever, innovator and entrepreneur who thrives on developing new business and greenfield sites and working in a high pressure and high performance environment. Shipping, Chartering, terminals, logistics and Oil & Gas professional with General Management and Senior operational leadership experience in Australia, Europe, Asia, South America and the US. Tasked with starting and heading an Oceania area office in Sydney for a new Shipping company which planned to own, manage and operate tonnage while controlling a global team in a complex matrix structure, SE Shipping is a now a known name in Oceania and beyond. As the Country operations manager in AP Moller-Maersk line Australia, I managed a team of 50 in all facets of container operations. Change management, SAP implementation, Six Sigma as a process excellence platform, outsourcing to Global service centres, Scheduling, management, cargo planning of 15 large container ships, on international trade routes are some of the many processes which I have managed. I have had a successful career at sea which culminated as a Captain on one of the worlds largest Green VLCCs (Very large Crude carriers).Outside of work I am a long standing Hifi enthusiast and hobbyist, I own several genres of music in vinyl records, cd’s and soft formats with professional stereo equipment to boot. I own a couple of mountain bikes, hard and soft tail, and spend the weekends exploring the trails of Sydney and surrounds. My active lifestyle also involves tennis and downhill skiing. I have discovered running recently and going through the initial stages of Jeff Galloway’s walk run walk programme.