Classification
1. Noburo Ueda
ClassNK
Japan. Current International Association of Classification Societies chairman Ueda, who is also president of the world’s largest classification society, is the second successive high-profile Asian to use the position as a platform to promote the importance of Asian shipping interests and to call for a more proactive attitude from the region. His reformist agenda of overseas expansion and commitment to research and development have seen him push NK’s profile much higher than in the recent past.