• Payment method
• Risk in International trade payment
• Foreign exchange risk
• Management of risk

Training Schedule

Morning Session One – 0900-1030hrs
Discussions – 15 minutes
Facilitator – Krishnan Subramaniam FICS, Dubai

Break (30 Minutes)

Session Two – 1120-1300hrs
Discussion 15 minutes
Facilitator – Nathaniel Kojo Nti FICS

 Lunch Break (45 Minutes)

Session Three – 1400-1530hrs
Discussion 15 minutes
Facilitator – Gertrude Adwoa Ohene-Asienim FICS

Profile of Facilitators

Krishnan Subramanian FICS is a seasoned professional in the areas of Supply Chain, Logistics and Commercial Shipping. He is currently the Strategic Adviser for Transworld group, UAE/India for Tankers and Liquid cargo logistics. He is also a Member of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) UAE Steering Committee, Customs & Trade Facilitation Commission. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (FICS) U.K, a trainer for ICS, NAFL Dubai, Maersk Training, Dubai Shipping Agents Association (DSAA) and Bahrain Shipping Agents Association (BSAA). He has equal experience in academics as Academic Advisor at AMET Chennai and Frontline Academy of Logistics and Adjunct faculty at S.P.Jain School of Global Management, Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Dubai and NMIMS, Mumbai.

Nathaniel Kojo Nti is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, UK and a Chartered where he serves as the General Secretary of the Institute’s West Africa Branch. He is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport UK. He holds an MBA in International Trade from Anhalt University of Applied Science, Department of Economics, Germany, and a BSc. Ports and Shipping Administration from the Regional Maritime University, Accra Ghana. He is a Freight Forwarder and a shipping professional. He currently works with OMA Logistics Ghana Ltd as the Head of Freight Management and lectures at the Regional Maritime University and is a tutor at the West Africa School of Shipping, Ghana.

Gertrude Adwoa Ohene-Asienim FICS is the Executive Director of Whitestone Shipbrokers and West Africa School of Shipping. She is a Chartered Shipbroker, Lecturer and Maritime Consultant with over twenty years’ combined experience in Shipping, Oil & Gas, and Academia specialising in International Trade Transactions, Marine Insurance and Maritime Law.
She has worked in the field of seismic acquisition, FPSO operations and management, shipbroking, maritime labour, and procurement, having worked previously as Country Manager for PGS Ghana, Yinson Gazania Operations, OMA Labour & Procurement and Offshore Shipbrokers Ghana.
Gertrude is a Part – Time Lecturer at the Regional Maritime University, Accra, Ghana, and a member of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Global Customs and Trade Facilitation Commission. She is Membership Committee Chairperson, a member of the Controlling & Executive Councils, an Assessor and Assistant examiner of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (ICS), London. She is President of Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA) Ghana. She holds a Master of Laws degree in Maritime Law from the University of Oslo, Norway and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, London, UK.