Vice President of Open Innovation, Marine Products
As the Vice President of Open Innovation, Marine Products for Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS), Nakul is deeply engaged in the company’s corporate venturing endeavours and is an avid proponent of bridging industry domain expertise with new age technology capabilities.
He advocates an open innovation philosophy to solve big maritime challenges by leveraging a deep sense of ecosystem thinking and the ability to collaborate with permeable organisational boundaries through equity and non-equity structures.
With industry involvement spanning over 25 years, Nakul combines a wealth of international maritime commercial, operations and management experience, with qualifications in marine engineering, business management and direct seafaring experience.
He is also a strategic advisory board member for a number of maritime startups and a mentor in several incubators and accelerators globally in the maritime domain. Nakul is a Fellow of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology, Royal Institution of Naval Architects, Institute of Marine Engineers (India), Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Logistics and Transport, Associate Fellow of the Nautical Institute, and a keen commentator on maritime innovation and digitalisation.