Executive Committee

Nicolas Saverys (1958) - Chief Executive Officer

Nicolas Saverys has been involved in the family business of shipowning since graduating from the University of Ghent with a degree in economics in 1980.
From that time he has been responsible for starting Exmar and then steering its development to its current position as one of the major gas shipowning companies. His current business responsibilities, in addition to shipping, include insurance brokerage, real estate, towage and salvage, ship management and aviation.
For almost 20 years, Nicolas Saverys was Chairman of the Royal Belgian Shipowners Association and during this mandate he was the driving force behind the successful revamping of the national Belgian register which led to an unprecented growth and reflagging.
He is also Chairman of the Flemish Ports Association and the Benelux Committee of Bureau Veritas. Furthermore, Nicolas Saverys is Director of NileDutch.


Patrick De Brabandere (1959) – Chief Operating Officer

Patrick De Brabandere holds a degree in Applied Economic Sciences from UCL Louvain-la Neuve (Belgium).

He started his career at the audit firm, Arthur Andersen. In 1987 he joined Almabo as Project Controller.

He became Chief Financial Officer of CMB in 1998. In 2002 he was appointed director of CMB. After the split CMB/Exmar in 2003 he became director and chief financial officer of Exmar.

Since 2008 he is Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Exmar. Patrick De Brabandere holds directorships in various Exmar Group companies as well as in Saverex NV.


Pierre Dincq (1964) – Managing Director Shipping

Pierre Dincq holds a degree in Marketing from St Eligius Antwerp (Belgium). He started his career in 1986 as a sales man but after 1 year he joined the Exmar group and was employed in the chartering department. Following his traineeship he joined the financial department for some time. In 1992 he joined the chartering department again and since 2006 he is the Managing Director of the shipping activities within the group.

Pierre Dincq holds directorships in various Exmar Group companies.


David M. Lim (1971) - Managing Director Offshore

David Lim is currently Managing Director of Exmar Offshore nv and is based in Houston, Texas.

David started his career with Exmar at CMB Hong Kong in 1998 where he worked on the chartering desk with responsibility for employment of Exmar's pressurized LPG vessels.

In 2001, David relocated to Houston, Texas to support Exmar's growing LNG and LNGRV business as Managing Director of Exmar Shipping USA. In 2004, David was appointed Managing Director of Exmar Offshore Company, the design and engineering group in Houston and assumed his current responsibilities of Exmar Offshore nv in 2009.

David Lim holds a degree in Bachelor of Arts and a Juris Doctor. He was admitted to the Virginia Bar in 1997.


Miguel de Potter (1979) - Chief Financial Officer

Miguel de Potter holds a Master in Financial Management from the Vlerick Leuven Ghent Management School as well as a Master in Law from the University of Louvain.

He started his career in the Investment Banking division from Citigroup in London. He joined the Exmar Group in 2007 in the Houston office as a business developer.

Since 2011 he is the Chief Financial Officer of EXMAR based in Antwerp. Miguel de Potter holds directorships in various Exmar Group companies.


Paul Young (1957) – Chief Marketing Officer

Paul Young obtained his master in business administration – finance and economics from Fordham University in New York.

After three years of project development for the P&O Group in New York and London, he joined the Exmar Group in 1987. Through various positions he assisted in the establishment and development of Exmar.

Paul Young is actually Chief Marketing Officer for the Exmar Group and holds directorships in various Exmar Group companies.


Marc Nuytemans (1961) - CEO EXMAR Shipmanagement

Marc Nuytemans obtained his master foreign going (Captain) from the Antwerp Maritime Academy. After an extensive career at sea on different types of vessels, he was Fleet Personnel Manager at Exmar Shipmanagement (formerly Tecto) from 1997 to 2000. In 2000 he took up the position as managing director of the Royal Belgian Shipowners' Association.

Marc Nuytemans is CEO of Exmar Shipmanagement since 2008.

He is member of the board of directors of Brabo, Caritas International, the Chamber of Commerce Antwerpen, the International Seaman's House Antwerp and Flandria. He is also Executive Professor of ITMMA (Institute of Transport & Maritime Management Antwerp) at the Antwerp University.



Bart Lavent (1975) - Managing Director LNG upstream/downstream

Bart Lavent is an electromechanical engineer, he holds a master in financial management (Leuven) and a MBA at the Vlerick school (Ghent).

Mr Lavent has a very diversified working experience within the energy business.

He started his career as a consultant for a specialised international energy consultancy group prior to and at the beginning of the market opening of the European energy market. He became manager of that firm.

He briefly worked for the Belgian federal energy regulator in charge of investment projects in the power sector.

He was a pioneer in the liberalisation of the natural gas market in Western Europe thanks to his position at Wingas, the German-Russian gas company co-owned by BASF and Gazprom. He lead the Antwerp gas pipeline project to a success.

He has been working with Exmar for the last 5 years, responsible for several regasification and liquefaction projects in different parts of the world. His title with Exmar is Managing Director LNG, Upstream & Downstream.


Didier Ryelandt (1972) - Executive Vice President - Exmar Offshore

Didier Ryelandt holds a degree in Management and Business Administration from the Université Catholique de Louvain (IAG).

In 1996 he joined Bank Brussels Lambert (ING Group) in Mergers & Acquisitions and Equity & Mezzanine Financing.

Didier Ryelandt joined the Suez Energy International Group in September 1999 as Manager of Project Advisory and Financial Advisor in Brussels before being transferred to Houston in the same capacity. In 2003 he became Director of Finance and in 2005 Vice-President, Finance & Treasury for Suez Energy North America.

He joined the Exmar Group in June 2006 and was Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Group till July 2011. As from 1 July 2011 he is vice president offshore in Houston.

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