ROBBERT JAN SOUGÉ

ROBBERT JAN SOUGÉ

Robbert Jan Sougé (1964) is a founding partner of Direct Ship Finance. He has 30 years of experience in shipping and ship finance.

Robbert Jan headed NIBC's shipping team 'West of Suez' and was responsible for corporate- and asset finance activities for the US, European and Scandinavian shipping markets. Robbert Jan started his 15-year ship finance career at ING Bank Maritime Industries.

In addition, Robbert Jan has close to 15 years of experience in general, financial and commercial management positions in the shipping industry in the dry bulk-, tanker- and the container shipping space with De Poli Tankers, Van Weelde Shipping Group, Anthony Veder and Nedlloyd Lines, the liner shipping division of the Nedlloyd Group.

Robbert Jan holds a BBA from Nijenrode, The Netherlands School of Business, and a M.Sc. from Erasmus University Rotterdam.