TOP MARITIME WOMEN IN NIGERIA
Karen
Ogidigben
Director, Crew Management and Training at Hapag-Lloyd
Karen is a woman who came to the
maritime industry, saw and
conquered. A Bachelor of Science
graduate of Biochemistry, she had
no knowledge of the maritime
industry by the time she found
herself there. The only relationship
she had with the industry was
growing up in a port city. But
because of her enthusiasm to learn,
she accepted the job offer from a
shipping company to work in
business development and
crewing. To her, it was an
opportunity to learn about the
maritime industry.
Her enthusiasm, passion and quick
learning capacity were recognized
by her employer who entrusted her
with more responsibilities than her
job title entailed. Working in
Nigeria's maritime environment
was quite challenging as a young
lady who had to deal with both
seafarers and vessel owners with
relatively decades of experience in
Her enthusiasm, passion and quick learning
capacity were recognized by her employer who
entrusted her with more responsibilities than her
job title entailed. Working in Nigeria's maritime
environment was quite challenging as a young lady
who had to deal with both seafarers and vessel owners
with relatively decades of experience in the
industry. But her dexterity on the job made
them think she was really great on the job.
her to work for them in Dubai. That
was how Karen left Nigeria 18
months later to work with Hapag-
Lloyd in Dubai, the crossroads
between Europe, Africa and Asia,
where she added to her repertoire
in the maritime sector, gaining
international experience and
working with diverse set of clients,
colleagues and crewing teams.
Karen now has diversified
knowledge of the maritime industry
with experience spanning crew and
the industry. But her dexterity on
ship management within the offshore, harbor/towage services
the job made them think she was
and container sectors in Africa, Middle East and Asia. She
really great on the job.
holds an MBA in Ship Management and is currently pursuing a
Master's degree in Maritime Law at the University of London.
A client she came in contact with
Karen
is not done yet as she still has her eyes on leadership
thought she could do much more
training
at Harvard. Currently, she is the Director, Crew
for them on a global scale than she
was doing in Nigeria, and recruited Management and Training at Hapag-Llyod.
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