INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR
Ajaib Hari Dass
Mr Ajaib Hari Dass is the Lead Independent Director of the M&L Manager Board. Currently, Mr Hari Dass is a consultant of Haridass Ho & Partners, a law firm in Singapore which he co-founded.
Graduating from the University of London in 1974 with an honours degree in law, he was admitted as a Barrister-At-Law, Middle Temple in 1975. He has more than 46 years of legal experience and specialises in shipping and admiralty matters, both litigious and non-litigious matters as well as matters relating to ship sale and purchase, ship financing and commodity based transactions. He has acted as counsel in corporate and professional negligence claims. On the admiralty/shipping front, he handles marine insurance claims, collision claims, salvage and cargo claims, oil pollution and bunker supply disputes, charterparty disputes, bills of lading, towage and shipbuilding/construction disputes. He also has an active practice in international sale of goods, commercial and banking litigation.
Besides litigation work, Mr Hari Dass also has experience in arbitration and mediation work. He is an accredited mediator of the Singapore Mediation Centre (“SMC”)and also a panel member of arbitrators of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC”) and the Chamber of Maritime Arbitration (“SCMA”). He is also a Senior Accredited Specialist (Maritime & Shipping) with the Singapore Academy of Law as well as a member of the MPA National Maritime Safety at Sea Council.
He had served as a Magistrate of the Subordinate Courts of Singapore as well as a Referee of the Small Claims Tribunal, Subordinate Courts of Singapore. He had also served for many years as a Justice of the Peace, Singapore.
Mr Hari Dass is also a Lead Independent Director of Sembcorp Industries Ltd, Nam Cheong Limited and Mertis Energy Limited, all listed companies in Singapore. He is also a director of Singapore LNG Corporation Pte Ltd.