Stephen Fewster

Stephen was appointed Non-Executive Director of Wallem Group in June 2018 and resides in the UK. He is also the Global Head of Shipping Finance at ING Bank, responsible for managing the bank’s loan portfolio to the shipping and maritime industry.

Stephen has over 40 years of banking experience and during this time has worked in several areas including retail banking, risk management and project finance. For the past 35 years, he has been providing and arranging finance for the shipping industry. Before joining ING Bank, Stephen was responsible for the Asian ship finance business of Bankgesellschaft Berlin AG and prior to this Hill Samuel Bank.

Stephen is a member of the Lloyd’s Register Advisory Board, member of the Maritime International Advisory Panel, Treasurer of the Poseidon Principles and the UK Clean Maritime Council. Stephen was elected an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers in 1983.

Stephen has lived and worked in Hong Kong as well as in the UK.