Director of Institutional Relations of Port of Barcelona to debut at the IAPH technical committee days in London at the end of March
IAPH is delighted to announce that Port of Barcelona’s Ingrid Boqué has been appointed as chair of the IAPH Data Collaboration Technical Committee, effective at the upcoming IAPH technical committee days being held in London between 26 - 28 March.
Ingrid was highly active with IAPH in her previous role as Global Strategic Networks Officer for the Hamburg Port Authority in all committees, and as one of the authors of the IAPH Risk and Resilience guidelines for ports. She also managed the chainPORT initiative which brought the world’s leading international ports together to collaborate on digital transformation. She also played an instrumental role in the successful edition of the IAPH 2024 World Ports Conference last October in Hamburg which saw over 600 senior industry figures attend from around the globe.
Have recently been awarded her master’s degree in business administration from the EU Business School last year with a thesis specialising on international strategy for port authorities, Ingrid commenced her maritime career in the cruise sector, first in her home city of Barcelona and then when she moved to Germany to take up a Management Assistant role at the terminal operator Cruise Gate Hamburg. She also has a degree in Tourism, specialising in tourism management from CETT-UB University.
She assumed her new role as Director of Institutional Relations of the Port of Barcelona last October, following the creation of the Institutional Relations department within the office of the Presidency.
Ingrid steps into the chairperson’s role occupied since November 2020 by Pascal Ollivier, President of Maritime Street, who initiated the industry wide call to action during the pandemic to accelerate the pace of digitalisation, with a report completed with the World Bank on the subject. She will join vice chair Gadi Benmoshe of Marinnovators in leading the committee and steering group.
Managing Director Patrick Verhoeven commented: “Pascal’s tenure has been a tour de force in supporting the shift by the industry towards digitalising the ship-shore interface and improving data orchestration and collaboration between ports and their maritime supply chain partners. He has been the main instigator of port industry-first guidelines on cybersecurity, on collaboration between customs and port authorities with the WCO, and port community systems with The World Bank. Pascal has raised awareness among ports, shipping, industry, NGOs, international financing institutions and other stakeholders that data collaboration is not just a technological challenge, but primarily one of good governance, mutual trust and well-thought-out change management between all stakeholders. We look forward to his continued participation in IAPH and in the meantime welcome back Ingrid to the international IAPH family to continue this vital work.”
About IAPH
Founded in 1955, the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) has developed into a global alliance of 191 port authorities as well as 165 port-related businesses. Comprised of over 80 different nationalities across the world’s continents, member ports handle over one third of the world’s sea-borne trade and well over 60% of the world container traffic. IAPH leads global port industry initiatives on decarbonisation and energy transition, risk and resilience management, and accelerating digitalisation in the maritime transport chain. The IAPH’s World Ports Sustainability Program has grown into the reference database of best practices of ports applying the UN Sustainable Development Goals and integrating them into their businesses - iaphworldports.org.