Anders H. Schau, while a Norwegian citizen, has lived the greater part of his life in Asia and has a broad network within the shipping and offshore industry throughout the South East Asian region. After starting his professional career as a shipbroker with Lorentzen & Stemoco in Oslo, he worked several years with Fortis Bank in Singapore. Later, he successfully established Platou Finans in Singapore and concluded several large sale and leaseback transactions, mainly within the offshore oil service sector. Most recently, Anders held the position as CEO for Vallianz Holdings Limited, a company providing lease financing solutions to the offshore industry, listed on the SGX-Catalist.