Pontus Berg joins Purus as chief operating officer

Purus announced today the appointment of Pontus Berg as chief operating officer (“COO”), effective 1 February 2023.

As COO, Mr. Berg will be responsible for overseeing commercial and technical management of its vessels and infrastructure equipment across the entire business. He will be based in the Company’s Singapore office.

Mr. Berg brings 29 years of experience in the maritime industry in gas operations, shipbuilding and ship management. Before joining Purus, Mr. Berg was executive vice president, technical & operations, at BW LPG Ltd. in Singapore where he led a global team overseeing full fleet management and commercial operations, strategic technical & technological asset development, and was responsible for newbuilding and conversion programmes. Mr. Berg also held management positions at Greenship Gas, Evergas and Eitzen Gas.

With the appointment of Mr. Berg, Henry Chiang, current Purus COO, will transition to senior advisor to the Purus Board.