VIKAND's OTHER ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS ARE:

Christian Sauleau—Chairman VIKAND Advisory Board 

Christian Sauleau, Chairman of VIKAND’s Advisory Board, is a consummate luxury cruise industry professional with experience at Silverseas Cruises, Crystal Cruises, Regent Seven Seas, and V. Ships. Christian keeps a razor focus on the customer experience by overseeing standards of excellence in operations, hotel, crew, and entertainment. 

Frederick Burman—Executive Vice President-Asset Management Skanska Group 

Frederick Burman is a senior executive with extensive US and Latin American public-private partnerships experience, broad finance knowledge and dedication to community initiatives and philanthropy. 

Anna Bjurstam— Global Health and Wellness Expert   

Anna Bjurstam is a global expert in health, wellness and spa modalities and management. She is a Strategic Advisor and Wellness Pioneer for Six Senses and Raison d'Etre and a Founding Board Member of the annual Global Wellness Summit. 

Jerry Hamilton—Managing Partner Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel 

Jerry Hamilton is nationally recognized as a defense attorney and internationally heralded in the nuances of maritime law. He is the 2022 Lawyer of the Year in Admiralty and Maritime Law and holds many such distinctions over many years. 

Nicholas Kuchova—United States Foreign Service (Ret.) 

Nicholas Kuchova has a broad comprehension of global commercial and regulatory environments based on foreign service posts in multiple continents and countries over many years. Nick serves on a number of advisory boards. 

Jan Lessem—President and Consultant ClinStrat 

Jan Lessem, MD, PhD, FACC, is an experienced adviser in global biomedical and pharma companies, strategic clinical research, and development. He is President of ClinStrat and with former roles at OraPharma, CombinatoRx and Advanced BioHealing.  

Bob Saxon—Director Westport Yachts 

Bob Saxon is a pioneer in yacht management, working with more than 3,000 yacht owners over his 40-year career. Currently IYBA President, Bob serves in senior management and strategic direction for a wide variety of industry and civic organizations. 

Raphael Sauleau—Chief Executive Officer Fraser Yachts 

Raphael Sauleau leads one of the world’s most recognizable full-service yacht companies, Fraser Yachts.  He is also Deputy Chair of Eyesea, a worldwide nonprofit with a mission to map global pollution and maritime hazards. 

Klaus Stoltenberg—Managing Partner bei Constellation 

Klaus Stoltenberg is a senior advisor for the global maritime shipping industry as well as corporate and financial institutions. He understands the intricacies of boards, shareholders, regulators, rating agencies, institutional investors, and all major shipping associations.  

ABOUT VIKAND

VIKAND provides global public health and medical solutions to the international commercial maritime, cruise, yachting and offshore industries. We have a team of dedicated physicians, paramedics and nurses who can provide remote or onboard medical assistance 24/7.  

Our services also include the provision and maintenance of onboard medical equipment and the management of a fleet’s medical facilities, including the initiation of crew wellness programs involving regular individual health checks and risk assessments as well as chronic condition support monitoring and mental health counselling. We also run online maritime training courses through VIKAND’s maritime school of medical and public health. 

Our experience extends to comprehensive knowledge of all regulatory, legislative and procedural requirements for client compliance and we are used to engaging and collaborating with regulators and local jurisdictions.  

We also work with our clients to produce tailored public health procedures and protocols with ongoing staff training to maintain best in class hygiene and sanitation standards. This includes understanding and devising protocols to minimise infectious disease transmission such as COVID-19.