Leadership
Ms. Sikha Singh is a founding partner of ESM and its associated group of companies, steering the strategic management for the Executive Group. Her vision for the Company and dedication from the top management team across various departments led ESM to be recognized and inducted in the Palladium Balanced Score card (BSC) Hall of Fame for Executing Strategy in the year 2012, a rare distinction for a Ship Management Company. Under her guidance, the company rigorously follows the BSC methodology to implement its strategy and a corporate governance in a most transparent and efficient manner across the organization.
Ms. Singh oversees the operations of the offices across locations as well as crewing and administration for all ESM managed vessels. Her team in Singapore is responsible for recruitment, placements and welfare of both sailing and shore staff. She also chairs the Editorial team for in-house publications - the monthly Executive News Bulletin (News from on-board and Field Offices of ESM) and the weekly news reviews besides supervising the brand communications of the Company.
Ms. Singh is a post graduate in Journalism from the premier media institute, Indian Institute of Mass Communications (IIMC), New Delhi, with over a decade of experience in the Media Industry in India and Hong Kong prior to launching ESM
Over a decade and half of sailing experiences and an equally long and illustrious years of service on shore as part of the management team of ESM, Mr. S.P. Singh is an integral part of ESM’s history and growth. Joining the company as a Technical Superintendent, Mr. Singh has progressed in various roles within the company during last 17 years in accordance with his experiences and requirement of the company.
A technical stalwart, in his current role as the Managing Director since 2017, Mr. Singh steers the company forward with his wealth of experience in the industry and the company.
One of the first veteran and Chief Engineers from ESM fleet to join onshore, Arvind Saxena brings his expertise in managing the operations as well as the technical support departments of ESM. As Engineer per excellence, with a keen eye on providing a flawless operation to our ship owners, Mr. Saxena also assists the Managing Director in overall management of the company.
His wealth of expertise includes guiding and mentoring R & D projects like developing a high end Ballast water treatment system in the Group training institute, Samundra Institute of Maritime Studies (SIMS). He also leads the in-house team in charge of scrubber installations on board ESM ships.