Interview: Kevin Humphreys,Marine and Offshore President,the Americas, Lloyds Register

摘要

Kevin, looking at the Americas, where is Lloyd's Register traditionally strongest? One of our core business sectors in the Americas is the cruise sector (with about 35% of global construction market share). We also have a large presence in Canada, (as the Canadian Navy and Coast Guard) rely heavily on LR for their building standards and risk management. Lastly, I would (broadly categorize) complex projects in the offshore sector. When you look at LR in the Americas, where do you see weakness, and what is your strategy to improve? That's a fair question. One of the places we're investing significantly is platforms, digital platforms, both on our internal processes, and as that flows out to the external processes for our customers. We want to be able to deliver bread-and-butter services to our customers seamlessly, painlessly and efficiently. I'm used to being in companies with great, smart, technical people, very smart engineers, very good at what they do. But you need to create a cultural where they understand what they do in terms of the value of the clients. We're selling expertise to help our clients grow. With decarbonization, digitalization and autonomy, maritime is at an interesting crossroads. What are LR America's priorities in the coming years? This is really a dynamic regulatory environment, and the environmental concerns have radically changed. You see individuals in risk counterparties to deals asking questions they were never asking before, looking for counsel (on issues) that they never asked before.