Founder managing partner and CEO of Maritime Policy Bureau rejoins IAPH
IAPH announces the appointment of Guimara Tuñón Guerra as Development Director for the Central and South America Region. With more than twenty years of experience in the maritime and port sectors, she has worked across public and private institutions in the fields of port operations, maritime transportation, logistics, and maritime business administration. Guimara is more than a familiar face at the Association, having occupied the role as IAPH Regional Vice President for this region between 2017 and 2019. She served IAPH during her tenure as General Director of Ports and Maritime Ancillary Industries of Panama Maritime Authority, also serving as Panama delegate to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), and Organization of American States (OAS). She currently occupies the role of managing partner and CEO of Maritime Policy Bureau, which is a consulting firm in maritime policy and innovation, including sustainability and port leadership. She is also Dean of the School of Business, Logistics and Tourism at the Universidad Católica Santa María La Antigua (USMA) in Panama City.
IAPH Managing Director Patrick Verhoeven commented: “we are delighted that Guimara has accepted this newly-created role to strengthen our presence in this vital region of the world for our association. She has the advantage of having worked at board level in our organisation and her consultancy Maritime Policy Bureau has been a long-standing associate member. We have seen the positive impact of our Regional Representative of India Ennarasu Karunesan in bringing Indian members onboard and ensuring they are highly active in IAPH, and intend to replicate this with Guimara’s appointment for Central and South America.” Vinicius Patel, Regional VP for Central and South America and Director of Port Administration of the Port of Açu, Brazil commented: “the incorporation of Guimara to our region is an important step forward in realising our ambitions to ensure greater engagement by our regular port members and associate members as well as the expansion of membership in the Caribbean, Central and South America. With Brazil hosting COP30 later this year in Belém where IAPH will play a key role in representing global port interests, this year is a perfect opportunity for Latin American ports to highlight their role in the energy transition, digitalisation and improved resilience in our industry.
