Amalie Grevsen, Lead of Cultural Transformation at Maersk, has played a key role in driving gender diversity, inclusion, and change across the Maersk fleet. Therefore, she is nominated for the IMO Gender Equality Award.

Each year, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) presents the IMO Gender Equality Award to recognize and celebrate individuals who have made significant contributions to advancing gender equality and empowering women in the maritime sector.

This year, Danish Shipping is nominating Amalie Grevsen, Lead of Cultural Transformation at Maersk, for the award.

Maersk won Danish Shipping’s own Diversity Award in 2023 for their stellar efforts in the DEI-area and is therefore also our nominee for the 2024 IMO Gender Equality Award.

Amalie Grevsen’s has played a pivotol role. Her exceptional efforts in promoting diversity and inclusion are paving the way for significant change.

Anne Windfeldt Trolle, Director of Labor, Recruitment, and Education at Danish Shipping

“Maersk has emerged as a role model in cultural transformation within the maritime industr and Amalie Grevsen’s has played a pivotol role. Her exceptional efforts in promoting diversity and inclusion are paving the way for significant change.” said Anne Windfeldt Trolle, Director of Labor, Recruitment, and Education at Danish Shipping.

With Amalie Grevsen at the helm, Maersk has launched several tangible initiatives with concrete results, driving progress and setting new standards. These include the “Leading as One” leadership programme, Anti-SASH (Sexual Assault Sexual Harassment) campaigns and training, planning efforts to ensure that women to the extent possible never sail alone on Maersk’s ships and much more.

All these efforts are guided by the important understanding that it is crucial to both actively promote diversity and inclusion as well as remove structural barriers.

The IMO Gender Equality Award 

The IMO Gender Equality Award has been established to recognize those individuals, irrespective of their gender, who, either in their personal capacity or as re­p­re­sen­ta­ti­ves of their respective institutions, have made significant contributions to advancing gender equality and the empowerment of women in the maritime sector

The Award was handed out for the first time in 2023 to Ms. Despina Panayiotou Theodosiou (Cyprus), former President of the Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA International), due to the pivotal and leading role she played in advancing gender equality and empowering women throughout her tenure as President of WISTA International.