Just two days after Norden’s Carsten Mortensen was poached to help lead BW Group, a book launch was held in London for a biography that promises to give fresh insight into the global energy shipping group’s founder, YK Pao, and where his successors may take it next.

Written by his eldest daughter, Anna Pao Sohmen, the newly updated English edition of a book first published in Chinese gives a highly personal and, at times, poignant reflection on an influential figure, not only in shipping but also the politics of Asia.

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