A quick glance at Sadan Kaptanoglu’s CV shows she has earned her stripes as the next president of Bimco, where she will take the reins on 14 May.

The chief executive of Kaptanoglu Group, one of Turkey’s largest and oldest shipping conglomerates, she holds a master's degree in shipping, trade and finance from London’s Cass Business School, and a PhD in business and sustainability from De Montfort University in Leicester.