Who is AGW
Naama Lebrecht
Director, AGW Maritime Energy Advisory Limited
Naama Kahn, known professionally as Naama Lebrecht, is a Solicitor of England and Wales with more than twenty years' experience across shipping, freight, oil trading, LNG trading, marine insurance, commercial contracts and complex disputes.
Her 20+ years’ experience includes working as senior in-house legal counsel for Shell’s global shipping and trading businesses, and in an International Group P&I Club. Having covered complex deals and disputes and all manner of operational challenges as well as end-to-end supply chain, she combines legal expertise with a practical understanding of commercial operations, trading activities and supply chain realities.
Having worked within businesses as well as advising them externally, Naama understands the pressures faced by management teams operating in complex and fast-moving markets.
Clients often seek her advice not simply for clear actionable legal opinion, but for practical judgement on how to assess risk, navigate uncertainty and realise commercial opportunities.
Through AGW, she helps organisations make confident decisions, avoid unnecessary disputes and achieve better commercial outcomes.
Specialist Network
For Opportunity Reviews and larger strategic projects, AGW works with a carefully selected network of specialists whose expertise complements Naama's legal and commercial background.
Depending on the engagement, clients may gain access to additional specialist perspectives, including:
- Freight trading
- Finance and investment
- Marine assurance and risk
Freight trading
Chris Baldwin
Freight Trading Consultant, AGW Maritime Energy Advisory Limited
Chris Baldwin on LinkedIn (opens in a new tab)Chris Baldwin brings many years of experience in global energy shipping and freight trading, gained through a distinguished career with Shell Trading & Shipping. He held senior commercial roles across Singapore and London, trading and managing freight in crude oil, refined products and, since 2007, LNG markets. His expertise spans vessel chartering, freight optimization, shipping strategy, and the commercial management of complex global energy supply chains.
Finance and investment
Marjaana Peeters
Finance Consultant, AGW Maritime Energy Advisory Limited
Marjaana Peeters on LinkedIn (opens in a new tab)Marjaana Peeters is a fractional CFO and former Shell finance and strategy leader with 21 years’ experience across global energy trading, freight and corporate finance.
Her expertise includes commercial and investment structuring for LNG bunkering vessels, lease-versus-buy evaluations, sale-and-leaseback structures, freight business model strategy, credit risk management and financial impact of shipping optimisation decisions. In addition to AGW, she leads Versatus Finance, advising growth stage energy and technology businesses on finance, strategy, fundraising and scaling.
Marine assurance and risk
Capt. Mandeep Singh
Marine Assurance & Risk Consultant, AGW Maritime Energy Advisory Limited
Capt. Mandeep Singh on LinkedIn (opens in a new tab)Mandeep is a Master Mariner, accredited OCIMF SIRE 2.0 Inspector across oil, gas and chemical tankers, and marine assurance leader with experience spanning Shell Trading & Shipping and Union Maritime. His expertise covers tanker assurance, TMSA, SIRE 2.0, vetting, operational risk, safety management and maritime governance.
Through AGW, Mandeep helps clients transform assurance from a compliance exercise into a commercial advantage. He brings practical insight into how operational excellence, risk management and industry standards influence chartering opportunities, customer confidence and business performance.
In addition to AGW, Mandeep leads Quantum Maritime helping shipowners, operators and terminals strengthen safety, assurance and operational performance through TMSA and SIRE 2.0 readiness, audits, risk management and practical training.
This approach allows clients to access broader commercial perspectives while maintaining a single point of contact and accountability.
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