Cruise Team

Mr. McKeown joined IRI in late 2017 in the role of Vice President, Technical & Marine Safety. Prior to joining IRI, he served as Operations Director and Fleet Technical Director at V.Ships USA in Florida for 10 years, and was responsible for the third-party management of various vessel types and sizes. Prior to relocating to Florida, Mr. McKeown held the position of Technical Director for Celtic Pacific UK Ltd in Southampton, England, responsible for a fleet of four cruise vessels, and also the positions of Fleet Manager and Senior Technical Superintendent with V.Ships UK (Southampton and Glasgow) since 1996. During this period, he was also appointed as Project Manager for the planning and construction of four large roll-on/roll-off passenger vessels in Sevilla, Spain. Before settling into a shore based position, he was previously sailing on a wide variety of dry and wet cargo vessel types. He sailed with Denholm Ship Management, starting as an Engineer Cadet and progressing through the ranks to Chief Engineer after gaining his UK Class 1 License in 1989. He then joined V.Ships in 1991 sailing as Chief Engineer on oil, product, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and ethylene tankers.

Hans Molver joined IRI in late 2007 as Marine Safety Advisor and was promoted many times before serving as Senior Vice President, Technical. In January 2018, he was promoted again to Senior Vice President, Investigations. Prior to Mr. Molver joining IRI, he served as Managing Director of System Compliance Group LLC (SCG) where he was responsible for development, marketing and sales of services to maritime industry clients. Prior to SCG, Mr. Molver served as Marine Engineer for over 10 years with major ship owners and operators. One such company was Royal Caribbean, with whom Mr. Molver held many positions including: Environmental Assurance Officer, Compliance Superintendent, Environmental Management System (ISO 14001) Implementation Facilitator and First Engineer. Through these positions, Mr. Molver oversaw the environmental and hazardous materials compliance verification program, monitored shipboard environmental programs, provided training for the shipboard Environmental Officers and recommended action to prevent an environmental non-conformity related to the product, process and quality system. Mr. Molver has also worked for 12 years in the power generation industry, as a Control Room Operator for Philip Morris USA and CoGentrix of Virginia developing methods for efficient power generation. Mr. Molver is a graduate of Aalesund Maritime Academy in Norway where he received his Merchant Marine Engineer’s License.

Angela Plott joined IRI in September 2007 with over 20 years of experience in the maritime and political fields. Previously, she was Vice President of the International Council of Cruise Lines (ICCL). During her tenure, she developed and implemented positions to relevant US and international governmental bodies on cruise maritime policies and shipboard operational procedures, in particular relating to tourism and travel, economic impact, medical facilities, health, sanitation and labor issues. As chair of the ICCL Medical and Sanitation Committees, she drafted the industry’s SARS and Pandemic Response Plans and successfully negotiated with the US Centers for Disease Control for revisions to the Vessel Sanitation Program Operation and Construction Manuals. Prior to this she worked on Capitol Hill and as a consultant representing both public and corporate clients before Congress. She holds a M.B.A. from DeVry University, and received her B.A. in Political Science/International Relations from Boise State University. Ms. Plott is a member of WISTA.

Mr. Polderman became a maritime consultant for IRI in 2004 concentrating on marine issues such as inspection regimes and requirements, technical investigations and other technical marine matters. His strong maritime background began in 1955 with the Royal Schelde Shipyard in Vlissingen, Netherlands, where from 1963 he performed the duties of assistant manager in the ship repair department and in 1965 became manager of new ship construction. Mr. Polderman joined Lloyd’s Register in 1970 in Rotterdam where he had a short posting in Spain and was later transferred to the US in 1978 where he had postings in New Orleans, Mobile and Miami. His expertise with Lloyd’s Register was in ship classification and regulatory requirements specializing in the cruise ship industry. Mr. Polderman’s career with Lloyd’s Register spanned 33 years and he retired as Senior Vice President of Marine Services for North and South America. He studied Naval Architecture in Dordrecht, Holland and earned a degree in Naval Architecture from HTS Dordrecht.

Theo Xenakoudis joined IRI’s Piraeus office in 2001 as Business Development Manager after serving in the Greek Navy. In this role, Theo was instrumental in assisting with the promotion of the RMI Maritime and Corporate Registries in the Mediterranean region. In January 2007, Theo was promoted to Managing Director of IRI’s Piraeus office and continued to strengthen IRI’s relationship with the maritime and corporate communities in his marketing territory. He has also expanded the reach of the Piraeus office to include markets in Turkey, Italy, and Monaco while still maintaining a strong relationship with the Greek shipping community. In April 2011, Theo was given the additional responsibility of serving as IRI’s Worldwide Business Operations Officer, and in February 2015 was promoted to Director, Worldwide Business Operations. Theo holds a B.S. in Transport and Shipping (Insurance and Maritime Law Pathway) and received his Master of Laws (L.L.M.) in Maritime Law from the Business College of Athens, in association with London Metropolitan University.