Date of report

23 March 2025

Current committee members (including roles)

Jamie Edwards MNI – Chair
Stefan Kruellman MNI – Vice Chair Yrhen Balinis MNI – Secretary (de facto)

Lt Emily Bull MNI
Lt Clive Austin MNI Sabeena Poonwassie MNI Charles Malone MNI
Felix Boye MNI Shekkappan Kannan MNI Katharine Johns MNI Gabriel Teixeria MNI George Koursaris MNI Saidi Mwaraenye MNI

Update on committee members (please list who

Joined January 2025

Gabriel Teixeria MNI George Koursaris MNI Saidi Mwaraenye MNI

has left and who has joined since last report)

Left since last report (all due to age restrictions):

Thilanka Sirimanna AFNI Cameron Livingstone MNI Brian Sinnott MNI

AGM (please reference the date and attach minutes if held or planned for)

Not Applicable

Activities

Date (chronological order)
Theme – name/topic of event
Style – online, hybrid or/and in-person Activity type – please choose one:

– Technical seminar/conference
– Social event
– Trip/outing (e.g. vessel, museum visit) – Committee meetings
– Other – please specify

• Ongoing support for Younger Member Ambassadors (YMAs) programme; YMC members acting as mentors; Chair and Vice Chair attending YMA meetings online,
• YMC members actively contributing to work through their branches – including US North East Coast, British Columbia, Germany and Trinidad & Tobago.
• A YMC member attended on behalf of the NIBC/YMC a sponsored lunch/award ceremony including the issuing of sponsorships to students.
• Other members variously attended and supported related industry events, conferences, NI book launches, webinars, career fairs, cadet surveys and more;
• Most recent (Q1) YMC meeting held online 28 February;

Finance summary

Not Applicable

(Please put headline figures – cashflow, how much in reserve, local sponsorship, etc)

General updates

(Social media activity, Seaways or other articles, new professional connections, member recruitment drives, use of local premises for events, etc)

• New members welcomed to the team. A particular mention for the outstanding work done by our 3 leaving members.
• Several members very active on social media, and supporting newly emerging branch youth forums and other initiatives.
• Vice Chair is now the Chair of the Germany Branch
• All YMC members are considered to be actively contributing towards the aims of

  the group

Forward plans

• Continue to foster relations/support for the global YMAs network •
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• Seaways Articles with ideas put forward for opinion pieces on feature articles.
• Highlight to the industry the importance and benefits of having cadets onboard.

More technical and skills-based webinars

More creative social media output/LinkedIn particularly