_{21st October, 2026}

ASSOCIATE, ASSET MANAGEMENT
Shanghai

THE OPENING
An international shipowning and management group with a diversified fleet is building its presence in Shanghai, and this is one of its first hires there. Chinese yards, lessors and financiers play a major part in how the group grows and renews its fleet. This role puts someone on the ground to work those relationships every day.

THE ROLE
You’ll handle the commercial side of the group’s fleet activity in China. That means building and owning relationships with shipyards, leasing houses, banks, owners and charterers, and representing the group at meetings and industry events. You’ll support live transactions, including newbuilding contracts, secondhand acquisitions and disposals, and financing structures, from the first analysis and presentations through to execution with teams in Europe. You’ll also give decision makers a clear read on Chinese shipbuilding capacity, financing appetite and charter markets. You’ll work closely with the group’s China lead and its head of asset management, and learn directly from both.

THE RIGHT PERSON

• Required: 3 to 5 years in shipping finance, leasing, shipbuilding, maritime investment, or S&P broking with strong financial skills.
• Required: business-level Mandarin and strong English, written and spoken. The work moves between Chinese counterparts and an English-speaking head office.
• You can build a model in the morning and sit across from a yard’s commercial director in the afternoon. You get things moving without waiting for a process to exist.

You must have the right to work in China.

WHY THIS ROLE
You’ll learn from two senior leaders who make the group’s asset decisions: what gets built, bought, sold and financed, and why. Few roles at this level give you that close a view of how a shipowner allocates capital. The culture is informal, and the role is a direct route into the investment side of shipping.

Reach out to Kirc Jareno or Soeren Salling at one@sallingsearch.com directly. All conversations are confidential.

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