Starting as project manager at Rederi AB Svenska Lloyd he then moved on to Tor Line AB as project manager for the building of two fast and large passenger/car/trailer ferries and traffic manager responsible for the operation of 12 ro/ro vessels. After a few years in the Far East as managing director of Orient Offshore Pte Ltd in Singapore, Thomas based himself in the UK working as technical director and advisor for several shipping companies over there. In 2000 Thomas was appointed by Viking River Cruises (VRC) as technical director to head up the 2000-01 new-building programme at the Merwede Shipyard, NL of four river cruise vessels and then continued consultancy work for VRC on further two new-buildings. Now based in Sweden, Thomas is director and technical advisor to Salén Ship Management. Phone: +46 31 354 75 00