The UK P&I Club announced that Jan Döhle has been selected as this year’s Robin Travis Scholar.
Döhle has an MSc in Shipping, Trade and Finance and is qualified as a member of the Institute of chartered ship brokers. He has already gained relevant shipping experience working for a ship operator in Germany and for a short spell with insurance brokers in London. Upon completion of his scholarship, Döhle will be joining Döhle Assekuranzkontor GmbH & Co. KG, in order to further extend his educational and shipping experience.
The Robin Travis scholarship is a flexible program, tailored to provide a breadth of knowledge and understanding and build on the Scholar’s current commercial experience. For the UK Club, it offers a continuing opportunity begin and maintain long term relationships with individuals in the German market
As this year’s Scholar, Döhle is spending three months based in Thomas Miller’s London office. He will gain an insight on those maritime related businesses in which Thomas Miller is involved and have the opportunity of spending time with other service providers including maritime law firms and brokers.
On the scholarship, Döhle comments: “This program will provide me with the ideal opportunity to develop technical maritime knowledge. During my time in London, I also aim to build up a strong network of internationally-driven maritime and insurance professionals, who have a passion for the shipping industry.”
Robin Travis was a Thomas Miller director who was responsible for Thomas Miller’s German business, initially for UK P&I Club and later for the Through Transport (TT) Club. He died suddenly and prematurely in 1991 and the Robin Travis Scholarship was set up in his memory the following year.