Tony Foster is the founder and CEO-CIO of Marine Capital, a boutique asset manager established in 2003 which is focused solely on the marine industry. The firm offers investment management services and physical vessel operating capability across a range of shipping sectors as well as advisory and due diligence support for investors in marine assets. Clients, past and present, include institutional investors, corporates, sovereign entities and ultra-high net worth individuals. Marine Capital  published in November 2022 a major study on the  decarbonisation of UK domestic maritime, with a particular focus on potential funding solutions. Tony has spent his whole career in shipping, after graduating from Oxford in law, and acted in a broad range of commercial roles including the IPO of a major listed shipping company and the acquisition of another in a state privatisation.’