Edward Ion is the Managing Director and founder of HelixPR, part of the Navigate Comms group, the leading shipping and marine insurance communications company. As a communications advisor in the shipping and marine insurance sectors, he has led crisis response for a large number of international clients ranging from major shipping casualties to international incidents involving reputational issues for shipowners and managers.

Prior to joining Navigate/Helix, Edward was based first in London and then in both Singapore and Hong Kong with regional Asia-Pacific responsibility for Lloyd’s List and its associated periodicals working first as a reporter and then as the regional editor and publisher.

During 20 years as a reporter, he covered just about every major shipping casualty around the world ranging from the Herald of Free Enterprise disaster, the Exxon Valdez, Piper Alpha, the Erika and many others.

 In his work as a crisis manager and corporate communications consultant for the maritime sector, he currently handles a wide variety of shipping and maritime clients.