Professor Ademuni-Odeke holds an LLM in Maritime Law and a PhD in International Shipping Law and Policy, Institute of Maritime Law, Faculty of Law, The University of Southampton, UK. He is: a Fulbright Scholar With thanks to Lloyd’s for their support through the Lloyd’s Tercentenary Research Foundation; Professor of International Commercial and Maritime Law and Policy; Special Advisor and Lead Researcher, National Research Centre for the Sea and Maritime Law (DEHUKAM), University of Ankara; Visiting Professor: IMLI (Malta) and formerly Tulane (US), and WMU (Malmo); and Maritime Consultant. He returned to academia after a career in industry and the UN.