Alexander Shamray is a Sales Manager at Damen Shipyards Group, the Dutch shipbuilder behind one of the world's largest portfolios of workboats, dredgers, ferries and patrol vessels. Based in the Netherlands (North Brabant) since 2021, he covers Eastern and South-Eastern Europe and the Caspian region, where Damen's work spans local construction, technology transfer and vessel delivery programmes. His recent projects include the first cutter suction dredger ever built in Azerbaijan — a Damen CSD 650, Engineer Soltan Kazimov, assembled at Baku Shipyard from a Damen design and materials package for the Port of Baku — and the delivery of a Stan Patrol 5009 multi-role response vessel, built at Damen Shipyards Galați, to Romania's General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations. Both reflect a regional focus on maintaining navigability and port access on the Caspian and Black Seas. Before moving into sales, he held a series of finance, business-control and management roles within the Damen group internationally, including postings connected to the company's operations in Vietnam and Romania. He is a graduate of the Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding, with a background spanning finance, economics, marketing, shipbuilding management and HR. He is registered as a delegate for the Turkmenistan Investment Forum 2026, where his profile lists him as Sales Director.