Rafael Riva

Mr. Riva joined IRI’s Houston office in January 2023 as Vice President, Client Relations. Prior to joining IRI, Mr. Riva spent nearly 19 years with Lloyd’s Register (LR) in a variety of management, business development, and technical roles. Mr. Riva specialized in LNG and LPG and moved around the world to support LR’s strategic interests and business development, including positions in London, Shanghai, and New York. In 2020, he was promoted to Vice President of Commercial Operations Americas, where he oversaw activities of all commercial teams in the Americas, including several projects with Offshore Wind and Gas. Mr. Riva holds an MSc in Naval Architecture from Spain’s Technical University of Madrid and has studied at the Technical University of Denmark. He is also a qualified Chartered Engineer, a member of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects, the Spanish Association of Naval Architects, and The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME).