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Board of Directors |
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Georgios Feidakis, Non-executive Chairman |
Mr. Feidakis is our founder and principal shareholder. He has been involved in shipping since 2000. Mr. Feidakis turned his investment in shipping stocks into shipping assets and before the incorporation of Globus was the majority shareholder of Eolos Shipmanagement SA.
Mr. Feidakis is also the major shareholder and Chairman of FG Europe, a Company listed in the Athens Stock Exchange since 2000. FG Europe is active in four lines of business and represents world class brands in Greece, the Balkans and Italy. FG Europe is a market leader in the air-conditioning and white/brown electric goods market in Greece and is active in power generation and mobile telephony.
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Georgios Karageorgiou,Chief Executive Officer |
Mr. Karageorgiou has served as our Chief Executive Officer since July 2005.
He has 18 years of shipping experience (4 years experience in a public company). He worked as a Projects Engineer for Kassos Maritime Enterprises (1990-1992) and as a Director and Corporate Secretary for Stelmar Shipping Limited (1992-2004), a shipping Company listed on the New York Stock Exchange between 2001 and 2004 . During his time at Stelmar Shipping Limited, Mr. Karageorgiou assisted with both vessel acquisitions and financings and was involved with the Company’s initial public offering (“IPO”) and subsequent sale to OSG in December 2004.
He was also a Director of easyGroup Ltd, easyJet Holdings Ltd, easyInternetCafe Ltd, easyCruise Ltd, Stelinvest Corp. and a number of other easyGroup subsidiaries in the years 1995-2005.
Mr. Karageorgiou holds a BE in Mechanical Engineering and an ME in Ocean Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology and an MSC in Shipping Trade and Finance from City University Business School (CASS).
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Elias S.Deftereos, Chief Financial Officer |
Mr. Deftereos has served as our Chief Financial Officer and a member of our Board of Directors since April 2007.
He has been involved in the capital markets for over 11 years, over 7 of which active in the shipping industry. He has previously worked as an Analyst for Olympic Maritime of the Onassis Group (1988-1991), as an Account Officer for ship financing for ABN AMRO Bank (1994-1996), and more recently as the Finance Director of Konkar Shipping Agencies (2004-2005) and Astron Maritime (2005-2006), two companies managing fleets of bulk-carriers. Mr. Deftereos has also worked as an Investment Manager for Lehman Brothers (1997-1998) and as the Group Treasurer of Mytilineos Holdings (1999-2001), a company listed on the Athens Stock Exchange.
Mr. Deftereos holds a BA in Economics from the State University of New York and an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago.
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Amir Eilon, Non-Executive Director |
Mr.Eilon has 30 years of investment banking experience. He was formerly Head of Global Capital Markets at BZW and Managing Director of Private Equity at Credit Suisse First Boston (“CSFB”).
He now has his own corporate finance advisory practice, Eilon & Assosiates.
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Arjun Batra, Non-Executive Director |
Mr. Batra has 30 years of shipping experience.
Ownership interests and executive positions include major shareholder and Managing Director of Drewry Shipping Consultants as well as sole shareholder and Managing Director of North South International Ltd, a shipping consultant. Mr.Batra has also formerly been a Financial Director with Stelmar Tankers (1992-1996).
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