Stathis Topouzoglou was appointed as a Non-Independent, Non-Executive Director of the Trustee-Manager on 28 February 2018, and Chairman of the Trustee-Manager on 9 March 2018.

Mr Topouzoglou is an entrepreneur with more than 40 years' experience in founding and growing companies in the transportation and energy sector. He is the principal shareholder and founder of Prime Marine Group and serves as Chief Executive Officer of Prime Marine Management Inc. since 1999, a predecessor of Prime Tanker Management Inc. and Prime Gas Management Inc., worldwide leading international product tanker and gas carrier management companies with a fleet of 41 modern product tankers, LPG and Ammonia carriers.

Mr Topouzoglou is also a founding partner and member of the BOD of Energean PLC (formerly: Energean Oil & Gas PLC), an independent exploration and production company focused on developing gas resources in the Mediterranean, listed on the London Stock Exchange as well as the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.

Mr Topouzoglou holds a B.A. in Business Administration and Economics from the University of Athens, Greece.

Michael Chalkias was appointed as a Non-Independent and Non-Executive Director of the Trustee-Manager on 9 March 2018.

Mr Chalkias co-founded Prime Marine Group in Greece in 1999 and serves as Co-Chief Executive Officer of Prime Marine Management Inc., Prime Tanker Management Inc. and Prime Gas Management Inc., leading international managers of product tankers and gas carriers. Mr Chalkias counts more than 25 years in the shipping industry, during which he has accumulated extensive in-depth knowledge in all aspects of the shipping business and established strong relationships in the maritime industry. Through his career, Mr Chalkias has invested in many ships, mainly product tankers and gas carriers, and has also partnered with a number of reputable US-based private equity funds.

Prior to co-founding Prime Marine, he was employed by Tufton Oceanic Limited, a specialized shipping finance and investment firm in London, where he was actively involved in debt and equity instrument as well as structured financing transactions.

Mr Chalkias holds an MSc with Distinction in Shipping, Trade & Finance from the Cass Business School of London and a BSc with Honours in Maritime Business and Law from the University of Plymouth, United Kingdom.

Michael Gray was appointed as the Lead Independent, Non-Executive Director of the Trustee-Manager on 11 May 2015. He is also the Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee, as well as a member of the Remuneration Committee and the Nominating Committee.

Mr Gray is a qualified accountant with 35 years' experience in professional practice across a number of international markets. He trained as a Chartered Accountant with Coopers & Lybrand in the United Kingdom and moved to Coopers & Lybrand Singapore in 1978, retiring from the merged firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2004. During this time, he founded the PricewaterhouseCoopers' practice in Indochina and was the Territorial Senior Partner for eight years thereafter. Prior to practicing as an accountant, Mr Gray spent 10 years in the shipping industry as an officer in the Merchant Navy. Mr Gray was a member of the Publications Committee of the Singapore Institute of Directors and former editor of the SID Bulletin. He received the Public Service Medal (P.B.M.) from the Singapore Government in 1992, the Public Service Star (B.B.M.) in 1999 and the Public Service Star Bar (B.B.M. [L]) in 2010.

Mr Gray holds an M.A. in South East Asian Studies from the National University of Singapore and a BSc in Maritime Studies from the University of Plymouth, United Kingdom. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants, the Singapore Institute of Directors, and the Chartered Institute Logistics and of Transport.

Michael Oliver was appointed as an Independent, Non-Executive Director of the Trustee-Manager on 26 June 2013. He is also the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and the Nominating Committee, as well as a member of the Audit and Risk Committee.

Mr Oliver has over 40 years of international experience in the banking and financial services industry. He served as Regional Board Member, Asia/Oceania for Commerzbank AG until his retirement in 2005. As the Regional Chief Executive, he was responsible for Commerzbank’s branches as well as its merchant banking subsidiaries and corporate banking business in the Asia Pacific region. During his service of more than 19 years at Commerzbank, he also held senior positions in London, United Kingdom, and Hong Kong. Before joining Commerzbank, Mr Oliver was with The First National Bank of Boston for 18 years from 1967, holding a variety of commercial banking, leasing and corporate finance positions in the US, Australia and Europe; and, prior to that, The National Bank Limited, London, for 2 years.

Narayanan Sreenivasan was appointed as an Independent, Non-Executive Director of the Trustee-Manager on 20 September 2016. He is also a member of the Audit and Risk Committee, the Remuneration Committee and the Nominating Committee.

Mr Sreenivasan has been Managing Director of K&L Gates Straits Law LLC (and its predecessor firms), an international law firm, since 2003 and was appointed Senior Counsel by the Chief Justice of Singapore in 2013. Over the course of his career, Mr Sreenivasan has had an extensive practice in most areas of commercial litigation, such as contracts, directors' duties, banking facilities, international trade, engineering and technical matters, trust and fraud, and corporate and shareholder disputes. He has served on the Criminal Law Advisory Committee (Hearing) of the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Home Detention Advisory Committee for over 20 years, and was awarded the Public Service Medal (P.B.M.) from the Singapore Government in 2014.

Mr Sreenivasan holds a LLB (Hons) from the National University of Singapore and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) and the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. He is a specialist mediator with the Singapore International Mediation Centre. He is also a director of the Law Society Pro Bono Office.