The Board of FSLTM, as Trustee-Manager of FSL Trust, comprises individuals with a broad range of commercial expertise including expertise in the structured finance and shipping industry. The Board has five Directors, three of whom are independent.
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 14 vessels.
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.
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 is the Managing Director of Sreenivasan Chambers LLC since August 2024. He was the Managing Director of Straits Law Practice LLC and subsequently of K&L Gates Straits Law LLC from 2003 to July 2024. He 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. He was the Non-Executive Chairman of mainboard listed Q&M Dental Group from 2008 to 2024.
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.
Ang Siew Geok (Judy) was appointed as an Independent, Non-Executive Director of the Trustee-Manager on 1 April 2025. She is also the Chairman
of the Remuneration Committee and member of Audit and Risk Committee and the Nominating Committee.
Ms. Ang is a qualified accountant with over 40 years of global finance experience, including leadership role as Board Member. She has experience in auditing, treasury, corporate restructuring, mergers & acquisitions and consultancy roles across different industries, with a particular focus on
maritime. Ms Ang previously held senior positions within various maritime based companies including Swire Shipping Pte. Ltd. (formerly known as
The China Navigation Pte Ltd) with finance & special projects.
Ms. Ang is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants (ISCA), Associate member of Chartered Secretaries Institute of Singapore (CSIS), Accredited Tax Professionals of Singapore Chartered Tax Professionals (SCTP), Accredited Director of the Singapore Institute of Directors (SID) and Swire Advanced Management Program (Swire AMP), INSEAD, France.