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also participates in the legal committee of the Association of Greek<br />

Ship-Owners. Ms. Karamanlis is an independent Non-executive Member of<br />

the Board of Directors of Piraeus Bank, a Company listed on the Athens Stock<br />

Exchange.<br />

Ms. Karamanlis holds a Bachelor's degree in Law from the University of<br />

Athens and a LL.M (Masters in Laws) from Cambridge University.<br />

George D. Cambanis<br />

Senior Partner<br />

Global <strong>Shipping</strong> Leader<br />

George coordinates the firm's global shipping network of 460 industry<br />

professionals. He has over 30 years of experience and assisting shipping<br />

companies with US listings, secondary offers, bond issues and Sarbanes<br />

Oxley 404 Readiness. In Greece Deloitte has over 50 dedicated shipping<br />

professionals and audits 45% of the Greek companies listed in the US.<br />

Deloitte has developed industry specific templates and flowcharts to<br />

document and implement financial reporting procedures and controls for<br />

shipping companies.<br />

As global shipping leader he presents at shipping forums, meets with shipping<br />

organizations and large shipping companies globally. He regularly meets with<br />

the boards of all his listed shipping companies and serves as advisor to private<br />

shipping companies.<br />

George Kassiotis<br />

President & Chief Executive Officer<br />

Omega Navigation Enterprises, Inc.<br />

George Kassiotis has served as the President, Chief Executive Officer and<br />

Director of Omega Navigation Enterprises since the company's inception in<br />

February 2005. Prior to joining Omega Navigation, Mr. Kassiotis was the<br />

senior executive director of Target Marine S.A., where he led the<br />

development of Target's business and oversaw its growth and expansion. In<br />

this capacity, Mr. Kassiotis was responsible for vessel sales and purchases,<br />

project development, financing and other transactions effected by other<br />

shipowning affiliates of Target, including the development of Horizon<br />

Tankers Ltd., which has contracted twelve newbuilding product tankers since<br />

2002. Mr. Kassiotis comes from a shipping family, and has been involved in<br />

various sectors of the shipping industry for 15 years. Mr. Kassiotis graduated<br />

from the Universite de Paris, Pantheon - Sorbonne, France in 1993, where he<br />

studied International Business Law, and holds a Master's Degree in Law from<br />

the University of London, England.<br />

Georgios Karageorgiou<br />

Chief Executive Officer<br />

Globus Maritime, Ltd.<br />

Mr. Karageorgiou has been the Chief Executive Officer of Globus Maritime<br />

(GLBS.L) since July 2005.<br />

Mr. Karageorgiou has 18 years shipping experience (4 years experience in a<br />

public company). He worked as a projects engineer for Kassos Maritime<br />

Enterprises from 1990-1992 and as a director and corporate secretary for<br />

Stelmar <strong>Shipping</strong> Limited from 1992-2004, a shipping company that was<br />

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listed in the NYSE in March 2001. During his time at Stelmar <strong>Shipping</strong><br />

Limited, Mr. Karageorgiou assisted with both vessel acquisitions and<br />

financings and was involved with the company's initial public offering and<br />

subsequent sale to OSG in December 2004.<br />

He was also a director of easyGroup Ltd, easyJet Holdings Ltd,<br />

easyInternetCafe Ltd, easyCruise Ltd, Stelinvest Corp. and a number of other<br />

easyGroup subsidiaries in the years 1995 - 2005.<br />

Mr. Karageorgiou holds a BE in Mechanical Engineering and an ME in Ocean<br />

Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology and an MSC in <strong>Shipping</strong><br />

Trade and Finance from City University Business School. (CASS)<br />

Gust Biesbroeck<br />

Managing Director of Transportation<br />

Fortis Bank Nederland<br />

Gust has a global responsibility for Fortis Bank Nederland's <strong>Shipping</strong> - and<br />

Aviation activities. His international career of almost 20 year has been<br />

entirely devoted to financing the shipping- and transportation industry. Prior<br />

to becoming the Managing Director, Gust was Transportation's risk- and<br />

portfolio manager for 7 years. Prior to joining Fortis in 2001, Gust worked for<br />

over 10 years for Nedship Bank (now DVB) in various commercial-and<br />

managerial roles based in Rotterdam, Athens and Hong Kong. Gust is a<br />

graduate from Erasmus University's Economic Faculty and completed an<br />

executive General Management Program at Cedep in Fontainebleau, France<br />

in 2006<br />

Harris Antoniou<br />

Chief Executive Officer of Energy,<br />

Commodities & Transportation<br />

Fortis Bank Nederland<br />

Harris Antoniou, CEO of Energy, Commodities & Transportation Harris<br />

Antoniou is globally responsible for Energy, Commodities & Transportation<br />

(ECT), and a member of the Merchant Banking Management Team of Fortis<br />

Bank Nederland NV. Prior to that Harris was Managing Director of Fortis'<br />

Transportation group based in Rotterdam, following different positions within<br />

Fortis in Greece, the UK and the Netherlands. Before joining Fortis, Harris<br />

worked for a short period with ABN AMRO, global clients unit in<br />

Amsterdam. He is a graduate of Piraeus University in Greece, holder of a<br />

MBA from Erasmus University in the Netherlands, and has completed the<br />

General Management Program of Harvard Business School. Harris is<br />

married, has four children and lives in Amsterdam.<br />

Ioannis E. Lazaridis<br />

Chief Executive & Chief Financial Officer<br />

<strong>Capital</strong> Product Partners L.P.<br />

Mr. Lazaridis has served as Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officer of<br />

<strong>Capital</strong> Product Partners L.P, since its inception in 2007. Mr. Lazaridis has<br />

also served as President of Crude Carriers Corp. since its inception in 2010.<br />

Mr. Lazaridis also has served as <strong>Capital</strong> Maritime's Chief Financial Officer<br />

and as a director of <strong>Capital</strong> Maritime since its incorporation in March 2005.<br />

From 2004 to March 2005, Mr. Lazaridis was employed by <strong>Capital</strong> Maritime's<br />

predecessor companies in the same capacity. From 1996 to 2004, Mr.<br />

Lazaridis served in various positions in the financial industry in the UK.

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