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Francis Frank Dunne has been a director since May 2024. He has more than 40 years' legal experience in maritime law and transactions involving major international shipping finance lenders, joint ventures, charter structures, new building contracts, ship and corporate acquisitions, and commercial shipping transactions for major international shipowners. Mr. Dunne was a Partner of Watson Farley & Williams LLP from March 1984 to April 2021 and served as its Chairman from 2006 to 2018 and as its Senior Advisor from October 2021 to November 2022. He established Watson Farley & Williams' presence in Greece and remains a prominent figure in Greek shipping and finance circles, acting as a senior advisor to various maritime and related entities since 2021. Mr. Dunne was a senior non-executive director of Taylor Maritime Investments Limited, a UK listed investment trust company from September 2022 to September 2024, and served as its Interim Chair for six months in 2023. Mr. Dunne is also currently a director of Adaptogen Capital Management Limited, which manages a UK fund established for the development and operation of large battery storage facilities. He is a qualified English solicitor and holds an MA in history and law from Downing College Cambridge University.

Joshua Nemser has been a director since our inception. He is the founder and chief investment officer of Nine Left Capital LP, an asset management firm. Prior to April 2024, he was a senior portfolio manager at VR Capital Group, where he oversaw the portfolio and members of the firm's NA+ team. Before joining VR, Mr. Nemser was an investment banking associate at Moelis & Company, where he advised on a range of mergers, acquisitions, recapitalizations, and restructurings. Prior to Moelis, he was an attorney in the Business Finance & Restructuring department of Weil, Gotshal & Manges. Prior to Weil, he served as a vice president and chief pilot of a federally certificated air carrier. Mr. Nemser holds a J.D. from the New York University School of Law, where he graduated magna cum laude, and a B.S. in business administration from the University of Southern California. He is a licensed airline transport pilot with over 2,000 flight hours.

Iraklis Sbarounis has served as our Chief Financial Officer since January 2023. Mr. Sbarounis was previously with the TMS Group for 14 years, most recently having served as its Group CFO. He also served as Ocean Rig UDW's (formerly listed on NASDAQ) Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Secretary and Director, until its merger with Transocean in 2018, and prior to that as its VP Business Development. He started his career in investment banking with BNP Paribas. Mr. Sbarounis has extensive experience in dealing with corporate finance, commercial and investment matters as an executive in the shipping industry, as well as in capital markets. He holds a B.S. degree in Management Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a M.Sc. degree in Finance and Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

Charlotte Stratos has been a director since our inception. She has served as a Senior Advisor to Morgan Stanley's Investment Banking Division Global Transportation Group from 2008 to 2020. From 1987 to 2007, Ms. Stratos was Managing Director and head of Global Greek Shipping for Calyon Corporate and Investment Bank of the Credit Agricole Group. Ms. Stratos served in various roles with Bankers Trust Company as Vice President of Greek shipping finance from 1976 to 1987. She currently serves as an independent director and audit committee member of Costamare Inc., a containership company listed on the NYSE. Previously, she held the position of independent director for Hellenic Carriers Limited, a shipping company listed on London's AIM between 2007 to 2016 and as a board member of Emporiki Bank from 2006 to 2008.

Ioannis Alafouzos has served as our Chairman and as a member of our board of directors since our inception. Mr. Alafouzos previously served as our Chief Executive Officer from our inception until December 2022. Mr. Alafouzos began his career in shipping in 1981 and has over 40 years of experience in all facets of the industry. Mr. Alafouzos founded Kyklades Maritime Corporation's tanker arm and has been the key strategist for the company's cyclical asset plays. Mr. Alafouzos holds an MA from Oxford University in History of Economics. He was a member of the ABS Technical Committee from 2005-2009, a board member of Ionian and Popular Bank in the 1990's, and a board member of the Hellenic Chamber of Shipping in the 1980's. Mr. Alafouzos also holds other interests outside of shipping, including in media and professional sports. Ioannis Alafouzos is the father of our Chief Executive Officer, Aristidis Alafouzos.

Christopher Papaioannou has served as our Chief Commercial Officer since May 2023. He began his career in the chartering department of KMC. Prior to becoming CCO of the Company, he served as the Head of Chartering for OET Chartering Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp., since June 2018. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from New York University.

Robert Knapp has been a director since our inception. He is the CIO of Ironsides Partners, an investment manager based in Boston, which he founded in 2007. Ironsides is an asset value investor with an emphasis on market dislocations or disruptions. Mr. Knapp serves as a director for several investment companies, including Barings BDC, which is listed on the NYSE, DPA Aircraft Ltd, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange, and the African Opportunity Fund Ltd, Pacific Alliance Asian Opportunity Fund and Pacific Alliance Group Asset Management, which are investment vehicles. Mr. Knapp previously served as a director of MPC Container Ships AS when it was founded. He is a graduate of Princeton University and Oxford University.

Petros Siakotos Konstantinidis has been a director since December 2021. He has spent most of his career in international banking, successively with Salomon Brothers, HSBC, Credit Suisse and as Managing Director at UBS Russia. He has advised the Greek and Russian governments in key privatizations and has helped corporate clients with numerous equity and debt raising and strategic transactions. He then served as Senior Advisor to EBRD for the Greek market until 2018. For more than 20 years, until late 2023, he served as a director and chief financial officer at NUR MINOS, a company developing renewable energy generation projects and he was involved in several energy efficiency initiatives. Mr. Siakotos Konstantinidis is also a director in Inspiration Holdings Limited, a private investment company, and in Res Capital S.A., a private equity firm. Mr. Siakotos Konstantinidis has a BA from Yale University and an MBA from the Anderson School of Management at UCLA.