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. 

Robert Knapp was initially a director since our inception, resigned in October 2025 and was reappointed to the Board of Directors in February 2026. He is the CIO of Ironsides Partners, an investment manager based in Boston, which he founded in 2007. Mr. Knapp serves as a director of several investment companies, including Barings BDC, which is listed on the NYSE, DP Aircraft Ltd, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange, the African Opportunity Fund Ltd, Pacific Alliance Asian Opportunity Fund, Pacific Alliance Capital Structure Opportunity Fund and Pacific Alliance Group Asset Management based in Hong Kong. Mr. Knapp previously served as a director of MP Container Ships AS at the time of its founding. He is a graduate of Princeton University and Oxford University.

Daniel Gold has been a director since our inception. Mr. Gold is the founder and CEO of QVT Financial LP ("QVT”), an asset management company with offices in New York and New Delhi. QVT, through its managed and affiliated multi-strategy funds, is an experienced global investor in multiple industries, including biotech, financial, and the shipping and offshore industries. Mr. Gold holds an A.B. in Physics from Harvard College. Mr. Gold also currently serves on the board of public companies Roivant Sciences Ltd., and Awilco Drilling PLC, in addition to various private companies. 

Joshua Nemser was initially a director since our inception, resigned in October 2025 and was reappointed to the board of directors in February 2026. 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.

Charlotte Stratos has been a director since 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 Crédit Agricole Group. She 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. (NYSE: CMRE).

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, newbuilding 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.

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 NURMINOS, 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.

Dimitrios Papalexopoulos has been a director since May 2025. He is a business executive with experience in management, business development, operations, and commercial marketing across media, publishing, technology, and fast-moving consumer goods. He is currently the Managing Director of Kathimerines Ekdoseis, a media and publishing company and publisher of prominent Greek newspaper Kathimerini, a position he has held since 2022 (previously Chief Business Officer from 2019 to 2021). Prior to Kathimerines Ekdoseis, Mr. Papalexopoulos held senior positions in business development, sales, and brand management at Google between 2011 and 2018, and at Procter & Gamble between 2007 and 2010. He holds a B.A. in International and European Economic Studies from the Athens University of Economics and Business, a B.Sc. in Business Administration from the American College of Greece, an M.Sc. in International Employment Relations and HR Management from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) under the Sloan Fellows Program. Mr. Papalexopoulos has been a member of the Governing Council of the Athens University of Economics and Business since 2023.