Aristides J. Pittas has been a member of our Board of Directors and our Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer since our inception on May 5, 2005. He has also
been a member of the Board of Managers of Euromar since its inception on March
25, 2010. Since 1997, Mr. Pittas has also been the President of Eurochart, our
affiliate. Eurochart is a shipbroking company specializing in chartering and
selling and purchasing ships. Since January 1995,
Mr. Pittas has been the President and Managing Director of Eurobulk, our affiliated
ship management company. He resigned as Managing Director of Eurobulk in June
2005. Eurobulk is a ship management company that provides ocean transportation
services. From September 1991 to December 1994, Mr. Pittas was the Vice President
of Oceanbulk Maritime SA, a ship management company. From March 1990 to August
1991, Mr. Pittas served both as the Assistant to the General Manager and the
Head of the Planning Department of Varnima International SA, a shipping company
operating tanker vessels. From June 1987 until February 1990, Mr. Pittas was
the head of the Central Planning department of Eleusis Shipyards S.A. From January
1987 to June 1987, Mr. Pittas served as Assistant to the General Manager of
Chios Navigation Shipping Company in London, a company that provides ship management
services. From December 1985 to January 1987, Mr. Pittas worked in the design
department of Eleusis Shipyards S.A. where he focused on shipbuilding and ship
repair. Mr. Pittas has a B.Sc. in Marine Engineering from University of Newcastle
- Upon-Tyne and a MSc in both Ocean Systems Management and Naval Architecture
and Marine Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Dr. Anastasios Aslidis has been our Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer and
member of our Board of Directors since September 2005. He has also been a member
of the Board of Managers of Euromar since its inception on March 25, 2010. Prior
to joining Euroseas, Dr. Aslidis was a partner at Marsoft, an international
consulting firm focusing on investment and risk management in the maritime industry.
Dr. Aslidis has more than 20 years of experience in the maritime industry. He
also served as consultant to the Boards of Directors of shipping companies (public
and private) advising in strategy development, asset selection and investment
timing. Dr. Aslidis holds a Diploma in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
from the National Technical University of Athens (1983), M.S. in Ocean Systems
Management (1984) and Operations Research (1987) from the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, and a Ph.D. in Ocean Systems Management (1989) also from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Aristides P. Pittas has been a member of our Board of Directors since our inception
on May 5, 2005 and our Vice Chairman since September 1, 2005. Mr. Pittas has
been a shareholder in over 100 oceangoing vessels during the last 20 years.
Since February 1989, Mr. Pittas has been the Vice President of Oceanbulk Maritime
SA, a ship management company. From November 1987 to February 1989, Mr. Pittas
was employed in the supply department of Drytank SA, a shipping company. From
November 1981 to June 1985, Mr. Pittas was employed at Trust Marine Enterprises,
a brokerage house as a sale and purchase broker. From September 1979 to November
1981, Mr. Pittas worked at Gourdomichalis Maritime SA in the operation and Freight
Collection department. Mr. Pittas has a B.Sc in Economics from Athens School
of Economics.
Stephania Karmiri has been our Secretary since our inception on May 5, 2005.
Since July 1995, Mrs. Karmiri has been executive secretary to Eurobulk, our
affiliated ship management company. Eurobulk is a ship management company that
provides ocean transportation services. At Eurobulk, Mrs. Karmiri has been responsible
for dealing with sale and purchase transactions, vessel registrations/deletions,
bank loans, supervision of office administration and office/vessel telecommunication.
From May 1992 to June 1995, she was secretary to the technical department of
Oceanbulk Maritime SA, a ship management company. From 1988 to 1992, Mrs. Karmiri
served as assistant to brokers for Allied Shipbrokers, a company that provides
shipbroking services to sale and purchase transactions. Mrs. Karmiri has taken
assistant accountant and secretarial courses from Didacta college.
Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos has been a member of our Board of Directors since
our inception on May 5, 2005. Since July 2002, he has been the Chief Executive
Officer of STAR INVESTMENTS S.A., one of the leading Mass Media Companies in
Greece, running television and radio stations. From July 1997 to July 2002 he
was the C.E.O. of the Hellenic Post Group, the Universal Postal Service Provider,
having the largest retail network in Greece for postal and financial services
products. From March 1996 until July 1997, Mr. Kyriakopoulos was the General
Manager of ATEMKE SA, one of the leading construction companies in Greece listed
on the Athens Stock Exchange. From December 1986 to March 1996, he was the Managing
Director of Globe Group of Companies, a group active in the areas of shipowning
and management, textiles and food and distribution. The company was listed on
the Athens Stock Exchange. From June 1983 to December 1986, Mr. Kyriakopoulos
was an assistant to the Managing Director of Armada Marine S.A., a company active
in international trading and shipping, owning and managing a fleet of twelve
vessels. Presently he is Chairman of the Hellenic Private Television Owners
Association, BoD member of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV), BoD
member of AGET Heracles and BoD member of Digea S.A. He has also been an investor
in the shipping industry for more than 20 years. Mr. Kyriakopoulos has a B.Sc.
degree in Marine Engineering from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, a MSc.
degree in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering with specialization in Management
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Master degree in Business
Administration (MBA) from Imperial College, London.
George Skarvelis has been a member of our Board of Directors since our inception
on May 5, 2005. He has been active in shipping since 1982. In 1992, he founded
Marine Spirit S.A., a ship management company. Between 1999 and 2003, Marine
Spirit acted as one of the crewing managers for Eurobulk. From 1986 until 1992,
Mr. Skarvelis was operations director at Markos S. Shipping Ltd. From 1982 until
1986, he worked with Glysca Compania Naviera, a management company of five vessels.
Over the years Mr. Skarvelis has been a shareholder in numerous shipping companies.
He has a B.Sc. in economics from the Athens University Law School.
George Taniskidis has been a member of our Board of Directors since our inception
on May 5, 2005. He is the Chairman of Core Capital Partners, a consulting firm
specializing in debt restructuring. He was Chairman and Managing Director of
Millennium Bank and a member of the Board of Directors of BankEuropa (subsidiary
bank of Millennium Bank in Turkey) until May 2010. He was also a member of the
Executive Committee and the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Banks Association.
From 2003 until 2005, he was a member of the Board of Directors of Visa International
Europe, elected by the Visa issuing banks of Cyprus, Malta, Portugal, Israel
and Greece. From 1990 to 1998, Mr. Taniskidis worked at XIOSBANK (until its
acquisition by Piraeus Bank in 1998) in various positions, with responsibility
for the banks credit strategy and network. Mr. Taniskidis studied Law in the
National University of Athens and in the University of Pennsylvania Law School,
where he received a L.L.M. After law school, he joined the law firm of Rogers
& Wells in New York, where he worked until 1989 and was also a member of
the New York State Bar Association. He is also a member of the Young Presidents
Organization.
Apostolos Tamvakakis has been a member of our Board of Directors since June
25, 2013. From December 2009 to June 2012, Mr. Tamvakakis served as Chief Executive
Officer of the National Bank of Greece. From May 2004 to March 2009, he served
as Chairman and Managing Director of Lamda Development, a real estate development
company of the Latsis Group, and from March 2009 to December 2009, he was responsible
for strategic and corporate development of the Latsis Group in Geneva. From
October 1998 to April 2004, Mr. Tamvakakis served as Vice Governor of the National
Bank of Greece. Prior to that, he worked as Vice Governor in National Real Estate
Bank of Greece and Substitute Managing Director in Mobil Oil Hellas, Investment
Bank and ABN-AMRO Bank. He also served as Vice-Chairman of EXAE, Chairman of
the Steering Committee of Interalpha Group of Banks, Chairman of Ethnocarta,
Ethinki Xrimatistiriaki and ETEBA as well as of the Southeastern European Board
of the Europay Mastercard Group. Mr. Tamvakakis has also served in numerous
boards of directors and committees. Mr. Tamvakakis is a graduate of the Athens
University of Economics and has an M.A. in Economics from the Saskatchewan University
in Canada with major in econometrics and economic mathematics.
Tim Gravely is a member of our Board of Directors since January 31, 2014. Mr.
Gravely was appointed pursuant to the provisions of the Statement of Designation
of our Series B Preferred Shares. Mr. Gravely is a Managing Director of TCP.
Prior to joining TCP in 2008, Mr. Gravely was an Associate at RBC Capital Markets
in the Leveraged and Syndicated Finance Group where he executed acquisition
debt financing for financial sponsors and corporate clients. Prior to that,
Mr. Gravely held positions as an Associate with Macquarie Capital Advisors in
Toronto and with RBC Capital Markets in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group.
Mr. Gravely currently also serves as director of Bluewall Shipping Limited,
König & Cie GmbH and Tanker Investments Limited.
Euroseas Ltd currently has 530 employees.
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Euroseas Ltd. Announces Time Charter Contract for its Fuel Efficient 1,800 teu Feeder Containership Newbuilding, M/V Monica and Financing of M/V Monica and M/V Stefania K
Euroseas Ltd. has recently announced a time charter contract for its newbuilding fuel efficient 1,800 teu feeder containership, M/V Monica. The contract is expected to last for a minimum of 10 to a maximum of 12 months, at the option of the charterer, with a gross daily rate of $16,000. The vessel is currently under construction and is anticipated to be delivered from the shipyard around mid-May 2024. The financing for the acquisition of M/V Monica and its sister ship M/V Stefania K has been secured through a combination of own funds a...
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