Michael S. Gross. Mr. Gross has been a director since inception and was appointed
Chairman in September 2008. Since December 2010, Mr., Gross has been the Chairman
of the board of directors, Chief Executive Officer and President of Solar Senior
Capital Ltd. Since December 2007, Mr. Gross has served as the Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of Solar Capital Ltd, a finance company focusing on debt and
equity investments in leveraged companies. From July 2006 through approximately
the first quarter 2009, Mr. Gross was a partner in Magnetar Capital Partners
LP, the holding company for Magnetar Financial LLC. Mr. Gross was the Chairman,
Chief Executive Officer, and Secretary of Marathon Acquisition Corp. from April
2006 to August 2008. Between February 2004 and February 2006, Mr. Gross was
the President and Chief Executive Officer of Apollo Investment Corporation (“AIC”),
a publicly traded business development company, and was the managing partner
of Apollo Investment Management, L.P. (“AIM”), a leading private
equity firm which he founded in 1990 and the investment adviser to AIC. From
1990 to February 2006, Mr. Gross was a senior partner at AIM. Mr. Gross currently
serves on the board of directors of Jarden Corporation.
Howard Boyd. Mr. Boyd has been a director since August 2008. In 1996, Mr. Boyd
was named chief executive officer of Safmarine, a container liner operator based
in Antwerp, which was purchased by AP Moller-Maersk in 1999. Mr. Boyd took a
leading role in the takeover and continued as chief executive officer of the
separate Safmarine entity until his retirement in 2004. His career with Safmarine
began in 1970 when he joined as a tanker accountant. Mr. Boyd held a variety
of positions with Safmarine, including financial controller, USA trade executive,
chief operating officer of the bulk division and bulk director. He became a
member of the Safmarine board of directors in 1988. Mr. Boyd was appointed a
consultant to AP Moller-Maersk, continuing as a director of Safmarine, from
2004 to 2008. During this period, he served on the Audit and Remuneration Committees.
Mr. Boyd has a Bachelor of Commerce from University of Cape Town and qualified
as a South African Chartered Accountant.
Angus R. Frew. Mr. Frew has been a director since August 2008. He was appointed
Secretary General of BIMCO in October 2013. Previously, Mr. Frew was chief executive
of the UK Chamber of Shipping since July 2009. Mr. Frew was president and chief
executive officer from 2003 until 2008 of GE SeaCo SRL, a joint venture between
GE Capital and Sea Containers Ltd and one of the largest global container leasing
companies. Mr. Frew was a director of the Institute of International Container
Lessors from 2003 until 2008, serving as chairman in 2004, and a director of
the Container Owners’ Association from 2007 to early 2008. Mr. Frew was
an officer of Sea Containers Ltd from 2003 to 2005 and senior vice president
of its container division. From 1990 to 2002, Mr. Frew held senior management
positions in the beverages industry with Grand Metropolitan Plc, Diageo Plc
and The Seagram Company Ltd. After qualifying as a British Chartered Accountant
in 1983, Mr. Frew held senior financial positions in a number of small entrepreneurial
businesses in the IT consultancy, design and retail industries. Mr. Frew has
an honors degree in chemistry from the University of Durham.
Guy Morel. Mr. Morel has been a director since August 2008. Mr. Morel was the
general secretary of InterManager, the International Association of Shipmanagers
from 2007 to 2010. From 2005 to 2007, he was a professor of corporate finance
and director of development at the International University of Monaco. From
1993 to 2004, he was the president, director and chief operating officer of
MC Shipping Inc., a company quoted on the American Stock Exchange, and involved
in the ownership and time chartering of containerships and LPG carriers. Between
1979 and 1993, Mr. Morel was one of the founders, a director and a shareholder
of V.Ships Inc., a leading ship management group, where he was senior vice president
in charge of strategic planning and marketing. Prior to 1979, he was a consultant
with Data Resources Inc., an American consulting group involved in econometric
modeling and economic forecasting. Mr. Morel holds a Bachelor’s Degree
in civil engineering from Ecole Centrale de Paris and an MBA from Harvard Business
School.
Alain Wils. Mr. Wils was appointed as a director by the board of directors on
May 8, 2014. He is a consultant in the shipping and logistics industries, after
more than 40 years of experience in the sector. Mr. Wils joined the CMA CGM
group in 1996 as managing director of the previously state owned shipping company,
CGM, on its acquisition by CMA. He was appointed an executive board member of
CMA CGM in 2001 on the merger of CMA and CGM, until his retirement in 2008.
From 1992 to 1996, he was chairman and CEO of Sceta International, later renamed
Geodis International, a leading European logistics and freight forwarding company.
He was the managing director of the shipping group Delmas Vieljeux, which he
joined in 1971, from 1982 to 1992. Mr. Wils, who is a graduate of HEC Paris
and of Paris University, was appointed Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur
in 1995 and chaired the French Shipowners’ Association from 1998 to 2000.
John J. van de Merwe. Mr. van de Merwe was appointed a director by the board
of directors on May 8, 2014. With over 40 years of experience in operations,
sales, pricing, marketing, geographic management, logistics, general and executive
management in the international transportation industry, he is currently an
independent consultant based in the Netherlands, providing services on maritime,
transportation and logistics related topics, an activity he started in 2006.
Mr. van de Merwe joined CMA CGM in 2000 to become President, later President/
CEO of their high growth North American entity, based in Secaucus, New Jersey
and later Marseille. He retired in 2006. He started his career in Rotterdam,
the Netherlands where he joined Sea-Land Service Inc. (“Sea-Land”)
in 1972 in operations. He subsequently spent 28 years with Sea-Land. He held
a number of management positions in sales, operations, pricing, becoming General
Manager for North Europe in 1988. In 1990 he assumed responsibility for 29 countries,
23 ports and over 1,000 staff as Vice President/General Manager Europe which
role included business development in the former Soviet Union. In 1990, Mr.
van de Merwe became the first non-American Officer of Sea-Land and in 1997,
he was appointed Division Head for the new Asia/Middle East/ Europe Division.
He also served on the Senior Management Board and pioneered the concept of a
shared service center for Sea-Land in Mumbai. Mr. van de Merwe holds an International
Marketing Degree from Netherlands Institute for Marketing.
Ian J. Webber. Upon the completion of the Merger, Mr. Webber became our Chief
Executive Officer. From 1979 to 1996, Mr. Webber worked for PriceWaterhouse,
the last five years of which he was a partner. From 1996 to 2006, Mr. Webber
served as the Chief Financial Officer and a director of CP Ships Limited, a
subsidiary of Canadian Pacific Limited until 2001 and thereafter a public company
listed on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges until its acquisition by
TUI A.G. in 2005. Mr. Webber is a graduate of Cambridge University.
Susan J. Cook. Upon the completion of the Merger, Ms. Cook became our Chief
Financial Officer. From 1986 to 2006, Ms. Cook worked for The Peninsular and
Oriental Steam Navigation Company and served as Group Head of Specialized Finance
from 2003 to 2006, Head of Structured Finance from 1999 to 2003, Deputy Group
Treasurer from 1994 to 1999 and Treasury Manager from 1989 to 1993. She is a
Chartered Management Accountant and a member of the Association of Corporate
Treasurers. Ms. Cook graduated from Brunel University and received a Master
of Science from Oxford University.
Thomas A. Lister. Upon the completion of the Merger, Mr. Lister became our Chief
Commercial Officer. From 2005 until 2007, Mr. Lister was Senior Vice President
at DVB Group Merchant Bank (Asia) Ltd, responsible for developing DVB’s
Singapore ship fund and leasing project. Before that, from 2004 to 2005, he
worked for the German KG financier and ship owning group Nordcapital as Director
of Business Development. From 1991 to 2002, Mr. Lister worked for a number of
shipping companies in both South America and the U.S. Mr. Lister graduated from
Durham University and holds an MBA from INSEAD.
Vivek Puri. In November 2008 Mr. Puri was appointed as our Chief Technical Officer.
Prior to joining us, Mr. Puri was Senior Vice President and Chief Technical
Officer for British Marine PLC UK. Before that he was Chief Technical Officer
at Synergy Marine Cyprus, where he was responsible for the technical and commercial
operations of a rapidly growing fleet of containerships. Mr. Puri spent 26 years
with the Wallem Group, a global ship management company, where he held several
positions including Managing Director of Wallem Ltd UK. Mr. Puri graduated from
the Marine Engineering College India in 1978. He is a Chartered engineer, a
Chartered marine engineer and a Fellow of the Institute of Marine Engineers
and Scientists.
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Global Ship Lease Announces Credit Rating Upgrades as Quarterly ROI Reaches New High
Global Ship Lease Inc, a leading container ship charter owner, has recently received credit rating upgrades from Moody s, SandP, and KBRA. Moody s upgraded the company s corporate family rating, while SandP upgraded its credit rating. KBRA also upgraded Global Ship Lease s issuer rating and affirmed the investment-grade rating of its senior secured notes. These upgrades reflect the company s strong financial performance and stability.
In the fourth quarter of 2023, Global Ship Lease achieved a remarkable return on average invested assets (ROI) of 16.15%, marking a new company high. This improvement in ROI can be att...
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