Angeliki Frangou has been our Chairman and CEO since August 25, 2005. In addition,
Ms. Frangou has been the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Navios Maritime
Partners L.P. (NYSE: NMM), an affiliated limited partnership, since August 2007,
the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation
(NYSE: NNA), an affiliated corporation, since March, 2008 and the Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of Navios Maritime Midstream Partners L.P. (NYSE: NAP),
an affiliated limited partnership since October 2014. Ms. Frangou has been the
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Navios Logistics since its inception in
December 2007. Previously, Ms. Frangou served as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer
and President of International Shipping Enterprises Inc., which acquired Navios
Holdings. From 1990 until August 2005, Ms. Frangou was the Chief Executive Officer
of Maritime Enterprises Management S.A. and its predecessor company, which specialized
in the management of dry cargo vessels. Ms. Frangou is the Chairman of IRF European
Finance Investments Ltd., listed on the SFM of the London Stock Exchange. Ms.
Frangou is member of the Board of the United Kingdom Mutual Steam Ship Assurance
Association (Bermuda) Limited, Vice Chairman of China Classification Society
Mediterranean Committee, a member of the International General Committee and
of the Hellenic and Black Sea Committee of Bureau Veritas, as well as a member
of Greek Committee of Nippon Kaiji Kyokai. Since February 2015, Ms. Frangou
is a Member of the Board of the Union of Greek Shipowners. Since July 2013,
Ms. Frangou has been a Member of the Board of Visitors of the Columbia University
School of Engineering and Applied Science. Ms. Frangou received a bachelor’s
degree in mechanical engineering, summa cum laude , from Fairleigh Dickinson
University and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Columbia
University.
George Achniotis has been Navios Holdings’ Chief Financial Officer since
April 12, 2007. Prior to being appointed Chief Financial Officer of Navios Holdings,
Mr. Achniotis served as Senior Vice President-Business Development of Navios
Holdings from August 2006 to April 2007. Before joining Navios Holdings, Mr.
Achniotis was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Greece, heading the Piraeus
office and the firm’s shipping practice. He became a partner at PwC in
1999 when he set up and headed the firm’s internal audit services department
from which all SOX implementation and consultation projects were performed.
Mr. Achniotis is currently a Director and Executive Vice President-Business
Development of Navios Partners; a New York Stock Exchange traded limited partnership,
which is an affiliate of Navios Holdings. He has more than 19 years’ experience
in the accounting profession with work experience in England, Cyprus and Greece.
Mr. Achniotis qualified as a Chartered Accountant in England and Wales in 1991,
and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University
of Manchester.
Ted C. Petrone became Vice Chairman of Navios Corporation in January 2015 having
previously served as a director of Navios Holdings from May 2007 to January
2015 and President of Navios Corporation from September 2006 to January 2015.
Mr. Petrone has served in the maritime industry for 36 years, of which 33 have
been with Navios Holdings. After joining Navios Holdings as an assistant vessel
operator, Mr. Petrone worked in various operational and commercial positions.
For the last fifteen years, Mr. Petrone has been responsible for all aspects
of the daily commercial Panamax activity, encompassing the trading of tonnage,
derivative hedge positions and cargoes. Mr. Petrone is currently also a director
and Vice Chairman of Navios Acquisition, a New York Stock Exchange listed company,
and an affiliate of the Company; and has served in such capacity since June
2008. Mr. Petrone graduated from New York Maritime College at Fort Schuyler
with a B.S. in Maritime Transportation. He has served aboard U.S. Navy (Military
Sealift Command) tankers.
Vasiliki Papaefthymiou has been Executive Vice President — Legal and a
member of Navios Holdings’ board of directors since its inception, and
prior to that was a member of the board of directors of ISE. Ms. Papaefthymiou
has served as general counsel for Maritime Enterprises Management S.A. since
October 2001, where she has advised the Company on shipping, corporate and finance
legal matters. Ms. Papaefthymiou provided similar services as general counsel
to Franser Shipping from October 1991 to September 2001. Ms. Papaefthymiou received
her undergraduate degree from the Law School of the University of Athens and
a master degree in Maritime Law from Southampton University in the United Kingdom.
Ms. Papaefthymiou is admitted to practice law before the Bar in Piraeus, Greece.
Anna Kalathakis has been Chief Legal Risk Officer since November 2012, and Senior
Vice President — Legal Risk Management of Navios Maritime Holdings Inc.
from December 2005 until October 2012. Before joining Navios Holdings, Ms. Kalathakis
was the General Manager of the Greek office of A. Bilbrough & Co. Ltd. and
an Associate Director of the Company (Managers of the London Steam-Ship Owners’
Mutual Insurance Association Limited). She has previously worked for a U.S.
maritime law firm in New Orleans, was admitted to practice law in the state
of Louisiana in 1995, and has also worked in a similar capacity at a London
maritime law firm. She qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales in 1999
and was admitted to the Piraeus BAR, Greece in 2003. She has studied International
Relations at Georgetown University, Washington D.C. (1991). She holds an MBA
from European University at Brussels (1992) and a J.D. from Tulane Law School
(1995).
Shunji Sasada became a director of Navios Holdings and Presideent of Navios
Corporation in January 2015. Mr. Sasada has also served as a director in Navios
Maritime Partners L.P. since August 2007 and as a director in Navios Maritime
Midstream Partners L.P. since October 2014. Previously, as Chief Operating Officer
of Navios Corporation and Senior Vice President of Fleet Development, he headed
Navios Holdings’ program for the growth and development of the Company’s
long-term chartered-in and owned tonnage. Mr. Sasada is also President of Navimax
Corporation, the Ultra Handymax operating subsidiary of the group. Mr. Sasada
started his shipping career in 1981 in Japan with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.
(“MOSK”). Mr. Sasada’s first position with MOSK was in steel
products in the Tokyo branch as a salesman for exporting steel products to worldwide
destinations. Two years later, Mr. Sasada moved to the tramp section in Mitsui’s
bulk carrier division and was in charge of operations and then of chartering
20-40 smaller Handysize vessels between 21,000 dwt and 35,000 dwt. In 1991,
Mr. Sasada moved to Norway to join Trinity Bulk Carriers as its chartering manager
as well as subsidiary board member, representing MOSK as one of the shareholders.
After an assignment in Norway, Mr. Sasada moved to London and started MOSK’s
own Ultra Handymax operation as its General Manager. Mr. Sasada joined Navios
Holdings in May 1997. Mr. Sasada is the member of the North American Committee
of Nippon Kaiji Kyokai. He is a graduate of Keio University, Tokyo, with a B.A.
degree in Business and he is a member of the Board of Trustees of Keio Academy
of New York.
Leonidas Korres has been our Senior Vice President — Business Development
since January 2010. Mr. Korres is also the Chief Financial Officer of Navios
Maritime Acquisition Corporation since April 2010. Mr. Korres served as the
Special Secretary for Public Private Partnerships in the Ministry of Economy
and Finance of the Hellenic Republic from October 2005 until November 2009.
Prior to that, from April 2004 to October 2005, Mr. Korres served as Special
Financial Advisor to the Minister of Economy and Finance of the Hellenic Republic
and as liquidator of the Organizational Committee for the Olympic Games Athens
2004 S.A. From 2001 to 2004, Mr. Korres worked as a Senior Financial Advisor
for KPMG Corporate Finance. From October 2007 until January 2010, Mr. Korres
was a member of the board of directors of Navios Partners. From May 2003 to
December 2006, Mr. Korres was Chairman of the Center for Employment and Entrepreneurship,
a Non-Profit Company. From June 2008 until February 2009, Mr. Korres served
as a board member and audit committee member of Hellenic Telecommunications
Organization S.A. (trading on the Athens and New York Stock Exchanges). From
June 2004 until November 2009, Mr. Korres served on the board of Hellenic Olympic
Properties S.A., which was responsible for exploiting the Olympic venues. Mr.
Korres earned his Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Athens University
of Economics and Business and his master’s degree in Finance from the
University of London.
Efstratios Desypris has been our Chief Financial Controller since February 2011.
Mr. Desypris has previously served as Financial Controller since May 2006. Mr.
Desypris is also a director and Senior Vice President of Navios Maritime Midstream
Partners L.P. since October 2014. In addition, Mr. Desypris is the Chief Financial
Officer of Navios Maritime Partners since January 2010. He also serves as Senior
Vice President — Strategic Planning and Director of Navios Logistics,
and as director in Navios Europe Inc. Before joining Navios Group, Mr. Desypris
worked for 9 years in the accounting profession, most recently as manager of
the audit department at Ernst & Young in Greece. Mr. Desypris started his
career as an auditor with Arthur Andersen & Co. in 1997. He holds a Bachelor
of Science degree in Economics from the University of Piraeus.
Ioannis Karyotis has been our Senior Vice President — Strategic Planning
since February 2011. Mr. Karyotis is also Chief Financial Officer of Navios
Logistics since March 2011. Prior to joining the Company, from 2006 until 2011,
Mr. Karyotis was Consultant and later Project Leader at The Boston Consulting
Group (BCG), an international management consulting firm. From 2003 until 2005,
Mr. Karyotis was Senior Equity Analyst at Eurocorp Securities, a Greek brokerage
house, and in 2003, he was Senior Analyst in the Corporate Finance Department
at HSBC Pantelakis Securities, a subsidiary of HSBC Bank. Mr. Karyotis began
his career in 2002 with Marfin Hellenic Securities as Equity Analyst. He received
his bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Athens University of Economics
and Business (1998). He holds a master’s of Science in Finance and Economics
from the London School of Economics (1999) and an MBA from INSEAD (2006).
Erifili Tsironi has been our Senior Vice President — Credit Management
since October 2014. Ms. Tsironi is also Chief Financial Officer of Navios Maritime
Midstream Partners LP. Ms. Tsironi has over 17 years of experience in ship finance.
Before joining us, she was the Senior Vice President — Global Dry Bulk
Sector Coordinator of DVB Bank SE. Ms. Tsironi joined DVB Bank SE in 2000 serving
as Assistant Local Manager and Senior Relationship Manager. Previously, she
served as account manager in ANZ Investment Bank / ANZ Grindlays Bank Ltd from
May 1997 until December 1999. Ms. Tsironi holds a BSc. in Economics, awarded
with Honours, from the London School of Economics and Political Science and
a MSc in Shipping, Trade and Finance, awarded with Distinction, from Cass Business
School of City University in London.
Spyridon Magoulas has been a member of Navios Holdings’ Board of Directors
since its inception, and prior to that was a member of the board of directors
of ISE. Mr. Magoulas is the co-founder and director of Doric Shipbrokers S.A.,
a chartering firm based in Athens, Greece, and has served as the managing director
of Doric Shipbrokers S.A. since its formation in 1994. From 1982 to 1993, Mr.
Magoulas was chartering director and shipbroker for Nicholas G. Moundreas Shipping
S.A., a company located in Piraeus, Greece, and from 1980 to 1982, Mr. Magoulas
served at Orion and Global Chartering Inc. in New York. Mr. Magoulas received
a bachelor’s degree in Economics (honors) from the City University of
New York, New York, a master’s degree in Transportation Management from
the Maritime College in New York and a master degree in Political Economy from
the New School for Social Research in New York. In addition to his role on the
Board of Directors, Mr. Magoulas also serves as a member of the Audit Committee,
the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee. Mr.
Magoulas is an independent director.
John Stratakis has been a member of Navios Holdings’ Board of Directors
since its inception, and prior to that was a member of the board of directors
of ISE. Since 1994, Mr. Stratakis has been a partner with the law firm of Poles,
Tublin, Stratakis & Gonzalez, LLP, in New York, New York, where he specializes
in all aspects of marine finance and admiralty law, real estate, trusts and
estates and general corporate law. From 1992 to 1993, Mr. Stratakis was an associate
attorney with Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker, in New York, New
York. Mr. Stratakis also has been a director and the President of the Hellenic-American
Chamber of Commerce in New York. He serves on the board of New York Maritime
Inc., an association that promotes the New York region as a maritime business
center. Mr. Stratakis received a Bachelor of Arts (cum laude) from Trinity College
and a Juris Doctor degree from Washington College of Law at American University.
Mr. Stratakis is admitted to practice law in the State of New York and in the
courts of the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. In addition to his
role on the Board of Directors, Mr. Stratakis also serves as chairman of the
Nominating and Governance Committee and a member of the Compensation Committee.
Mr. Stratakis is an independent director.
Efstathios Loizos was appointed to our Board of Directors in July 2010. Mr.
Loizos was also director of Navios Partners from October 2007 until June 2010.
In October 2008, Mr. Loizos joined the Managing Team of ION S.A., a leading
Greek chocolate and cocoa group of companies, with the responsibility of supervising
MABEL S.A., one of the affiliated companies of the group. In June 2010, Mr.
Loizos was appointed to the Board of Directors of ION S.A. and assumed enlarged
executive responsibilities within the group. Since March 2014, Mr. Loizos serves
as the CEO of the affiliated company INTERION S.A., which operates in Bulgaria.
In May 2010, Mr. Loizos was elected as a member of the Board of Directors of
IOBE (Foundation of Economic and Industrial Research). Between 2001 and 2008,
Mr. Loizos served as the General Manager and a member of the Board of Directors
of ELSA S.A., a Greek steel packaging company, and also as the Vice Chairman
of the Board of Directors of its affiliated company ATLAS S.A. From 2005 to
2007, Mr. Loizos served as the President of the International Packaging Association
and as the Vice President of the Greek Association of Steel Packaging Manufacturers.
He is one of the founders/owners of Facility Plus which is engaged in the field
of property & facility management. Mr. Loizos received a Maitrise en Sciences
Economiques from the University of Strasbourg and an M.B.A. in Finance from
New York University. Mr. Loizos also serves as Chairman of the Audit Committee
and chairman of the Compensation Committee. Mr. Loizos is an independent director.
George Malanga has been a member of our Board of Directors since April 2010.
He is currently serving as the Chief Credit Officer of BNY Mellon. Mr. Malanga
has held a variety of positions during his 28 year tenure with the bank. He
began his banking career in various relationship management roles before moving
to risk management in 2000. Mr. Malanga has served in roles with increased responsibility
in credit risk management over the past 12 years. His credit risk experience
includes head of asset recovery, head of domestic corporate credit and currently
as Chief Credit Officer of BNY Mellon. Mr. Malanga is a member of BNY Mellon’s
Operating Committee and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration
from Rutgers College and an M.B.A. in Finance from New York University. Mr.
Malanga also serves as a member of the Audit Committee and the Nominating and
Governance Committee. Mr. Malanga is an independent director.
Navios Maritime Holdings Inc currently has 491 employees.
