David J. Butters. David J. Butters has served as president, chief executive
officer and chairman of the Board since September 2008. Prior to September 2008,
Mr. Butters served as a managing director of Lehman Brothers Inc., a subsidiary
of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., where he had been employed for more than 37
years. Mr. Butters is currently chairman of the board of directors and chairman
of the compensation committee of GulfMark Offshore, Inc., a provider of marine
support and transportation services to the oil and gas industry and a director
of Weatherford International Ltd., an oilfield services company.
Dr. Heiko Fischer. Dr. Heiko Fischer has been a member of the Board since December
2011. Dr. Fischer has been Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Management
Board of VTG Aktiengesellschaft, a German railroad logistics company traded
on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, since May 1, 2004. He was a member of the Supervisory
Board of Hapag-Lloyd AG, a German container shipping company. He is the Chairman
of the Supervising Board of TRANSWAGGON-Gruppe and a member of the Supervising
Board of Brueckenhaus Grundstueckgesellschaft m.b.h., Kommanditgesellschaft
Brueckenhaus Grundstuecksgesellschaft m.b.h. & Co., TRANSWAGGON AG and Waggon
Holding AG. Dr. Fischer graduated from the University of Albany with an MBA
in 1992, and from Julius-Maximilian University in Wuerzburg, Germany with a
PhD in Economic Sciences in 1995.
David Kenwright. David Kenwright has been a member of the Board since March
2007. Mr. Kenwright is a managing director of Achater Offshore Ltd. and chairman
of the U.K. Emergency Response and Rescue Vessel Association Ltd., and previously
a managing director of Gulf Offshore N.S. Ltd. for seven years. Mr. Kenwright
is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the Institute of Marine Engineering,
Science and Technology.
Spiros Milonas. Spiros Milonas has been a member of the Board since August 2006.
He is chairman and president of Ionian Management Inc., which oversees the Ionian
Group, with interests in shipping, oil and gas and real estate. Mr. Milonas
is a director of the New York Shipping Cooperation Committee, a member of Leadership
100, a member of the Board of Advisors of Atlantic Bank, and a recipient of
the Ellis Island Medal of Honor Award. Mr. Milonas graduated from Athens University,
School of Economics.
Alexander Oetker. Alexander Oetker has been a member of the Board since September
2006. Mr. Oetker is the founder and chief executive officer of AO Schiffahrt
GmbH & Co., a bulk and container shipping company based in Hamburg, Germany.
Before founding AO Schiffahrt, Mr. Oetker was employed as chartering manager
of Hamburg Sud and was employed by Hutchinson Port Holdings in Hong Kong.
Wendy Teramoto. Wendy L. Teramoto has been a member of the Board since November
2014. Ms. Teramoto is a Managing Director of WL Ross & Co. LLC, a private
equity firm, and is a member of its Investment Committee. Ms. Teramoto is currently
a director of The Greenbrier Companies, a supplier of transportation equipment
and services to the railroad industry, Diamond S Shipping Group Inc., an energy
focused global shipping company and Nautical Bulk Holdings Ltd, a dry bulk shipping
company. Prior to WL Ross & Co. LLC, Ms. Teramoto worked in the restructuring
advisory group at Rothschild Inc. Ms. Teramoto holds a B.S. in Accounting from
the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Florian Weidinger. Florian Weidinger has been a member of the Board since March
2007. Mr. Weidinger previously worked as a vice president at Lehman Brothers’
principal investment division, Global Trading Strategies in London prior to
becoming chief executive officer of Hansabay, a Singapore based fund management
business. Mr. Weidinger holds a BSc from Cass Business School, City University,
London, an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and an MS in Environment
and Resources from Stanford University.
David J. Butters. David J. Butters was appointed president and chief executive
officer of Navigator Holdings Ltd. in September 2008.
Niall Nolan. Niall Nolan was appointed chief financial officer of NGT Services
(UK) Limited in August 2006. Prior to his appointment as chief financial officer,
Mr. Nolan worked for Navigator Holdings as representative of the creditors committee
during Navigator Holdings’ bankruptcy proceedings. Prior to that, Mr.
Nolan was group finance director of Simon Group PLC, a U.K. public company.
Mr. Nolan is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.
Oeyvind Lindeman. Oeyvind Lindeman was appointed Chartering Manager of the Company
in November 2007, before being appointed chief commercial officer in January
2014. Prior to this, Mr. Lindeman was employed for five years at A.P. Møller
Maersk, a gas transport company as charterer. Mr. Lindeman holds a BA with honors
from the University of Strathclyde and an Executive MBA with distinction from
Cass Business School.
Paul Flaherty. Paul Flaherty was appointed Director of Fleet and Technical Operations
in December 2014. Prior to this, he was employed by JP Morgan Global Maritime
as VP, Asset Management. Previously, he spent 17 years with BP Shipping Ltd
as a Fleet and Technical Manager for both Oil and Gas vessels. Mr. Flaherty
is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the Institute of Marine Engineers &
Science Technicians (IMarEST).
Tommy Hjalmas. Tommy Hjalmas, who was chief operating officer of NGT Services
(UK) Limited from November 2006 to December 2014, was appointed Director of
Newbuildings and Special Projects of the Company in December 2014. Mr. Hjalmas
joined NGT Services (UK) Limited in November 2006. Prior to this, Mr. Hjalmas
was employed for five years at Dorchester Maritime Limited, now known as BSSM,
our technical manager. Mr. Hjalmas received his BSc in marine engineering from
the University of Chalmers.
Navigator Holdings Ltd currently has 37 employees.