Hans Petter Aas has served as a director of the Company since August 2008 and
as Chairman of the Board since January 2009. He has served on the Audit Committee
since 2010. Mr. Aas has a long career as banker in the international shipping
and offshore market, and retired from his position as Global Head of the Shipping,
Offshore and Logistics Division of DnB NOR in August 2008. He joined DnB NOR (then
Bergen Bank) in 1989, and has previously worked for the Petroleum Division of
the Norwegian Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Energy, as well as for
Vesta Insurance and Nevi Finance. Mr. Aas is also a director of Deep Sea Supply
Plc., Knightsbridge Tankers Ltd., Knutsen Offshore Tankers ASA, Knutsen NYK Offshore
Partners, Solvang ASA and Gearbulk Holding Limited.
Kate Blankenship has served as a director of the Company since October 2003.
Mrs. Blankenship served as the Companys Chief Accounting Officer and Company
Secretary from October 2003 to October 2005. Mrs. Blankenship has served as
a director of Frontline since August 2003, Golar LNG Limited since July 2013,
Golden Ocean since November 2004, Seadrill since May 2005, Archer Limited since
August 2007, Golar LNG Partners LP since September 2007, Independent Tankers
Corporation Limited since February 2008, Frontline 2012 Ltd. since December
2011, NADL since February 2011, Seadrill Partners LLC since 2012 and Avance
Gas Holdings Limited since October 2013. Mrs. Blankenship is a member of the
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Cecilie Astrup Fredriksen has served as a director of the Company since 2008.
Ms. Fredriksen is the daughter of Mr. John Fredriksen and is currently employed
by Frontline Corporate Services in London and serves as a director on several
boards including Archer Limited, and NADL. Ms. Fredriksen received a BA in Business
and Spanish from the London Metropolitan University in 2006.
Paul Leand has served as a director of the Company since 2003. Mr. Leand is
the Chief Executive Officer and Director of AMA Capital Partners LLC, or AMA,
an investment bank specializing in the maritime industry. From 1989 to 1998
Mr. Leand served at the First National Bank of Maryland where he managed the
Banks Railroad Division and its International Maritime Division. He has worked
extensively in the U.S. capital markets in connection with AMAs restructuring
and mergers and acquisitions practices. Mr. Leand serves as a member of American
Marine Credit LLCs Credit Committee and served as a member of the Investment
Committee of AMA Shipping Fund I, a private equity fund formed and managed by
AMA. Mr. Leand is also a director of Seadrill and NADL.
Harald Thorstein has served as a director of the Company since September 2011.
Mr. Thorstein is currently employed by Frontline Corporate Services in London,
prior to which he was employed in the Corporate Finance division of DnB NOR
Markets, specializing in the offshore and shipping sectors. Mr. Thorstein has
an MSc in Industrial Economics and Technology Management from the Norwegian
University of Science and Technology. Mr. Thorstein has served as a director
of Seadrill Partners LLC since 2012, NADL since 2013, Golden Ocean since 2014,
Frontline 2012 since 2014, and as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Deep
Sea Supply Plc. since May 2013.
Ole B. Hjertaker has served Ship Finance Management AS as Chief Executive Officer
since July 2009, prior to which he served as Chief Financial Officer from September
2006. Mr. Hjertaker also served Ship Finance Management AS as Interim Chief
Financial Officer between July 2009 and January 2011. Prior to joining Ship
Finance, Mr. Hjertaker was employed in the Corporate Finance division of DnB
NOR Markets, a leading shipping and offshore bank. Mr. Hjertaker has extensive
corporate and investment banking experience, mainly within the maritime/transportation
industries.
Harald Gurvin was appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Ship Finance Management
AS in March 2012, prior to which he served as Senior Vice President from August
2008. Before joining Ship Finance in July 2006, Mr. Gurvin spent seven years
with the global shipping group of Fortis Bank, specializing in shipping and
offshore finance. Mr. Gurvin has an MSc in Shipping, Trade and Finance from
the CASS Business School in London and an MSc in Marine Engineering and Naval
Architecture from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
Sfl Corporation Ltd currently has 24 employees.
