Board of Directors

Aristides J. Pittas has been a member of our Board of Directors and our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since our inception on March 20, 2024. He is also member of the Board of Directors and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Euroseas Ltd. since May 2005, EuroDry Ltd. since January 2018 and a member of the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee of Pyxis Tankers Inc. 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.

George Margaronis has been a member of our Board of Directors since June 23, 2025. Since 2014, Mr. Margaronis has been the Chief Executive Officer of Latsco Shipping Limited, a shipping company. From 2002 to 2014, he headed the Athens operations of Clarksons, a global maritime consultancy and shipping services provider. From 1992 to 2002, Mr. Margaronis worked in various operational and commercial positions in a number of shipping companies. From 1989 to 1992, Mr. Margaronis was a dry cargo broker for H. Clarkson & Co. Ltd. In addition, he is a director in various companies within the Latsco group. Mr. Margaronis received a B.A. in economics from Essex University and a M.Sc. in Shipping, Trade and Finance from Cass Business School (now known as Bayes Business School).

Christos Triantafillidis has been a member of our Board of Directors since June 23, 2025. Since 2016, Mr. Triantafillidis has been the Chief Financial Officer of Latsco Shipping Limited, a shipping company. From 2006 to 2016, Mr. Triantafillidis was the Finance Director of Latsco (London) Limited, another company within the Latsco group. From 2002 to 2006, Mr. Triantafillidis worked in the Group Finance team of Private Financial Holdings Limited, an investment holding company within the Latsis group, reporting directly to the Group CFO. From 1995 to 2001, Mr. Triantafillidis worked as an Associate and a Financial Analyst in the Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Finance groups of Lazard Frères & Co. LLC in New York. In addition to being a director in various companies within the Latsco group, Mr. Triantafillidis is a director of SETE Saudia. Mr. Triantafillidis received his M.B.A. from INSEAD, a Master of Science degree in Engineering from Brown University, and a combined Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Economics from Brown University.

Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos has been a member of our Board of Directors since July 31, 2024. He has also been a member of the Board of Directors of Euroseas Ltd. since May 2005 and EuroDry Ltd. since May 5, 2018. Since July 2002, he has been the Chief Executive Officer of CambridgeFinance Ltd., one of the leading Mass Media, Infrastructure and Technology management companies in Greece. 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 a BoD member of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV) as well as Quest Group SA, Ellaktor SA, Reds SA, Aktor Concessions SA. 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.

Apostolos Tamvakakis has been a member of our Board of Directors since July 31, 2024. Mr. Tamvakakis has also been a member of the Board of Directors of Euroseas Ltd. since June 2013 and EuroDry Ltd. since May 5, 2018. From January 2015 to February 2017 he was independent non-executive Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Piraeus Bank. Since July 2012 he participated as a Member of the Board of Directors and Committees in various companies. From December 2009 to June 2012, Mr. Tamvakakis was appointed 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 served on the management team of the Geneva-based Latsis Group, as Head of Strategy and Business Development. From October 1998 to April 2004, he served as Deputy CEO of National Bank of Greece. Prior to that, he served as Deputy CEO of National Mortgage Bank of Greece, as Deputy General Manager of ABN AMRO Bank, as Manager of Corporate Finance at Hellenic Investment Bank and as Planning Executive at Mobil Oil Hellas. He also served as Vice-Chairman of Athens Stock Exchange, Chairman of the Steering Committee of Interalpha Group of Banks, Chairman of Ethnokarta, National Securities, AVIS (Greece), ETEVA and the Southeastern European Board of the Europay Mastercard Group. Mr. Tamvakakis has also served in numerous boards of directors and committees. He is the Chairman and Managing Partner of EOS Capital Partners Alternative Investment Fund Manager, the investment manager of a private equity fund “EOS Hellenic Renaissance Fund”. He holds the positions of Vice Chairman of Gek Terna, Plaisio Computers, Hellenic Juices SA and is a member of the BoD of ERGO Insurance Company, Eurocatering SA, Minerva SA and S. Mentekidis AE. He 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 mathematical economics.

George Taniskidis has been a member of our Board of Directors since July 31, 2024. He has also been a member of the Board of Directors of Euroseas Ltd. since May 2005 and EuroDry Ltd. since May 5, 2018. He is the Chairman of Optima Bank and 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 bank’s 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.