Angelos Papoulias has been our Director since the inception of our Company and as of April 2005, he is also the Chairman of our Audit Committee. Mr. Papoulias has been the Managing Director of Investments and Finance Ltd., since 1989, a financial consulting firm specializing in financial services to the Greek maritime industry. Prior to that Mr. Papoulias was the Director of Finance at Eletson Holdings Inc., a product tanker company from 1987 to 1988. From 1980 to 1987, Mr. Papoulias was with the Chase Manhattan Bank N.A., in their corporate and shipping finance division. Mr. Papoulias holds a B.S., in Mathematics/Economics from Whitman College, Washington State in USA., and a Masters degree in International Management from American Graduate School of International Management in Phoenix, Arizona USA. |