People: International Shipholding Corp (ISH)

ISH on New York Consolidated

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Niels Johnsen

67 2007 Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer

Erik Johnsen

55 2007 President, Director

Manuel Estrada

2005 Chief Financial Officer, Vice President

Peter Johnston

2009 Executive Vice President

Kenneth Beer

55 2009 Independent Director

H. Merritt Lane

51 2004 Independent Director

Edwin Lupberger

76 1988 Independent Director

James McNamara

70 2008 Independent Director

Harris Morrissette

53 2009 Independent Director

T. Lee Robinson

50 2008 Independent Director

Wendy Boutwell

Financial Accounting Manager

Biographies

Name Description

Niels Johnsen

Mr. Niels M. Johnsen serves as Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of International Shipholding Corporation since April 24, 2007. He served as President of International Shipholding Corporation from 2003 until 2007. Mr. Johnsen joined subsidiary Central Gulf, in 1970 and held various positions before being named President of International Shipholding Corporation in 2003. He also serves as Chairman of each of principal subsidiaries. Mr. Johnsen was a trustee and director of Atlantic Mutual Companies from 2002 to 2010. Mr. Johnsen is a member of and former Chairman of the Board of National Cargo Bureau, Inc., Trustee and Lay Vice President of the Seamen’s Church Institute, and a member of the American Bureau of Shipping, National Defense Transportation Association and Navy League of the United States.

Erik Johnsen

Mr. Erik L. Johnsen serves as President, Director of International Shipholding Corporation since April 24, 2007. He joined Central Gulf in 1979 and held various positions before being named President of International Shipholding Corporation in 2007. Mr. Johnsen was Vice President of International Shipholding Corporation from 1987 until 2007. In 1997, he was named as Executive Vice President and President of each of principal subsidiaries. He is responsible for all operations of the Company’s vessel fleet and leads the Company’s Ship Management Group.

Manuel Estrada

Mr. Manuel G. Estrada serves as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of International Shipholding Corporation since July 1, 2005. He joined Central Gulf in 1978 and held various positions with the Company prior to being named Vice President and Controller in 1996, and Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 2005.

Peter Johnston

Mr. Peter M. Johnston serves as Executive Vice President of International Shipholding Corporation since May 7, 2009. Mr. Johnston has been with the Company or its subsidiaries for over 17 years, most recently serving as a Vice President of the Company and as Executive Vice President of LMS Shipmanagement, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, since 1995. He is a veteran of many years in the offshore industry and rose to the rank of port captain for American Overseas Marine. Johnston joined International Shipholding Corporation in 1991 as director of operations with responsibility for the Waterman’s Defense Department Contracting Program. He was promoted to vice president in 1995, assuming responsibility for all vessels owned or operated by International Shipholding Corporation.

Kenneth Beer

Mr. Kenneth H. Beer serves as Independent Director of International Shipholding Corporation since October 28, 2009. Since 2005, Mr. Beer has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Stone Energy Corporation since 2005. Between 1992 and 2005, Mr. Beer was a partner at the investment banking firm of Johnson Rice & Company in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he served as director of research and a senior energy analyst for the firm. Mr. Beer serves on the Board of Managers of J.P.Morgan Venture Capital and Corporate Finance Private Equity Funds. He serves on the Board of the New Orleans Children’s Hospital where he previously served as Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Finance Committee. Mr. Beer is also on the Board of Isidore Newman School in New Orleans. Mr. Beer currently serves on Board’s Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee.

H. Merritt Lane

Mr. H. Merritt Lane, III, serves as Independent Director of International Shipholding Corporation since March 2004. Mr. Lane has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Canal Barge Company, Inc. since 1994 and as a director of that company since 1988. In addition, Mr. Lane is a member of the Board of Directors for Illinois Marine Towing, a subsidiary of Canal Barge Company. Mr. Lane is actively involved in industry affairs, including serving as Past Chairman and current Treasurer of the Board of Directors of the American Waterways Operators, as a Vice-Chairman of the Waterways Council Inc., and as a Board Member of the National Waterways Foundation and the U.S. Coast Guard Foundation. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Hibernia Homestead Bancorp, a publicly-traded company, and Pontchartrain Materials Company, a privately-owned company based in New Orleans, Louisiana. Mr. Lane is active in numerous civic organizations, including the Business Council of New Orleans & the River Region and the Young President’s Organization. Mr. Lane is the current Chairperson for the Board’s Audit Committee and a member of Nominating and Governance Committee.

Edwin Lupberger

Mr. Edwin A. Lupberger serves as Independent Director of International Shipholding Corporation since April 1988. Since 1998, Mr. Lupberger has served as President of Nesher Investments, LLC since 1998. Previously, Mr. Lupberger served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Entergy Corporation from 1985 to 1998, during which he consolidated operations and enlarged the company through mergers and acquisitions to become one of the world’s suppliers of electric energy. Prior to 1985, Mr. Lupberger served as Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer and Director of Indianapolis Power & Light. Mr. Lupberger served as a Board Member of the United States Chamber of Commerce, holding several leadership positions, including Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Executive Committee. Mr. Lupberger served as a Director of the First Commerce Corp. and First National Bank of Commerce before BankOne acquired them, finally serving as an Advisory Director of BankOne New Orleans. Mr. Lupberger is the current Chairperson for Board’s Compensation Committee and a member of Audit Committee.

James McNamara

Mr. James J. McNamara serves as Independent Director of International Shipholding Corporation since July 30, 2008. Since 1993, Mr. McNamara is the former President of National Cargo Bureau, Inc., a non-profit organization that provides inspection services and surveys that are incidental to the loading and unloading of vessels, a position he held from 1993 until his retirement in March 2010. Mr. McNamara also serves as (i) the Chairman of the Maritime Industry Museum, Fort Schuyler, Bronx, New York, (ii) Trustee of the Seamen’s Church Institute, (iii) Director of the India House Foundation, National Maritime Historical Society, North American Marine Environment Protection Association, and Lifesaving Benevolent Association of New York and (iv) Vice President of the Marine Society of the City of New York. Mr. McNamara has over 40 years of maritime experience, working in various capacities primarily with National Cargo Bureau, Inc. Mr. McNamara is currently a member of Compensation Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee.

Harris Morrissette

Mr. Harris V. Morrissette serves as Independent Director of International Shipholding Corporation since October 28, 2009. Mr. Morrissette currently serves as President of China Doll Rice and Beans, Inc., a position he has held since 2007, and Chairman of Azalea Aviation Inc., a position he has held since 1993. Previously, Mr. Morrissette served as Chief Executive Officer of Marshall Biscuit Company, Inc. from 1994 to 1997. Mr. Morrissette currently serves on the Board of Directors of Banctrust Financial Group, Inc. and is a Trustee of Williamsburg Investment Trust, both publicly-traded companies, and White-Spunner Construction, Inc., a privately owned company based in Mobile, Alabama. Mr. Morrissette served on the Board of Directors of EnergySouth, Inc. from 2001 until the Company was sold in 2008. He is also a Board member of the Business Council of Alabama and the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama. Mr. Morrissette currently serves on Board’s Compensation Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee.

T. Lee Robinson

Mr. T. Lee Robinson, Jr., serves as Independent Director of International Shipholding Corporation since April 30, 2008. Since 2000, he has been President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director for OHC, Inc. Prior to then, Mr. Robinson served as Vice-President of OHC in charge of Purchasing and Ocean Freight from 1992 to 1999. Mr. Robinson also serves as a Director on the New Orleans Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and just recently completed the Corporate Governance program at University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. Mr. Robinson currently serves as the Chairperson for the Board’s Nominating and Governance Committee and as a member of Audit Committee.

Wendy Boutwell

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