People: NewLead Holdings Ltd (NEWL.O)


NEWL.O on Nasdaq

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Michael Zolotas

38 2013 Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer

Antonios Bertsos

37 2011 Chief Financial Officer

George Fragos

47 2009 Chief Operating Officer

Spyros Gianniotis

52 2009 Independent Director

Steve Oh

57 2011 Independent Director

Panagiotis Skiadas

41 2009 Independent Director

Elisa Gerouki

IR Contact Officer

Biographies

Name Description

Michael Zolotas

Mr. Michael S. Zolotas serves as the Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer of NewLead Holdings Ltd. He has long-standing experience in the shipping sector. As a third generation ship-owner, he has over 18 years of experience in commercial, operational and technical management in the shipping industry. Mr. Zolotas has already managed over 75 vessels in less than 15 years. Prior to October 2009, Mr. Zolotas was Chief Executive Officer of Grandunion, a private ship management company with 40 vessels under management. Mr. Zolotas founded Grandunion together with Mr. Nicholas G. Fistes in 2006. Today, he still serves as Chief Executive Officer of Grandunion. From 1999 until 2006, Mr. Zolotas was General Manager of Stamford Navigation Inc. In less than seven years, Mr. Zolotas managed to expand the fleet of Stamford Navigation Inc. from two to 30 vessels, ranging from 17,000 dwt to 170,000 dwt, including newbuildings. Mr. Zolotas joined Stamford Navigation Inc. as a superintendent engineer in 1997. He commenced his career spending three years in sea service and, after the completion of his sea service, he was involved in the technical management of Stamford Navigation Inc., especially in newbuildings supervision and repairs and conversion of the fleet in operation. Mr. Zolotas is a member of the Hellenic and Black Sea Mediterranean Committee of Bureau Veritas, China Classification Society (CCS) Mediterranean Committee and Registro Italiano Navale (RINA) Committee. From 2001 to 2007, he served on the board of the CTM Pool. Mr. Zolotas holds a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology.

Antonios Bertsos

Mr. Antonios Bertsos is Chief Financial Officer of NewLead Holdings Ltd., since October 1, 2011. Prior to this, Mr. Bertsos held the position of Deputy Chief Operating Officer of NewLead since April 2010. Prior to joining NewLead, Mr. Bertsos served as Chief Financial Officer for Aries Energy Corporation from February 2005 to March 2010. Mr. Bertsos commenced his career as an Auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1999. Mr. Bertsos holds a B.Sc. in Accounting and Finance from Deree College in Greece and a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration from the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom.

George Fragos

Mr. George Fragos is Chief Operating Officer of NewLead Holdings Ltd., since October 13, 2009. Mr. Fragos has over 20 years of shipping and shipmanagement experience with various vessel types including crude/product tankers, chemical carriers, bulk carriers, LNG tankers and passenger ships. Mr. Fragos joined Ceres Hellenic Shipping in 1990 as superintendent engineer and was promoted to senior and top management positions within the group and its affiliated companies. Mr. Fragos has served in such roles as Technical Manager and Technical Director of the passenger shipping company, Director of Newbuilding Projects, Marine Division Director, Fleet Director of Euronav Shipmanagement Hellas and Chief Executive Officer of Gaslog Investments. Mr. Fragos has also served on the Board of Ceres Hellas, Ceres LNG, and Egypt LNG. In 2007, Mr. Fragos became Director of the Tanker Division of Grandunion, as well as Managing Director of the tanker shipmanagement company within Grandunion Group. In 2008, he became the Chief Executive Officer of the affiliate tanker shipowning venture, Tankunion Inc. Mr. Fragos has previously been a member of INTECARGO Safety and Technical Committee and is presently a member of the Business Advisory Committee of Athens Laboratory of Business Administration's "MBA in Shipping" program. Mr. Fragos graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens.

Spyros Gianniotis

Mr. Spyros Gianniotis is an Independent Director of NewLead Holdings Ltd., since October 13, 2009. Mr. Gianniotis has worked in various positions in banks throughout Greece and the United States for over 24 years. From 1989 until 2001, Mr. Gianniotis held positions at Citigroup in Athens, Piraeus and New York. In 2001, Mr. Gianniotis became the Assistant General Manager, Head of Shipping at Piraeus Bank S.A. In 2008, Mr. Gianniotis became the Chief Financial Officer of Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc., a position he currently holds. Mr. Gianniotis holds a B.A. from Queens College, CUNY, an MSc from Maritime College, SUNY and an MBA from Wagner College.

Steve Oh

Mr. Steve J. Oh is Independent Director of NewLead Holdings Ltd., since December 22, 2011. He has been the Managing Director of MJLF Athens, a subsidiary of MJLF & Associates USA shipbrokering company, since the company's establishment in 2007. He is an active shipbroker, involved in various projects related to newbuildings, sales and purchases, ship repair, chartering and marine equipment, covering both technical and commercial scopes of interest. Prior to joining MJLF in 2007,Mr. Oh was employed at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, starting as a Ship Repair Engineer of Machinery Division in the early1980s, rising to Project Manager for various projects and then becoming the Representative of Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Singapore Branch in 1993 and the Representative of Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Athens Branch in 1996.Concurrent with his stay in Greece, Mr. Oh has engaged himself in various responsibilities within the Korean Association, and currently holds the position of Vice Chairman. Mr. Oh, was born in South Korea in 1954 and graduated from Hanyang University of Seoul with a B.S. in Mechanical and Thermal Engineering. He has broad international experience in Europe, Asia and the United States.

Panagiotis Skiadas

Mr. Panagiotis Skiadas is an Independent Director of NewLead Holdings Ltd. He has served as a member of the board of directors since the closing of initial public offering in June 2005. He is currently the Environmental Manager of VIOHALCO S.A. Within that role, Mr. Skiadas is responsible for all environmental and climate change issues as well as certain energy related matters. Prior to joining VIOHALCO in April 2006, Mr. Skiadas performed a similar role for a subsidiary of VIOHALCO, ELVAL S.A. He has also served as the Section Manager of Environmental Operations for the Organizational Committee of Olympic Games in Athens in 2004. Mr. Skiadas holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Florida and a Master's degree in Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Environmental Engineering.

Elisa Gerouki

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