Mr. Turnbull joined the Pacific Basin Board as an INED in 2006 and was appointed Chairman and an Executive Director in 2008. He previously spent 30 years with the Swire Group where he held various senior management positions. He was chairman of Swire's Hong Kong-listed companies Swire Pacific, Cathay Pacific Airways and Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company and was a non-executive director of Greka Drilling Limited (previously London AIM-listed) between February 2011 to October 2017 and London-listed G3 Exploration Limited between July 2006 to July 2018.

Cambridge University: Master of Arts degree in Economics

Appointed INED in May 2006
Appointed Chairman in January 2008 and Executive Director in July 2008
Current term expires at the 2023 AGM

INED of Hong Kong-listed The Wharf (Holdings) Limited

Executive Committee

The Chairman oversees the executive team and meets regularly with the CEO to discuss the operations of the Group. He has in the past provided continuity of management during periods of change, hence safeguarding long-term management leadership. The Chairman is responsible for reviewing proposed plans for the Group prior to presentation to the Board. His review focuses on the long term strategic matters such as capital structure and fleet growth as well as the more immediate operational matters related to debt levels, cash flow, cash balances, risk assessment, other required capital expenditure as well as shareholder considerations.

Mr. Fruergaard joined Pacific Basin as an Executive Director in July 2021. He previously spent 26 years with A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S in Copenhagen and Houston, starting in 1989 at Maersk Tankers followed by the group’s gas carrier operation until 1995, before occupying managerial and leadership positions including senior director of Maersk Bulk Carriers, senior vice president of Maersk Tankers, and chief commercial officer of Maersk Drilling. From 2015 to June 2021, he served as chief executive officer of gas tanker owner and operator Ultragas.

International Institute for Management Development: EMBA degree
Various executive courses at IMD and Harvard Business School
Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School

Appointed Executive Director in July 2021 for 3 years, subject to re-election at the 2022 AGM

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Executive Committee

Mr. Schulz joined Pacific Basin as the Group’s Chief Financial Officer in August 2017 and was appointed Executive Director on 30 July 2018. He has a banking background having served from 1996 to 2012 in various M&A and corporate finance roles in Stockholm, London and Hong Kong with SEB, Dresdner Kleinwort, ABN AMRO/RBS and Royal Bank of Canada. Prior to joining Pacific Basin, he served as chief financial officer of BW Pacific Limited, a product tanker company based in Singapore.

Stockholm School of Economics: Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration
Erasmus University Rotterdam School of Management: International Marketing and International Business

Appointed Executive Director on 30 July 2018
Current term expires at the 2022 AGM

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Executive Committee

Mr. Schulz is responsible for Group finance and accounting, investor relations, risk management and corporate governance and compliance

Mr. Paul served with PricewaterhouseCoopers for 33 years, during which time he held a number of senior management positions in Hong Kong, including chairman and senior partner of the firm for seven years.

Oxford University: Master of Arts degree
Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales

Appointed INED in March 2004
Retiring at the 2022 AGM

INED of Hong Kong-listed Johnson Electric Holdings and The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited

Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees

Mr. Nicholson was a senior partner of Reed Smith Richards Butler where he established the corporate and commercial department. He then served as a senior advisor to the board of directors of PCCW Limited. He joined Hong Kong-listed First Pacific Company Limited's board in June 2003 and served as an executive director from November 2003 to December 2018.  He also held directorships in First Pacific subsidiaries, associates and affiliates including Philex Mining Corporation , Metro Pacific Investments Corporation and PXP Energy Corporation, and was a commissioner of Indonesia-listed PT Indofood Sukses Makmur Tobk.  He was also an independent non-executive director of Hong Kong-listed Lifestyle Properties Development Limited.

University of Kent
Qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales and in Hong Kong

Appointed INED in March 2004
Current term expires at the 2022 AGM

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Chairman of Remuneration and Nomination Committees
Audit Committee

Mr. Morrison served with the Jardine Matheson Group for 28 years holding various senior positions including that of group managing director. He then moved to Morgan Stanley where he was a managing director and then chairman of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Asia, and chairman and chief executive officer of Morgan Stanley Asia. He spent five years as senior advisor to Citigroup Asia Pacific until January 2015 and was an independent non-executive director of the Hong Kong-listed MTR Corporation from July 2010 to May 2018 and chairman and director of Trans Maldivian Airways from January 2018 to Sepember 2020.

Cambridge University: Master of Arts degree
Program for Management Development at Harvard Business School

Appointed INED in January 2008
Retiring at the 2022 AGM

Senior advisor of Bain Capital Asia

Audit Committee

Mrs. Basili held various managerial positions in the shipping industry, including Western Bulk Carriers Holding ASA. From 1999 to 2007 she held positions in Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics, first as a manager of contracting and strategy and later as commercial director in 2004. From 2007 to 2011, Mrs. Basili served as vice president, marine business unit of Petroleum Geo Services following its acquisition of Arrow Seismic ASA where she was the chief executive officer. She also served as a director of Odfjell SE from 2008 to 2014, the chief executive officer of GC Rieber Shipping from March 2011 to April 2017, a director and the deputy chairman of Kongsberg Gruppen ASA from May 2011 to May 2019 and 
a director of Wilh. Wilhelmsen Holding ASA from May 2016 to May 2020  (all listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange).

Boston University: Bachelor of Business Administration degree

Appointed INED in May 2014
Current term expires at the 2023 AGM

Chief executive officer of Shearwater Geoservice

Remuneration and Nomination Committees

Mr. Ryan served with Cargill, Inc. for 25 years in executive and general management roles worldwide including as general manager of Cargill’s oilseed operations, and Venezuela and Brazil refined oils businesses. He was president of Cargill’s North American dressings, sauces and oils business, and managing director of Cargill’s refined oils business in Europe and food ingredients business in Australasia. He was a global co-leader of Cargill’s agricultural supply chain businesses and member of its global corporate center. Mr. Ryan served as an independent director at Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. from October 2014 to June 2016 and as Eagle Bulk’s interim chief executive officer from March to September 2015.

University of Notre Dame: Bachelor of in Economics and Computer Applications Degree
University of Chicago: MBA & Master of Arts degree in International Relations

Appointed INED in July 2016
Current term expires at the 2024 AGM

Chief executive officer and president of Seattle-based Darigold, Inc.
Senior advisor of McKinsey & Company

Remuneration and Nomination Committees

Dr. Tikka served with American Bureau of Shipping (“ABS”) for 18 years from 2001 to 2019, having started as vice president, engineering and then in a variety of specialist and leadership roles including as vice president, global technology, business development and special projects (2005-2011), vice president and chief engineer, global (2011-2012); president and chief operating officer, ABS Europe Division (2012-2016); executive vice president, global marine (2016-2018), and executive vice president and senior maritime advisor (2018-2019).  As executive vice president in ABS, she held responsibility for aligning ABS’ strategic planning, sustainability program and other product and service offerings with the industry’s technical needs. Prior to joining ABS, Dr. Tikka was a professor of Naval Architecture at Webb Institute in New York (1996-2001) and she worked as a naval architect, operations planner and analyst at Wartsila Shipyards and Chevron Shipping.

University of California, Berkeley: PhD in Naval Architecture and Offshore Engineering
University of Technology, Helsinki: Master’s degree in Solid Mechanics and Naval Architecture 
Harvard Business School: Executive Training Program, Management Development

Appointed INED in September 2019
Current term expires in September 2022

INED of New York-listed Ardmore Shipping Corporation

Audit Committee

Mr. Williamson served as independent non-executive director on the board of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited for 13 years (2008-April 2021) where he acted as chairman of the board risk committee and a member of several board governance committees. He was chief executive officer at SAIL Advisors Limited (2011-2018); senior managing director (2012-2018), chief financial officer (2007-2018) and managing director (2007-2011) at Search Investment Group Limited; managing director and head of infrastructure & operational risk at Morgan Stanley Asia (1998-2007); chief operating officer at NatWest Securities Asia Holdings Limited (1994-1998); and managing director at NatWest Investment Services, London (1992-1994).

Heriot-Watt University: Bachelor of Arts degree
Chartered Accountant & member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland
Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment, UK
Senior Fellow of the Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute
Member of the Hong Kong Management Association

Appointed INED in November 2020
Expires on 1 November 2023

INED of Nasdaq-listed Provident Acquisition Corp.

Non-executive chairman of UK Tote Group Limited

Chairman of Audit Committee