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 London AIM-listed Greka Drilling Limited 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 2020 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. Berglund joined Pacific Basin as Chief Executive Officer in 2012. He previously served with Swedish family owned conglomerate Stena from 1986 to 2005, occupying managerial and leadership positions in various Stena group shipping businesses in Sweden and the USA including group controller of Stena Line, vice president and chief financial officer of both Concordia Maritime and StenTex (a Stena-Texaco joint venture), president of StenTex, and vice president and president of Stena Rederi AB (Stena's parent company for all shipping activities).

From 2005 to 2011, he was senior vice president and head of Crude Transportation for New York-listed Overseas Shipholding Group. Between March 2011 and May 2012, he served as chief financial officer and chief operating officer at Chemoil Energy, a Singapore-listed global trader of marine fuel products.

Gothenburg University Business School: an Economist (Civilekonom) degree
Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 2000

Appointed Executive Director in June 2012
Current term expires at the 2021 AGM

INED of New York-listed Ardmore Shipping Corporation

Chairman of Executive Committee

The CEO carries out day to day management and execution of the Group’s activities and strategic initiatives. He formulates and proposes Group strategy and policy to the Board. He also ensures appropriate information is provided regularly so that Board members can actively contribute to the Group’s development.

Mr. Schulz joined Pacific Basin as the Group’s Chief Financial Officer in August 2017. 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. Most recently, 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 on 29 July 2021, subject to re-election at the 2019 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
Current term expires at the 2021 AGM

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

Chairman of Audit Committee
Remuneration and Nomination Committees

Mr. Paul reviews the Group's overall accounting and financial reporting matters.

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 the board of the Hong Kong-listed First Pacific Company Limited in June 2003 and served as an executive director from November 2003 to December 2018. He was also an independent non-executive director of Hong Kong-listed Lifestyle Properties Development Limited between August 2013 to May 2017.

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 2019 AGM

Director of Metro Pacific Investments Corporation, Philex Mining Corporation and PXP Energy Corporation (all Philippines-listed)
Commissioner of Indonesia-listed PT Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk

Chairman of Remuneration and Nomination Committees
Audit Committee

Mr. Nicholson provides expertise on the Group's legal and listed company issues.

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.

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

Appointed INED in January 2008
Current term expires at the 2021 AGM

Senior advisor of Bain Capital Asia

Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees

Mr. Morrison contributes his Asia-region commercial experience in assessing the commercial benefits of the Group's development and strategic plans.

Mr. Bradshaw is a senior consultant at Mayer Brown (formerly known as Johnson, Stokes & Master) where he served as a solicitor, partner and head of the shipping practice since 1978. He was vice chairman of the Hong Kong Shipowners Association, a member of the Hong Kong Port and Maritime Board and the Hong Kong Maritime Industry Council.

Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand): Bachelor of Laws and a Master of Laws
Admitted as a solicitor in England and Hong Kong

Appointed Non-executive Director and Deputy Chairman in April 2006
Stood down as Deputy Chairman in January 2008 and was redesignated as INED in September 2010
Current term expires at the 2019 AGM

Non-executive director of Euronav (listed on Euronext in Brussels and NYSE)
INED of Hong Kong-listed IRC and NYSE-listed Gaslog Partners LP
Director of Kadoorie Farm & Botanic Garden Corporation, and WWF Hong Kong 

Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees

Mr. Bradshaw is an experienced international shipping lawyer, who provides the Group with expertise on ship ownership structures, commercial operation and tax.

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 with responsibility for fleet and marine strategy 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 and acted as the chief executive officer of GC Rieber Shipping from March 2011 to April 2017 (both listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange).

Boston University: Bachelor of Business Administration degree

Appointed INED in May 2014
Current term expires at the 2020 AGM

Director and deputy chairman of Kongsberg Gruppen ASA and a director of Wilh. Wilhelmsen Holdings ASA (both listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange)
Chief executive officer of Shearwater Geoservices

Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees

Mrs. Basili contributes her extensive commercial, strategic and operational experience in the dry bulk and other shipping sectors that will benefit the Group’s business and development.

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’s degree in Economics and Computer Applications
University of Chicago: MBA & Master of Arts degree in International Relations

Appointed INED in July 2016
Current term expires in July 2019

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

Audit, Remuneration and Nomination Committees

Mr. Ryan contributes extensive commercial, strategic and operational experience in the commodities business that will benefit the Group’s business and development.