Harris Loukopoulos

Harris Loukopoulos (Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Class C Director) has served as our Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel and Director since our inception in February 2005. Prior to joining our Company, since 1996, Mr. Loukopoulos was employed by Target Marine SA, a Piraeus shipping company, where he acted as a General Counsel and Insurance and Claims Director. In this capacity, Mr. Loukopoulos was responsible for the administrative and legal supervision of all of Target's departments, overseeing all Target Marine SA operations. Prior to that, after being admitted to the Athens Bar Association in 1993, Mr. Loukopoulos worked as an attorney in a shipping law firm based in Piraeus. He has lectured on shipping law and vessel sale & purchase contracts at the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers' Greek branch. He graduated from the University of Thessaloniki, Greece in 1992, having studied law and holds a Masters degree in Shipping law from the University of Southampton, England.