Company: ASC
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001558370-25-002500
Chunk: 123

Company: Ardmore Shipping Corp
Filing Date: 2025-03-07
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 6
Chunk 123
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James Fokwas appointed as a director of Ardmore in January 2023. Mr. Fok is the Chief Commercial Officer of CMU OmniClear Limited and has more than 20 years of experience in financial services. From 2012 until 2021 he served as a senior executive at Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, a Hong Kong-listed operator of exchanges and clearing houses. Previously, Mr. Fok was an investment banker with multiple bulge bracket firms in both Europe and Asia. He has served on a wide range of public and private sector boards and committees, and currently serves as an Executive Director of the International Securities Services Association. Mr. Fok holds a BA (Hons) in Law and Chinese from the School of Oriental & African Studies of the University of London and is a Distinguished Nonresident Fellow of Hong Kong’s Centre on Contemporary China and the World.

Robert Gainawas appointed Senior Vice President, Commercial at Ardmore in September 2024, overseeing the company’s chartering activities and commercial operations. Since joining Ardmore’s headquarters in Cork in 2015, Mr Gaina has held several managerial roles, including leading the Commercial Operations department, where he played a key role in optimizing fleet performance and commercial strategy, as well as Cargo Operation Manager. Prior to transitioning ashore, Mr Gaina had a distinguished seafaring career. A graduate of the Maritime Academy Mircea cel Bătrân (Class of 2002), he spent over a decade sailing on chemical and oil tankers, including five years as Master Mariner. Mr Gaina earned a Global Executive MBA from Rotterdam School of Management in 2024.

Bart Kelleherjoined Ardmore in 2022 as Chief Financial Officer and was subsequently appointed as President and Director in 2024. He has nearly 30 years of progressive experience in the maritime, finance, energy, and industrials sectors. From 2016 to 2022, Mr. Kelleher held executive roles with Chembulk Tankers, an owner and operator of stainless-steel chemical tankers, serving as Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Strategy Officer. From 2010 to 2015, he was the Chief Operating Officer of Principal Maritime Management, which owned and operated a fleet of Suezmax crude carriers and chemical tankers, where he also functioned as acting Chief Financial Officer during the company's start-up and initial growth phases. In addition to his executive experience in the maritime energy transportation sector, Mr.