2007

Headhunter Season!

We have had to hire additional data entry folk to assist keep up with the whirlwind of our friends and colleagues making professional moves. In no particular order and with best wishes for all, both those moving and those responsible for filling holes:

Nordea’s Head of Corporate Finance Ivar Myklebust has accepted the position of CFO at Norden. Kevin Kennedy, has left his role as CFO of Seaspan to join Synergy. Kevin, who in a former career was with GE Capital, joins an august pair of Marine Money Week speakers currently operating without affiliation (though clearly busy), Hamish Norton and Robert Bugbee. Sai Chu who was with Seaspan Ship Management moves into Kevin’s former spot as CFO. Chris Peters has moved from Nordea to GE Commercial Finance. Meanwhile Lars Vikjord is leaving GE Credit and is rumored to be headed to RBS. Jonas Gunstad has moved from Calyon to DVB in Oslo. And Greg Lewis has left Fortis to join CSFB. Masashi Hiruta whose background combines financial as well as shipping experience has been named to head the new Eurofin venture Seafin in Singapore. DryShips CFO Gregory Zikos has resigned to “pursue other interests”, leaving George Economou once again to take over as interim CFO as he did in 2006 after the resignation of Chris Thomas.

Finally, Marine Money is delighted to welcome Sofia Vassilakis to its team. Sofia is a recent graduate of Costas Grammenos’ fine graduate program in London. Welcome aboard.

This is only an excerpt of People & Places – 05/31/2007

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