Pacific Basin Shipping Limited announced appointment of Mr. Alexandre Frederic Akira Emery to be an independent non-executive Director and a member of the Audit Committee and the Remuneration Committee of the Company.
Mr. Emery, aged 54, earned a Bachelor's degree in Political Science and East Asian Studies from Yale University in 1991, a Master's degree in European Politics from the College of Europe in 1993, and a Master's degree in Business
Administration from Northwestern University in 1997. He is currently Partner and Chairman, Asia at Permira, a global private equity investment firm with over USD82 billion under management. He joined their London office in 2002 and moved to Tokyo to establish Permira's first Asian presence in 2005, which he led until the end of 2023. He focuses primarily on industrials, consumer goods, financial services, healthcare and technology investments in Asia, China, Korea, and Japan. He is expected to retire from Permira on 31 December 2023. Prior to joining Permira, Mr. Emery was an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company in London from 1997 to 2002 and a Business Analyst at Braxton Associates in London from 1993 to 1995. Mr. Emery began his professional career at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs as part of the French Trade Office, posted to Osaka, Japan from 1991 to 1992. The company also appoints Mr. Mats Henrik Berglund to become a non-executive Director and a member of the Nomination Committee .Mr. Berglund, aged 61, graduated from the Business School of Gothenburg University in 1986 with an Economist "Civilekonom" degree. In addition, he has attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 2000. After graduating from Gothenburg University, he joined the Stena group, a Swedish family-owned conglomerate predominately engaged in shipping. From 1986 to 2005, he occupied various managerial and leadership positions within the Stena group, including, as Group Controller and Business Controller of Stena Line, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Concordia Maritime, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of StenTex (a Stena Texaco joint venture), President of StenTex, Group Coordinator, Shipping Activities of Stena Rederi AB(Stena's parent company for all shipping activities), Vice President of Stena Rederi AB and, from 2002 to 2005, President of Stena Rederi AB. From 2005 to 2011, Mr. Berglund served as the Senior Vice President and Head, Crude Transportation, Strategic Business Unit for Overseas Shipholding Group Inc., a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. In March 2011, Mr. Berglund joined Chemoil Energy Limited, a company listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore, which is a global trader of marine fuel products, as its Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer. He was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Pacific Basin from 2012 to July 2021. He currently serves as an independent director of each of Ardmore Shipping Corporation (a company listed on the New York Stock Exchange), Northern Marine Group and Algoma Central Corporation (a company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange).