Star Bulk Carriers Corp. announced the appointment of Mr. Nikolaos Karellis to its Board of Directors as Class A Director and member of the Audit Committee. Karellis has more than 35 years shipping experience, has served until 2013 as the Head of Shipping of HSBC BANK PLC in Athens, Greece and is currently a Director of the advisory firm MARININVEST ADVISERS LTD. Karellis fills the seat made vacant by the resignation of Mr. Stelios Zavvos who had been a director of the company and member of its Audit Committee since July 2014. Additionally, the company announced that it will not fill, temporarily, the seat made vacant by the resignation of Mrs. Renee Kemp from the Board in March 2016 and, consequently, the size of the Board is reduced to eight directors.