Directors and Executive Officers
Information concerning each director and executive officer of Frontline plc and Frontline Management AS is set forth below.
John Fredriksen has been the Chairman, President and a Director of the Company since November, 1997, and a Director of Golden Ocean Group Ltd. since October 2014. Mr. Fredriksen stepped down from the role as Chairman and President in Frontline in May 2021. From May 2005 Mr. Fredriksen served as Chairman of the Board, President and a Director of Seadrill Ltd, he stepped down from these roles in 2019.
Ola Lorentzon has been a Director of the Company since May 2015 and served as Chairman of the Board since May 2021. Mr. Lorentzon was the Managing Director of Frontline Management AS, a subsidiary of Frontline, from April 2000 until September 2003. Mr. Lorentzon is also a director of Erik Thun AB and a director of FLEX LNG.
James O'Shaughnessy has been a Director of the Company since September 2018. James O'Shaughnessy has been an Executive Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller of Axis Capital Holdings Limited since March 26, 2012. Prior to that Mr. O'Shaughnessy has amongst other served as Chief Financial Officer in the Bermuda operations of Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings SA and as Chief Accounting Officer and Senior Vice President of Scottish Re Group Ltd., and Chief Financial Officer of XL Re Ltd. at XL Group plc. Mr. O'Shaughnessy received a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University College, Cork, Ireland in the year 1981 to 1985 and is both a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ireland and an Associate Member of the Chartered Insurance Institute of the UK. Mr. O'Shaughnessy earned a Master's Degree in Accounting from University College Dublin in the year 1985 to 1986.
Cato Stonex has been a Director of the Company since December 2023. Mr. Stonex has had a long career in Fund management, initially with J Rothschild Investment Management. He was then a founder partner of Taube Hodson Stonex (THS) for 20 years, which managed institutional portfolios of Global Equity mandates. THS was sold to GAM in 2016, since when he has established Partners Investment Company, which has focussed on stock picking in small and mid cap equities, largely in Europe. In 2021 Partners Investment Company became Stonex Capital Partners Ltd and that same year Mr. Stonex also funded WMC Capital Ltd, an investment company focused on the recovery of the global shipping industry. Mr. Stonex has also been involved in a range of other business areas. He holds an undergraduate degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science, where he served for ten years as a Governor and is now an Emeritus Governor. He has chaired its Development Committee, and is now an advisor to the Endowment Investment Committee. Mr. Stonex is closely involved with LSE Ideas, a leading academic think tank.
Mikkel Storm Weum is employed as an Investment Director in Seatankers Management Norway AS, responsible for Sale and Purchase, Newbuildings and Projects. Mr. Weum is also serving as a director on the Board of NYSE listed Flex LNG Ltd and on the Board of NYSE listed Star Bulk Carriers Corp. Prior to being employed by Seatankers Management AS, Mr. Mikkel Storm Weum served as Senior Vice President, responsible for Business Development in SFL Management AS. Mr. Weum was also employed as Vice President, Head of Commercial in Teekay Offshore working with Shuttle Tankers and Floating Offshore storage. Mr. Weum holds a Master's degree in Naval Architecture from Newcastle University and a MSc in Shipping Trade and Finance from Cass Business School, City University.
Maria Papakokkinou has been a Director of the Company since December 2024. Maria Papkokkinou holds the position of Chief Operation Officer and is a member of the Board of Directors of IXI Fund Managers Ltd, Cyprus and is also a non-executive Director in the Board of Directors of National Bank of Greece (Cyprus) Ltd. She has previously worked as Group Portfolio Manager in IKOS CIF Ltd, Cyprus, as Vice President of the Commodity Derivatives Desk in Citigroup London and as an associate at the FX and Commodities Trading Desk in JP Morgan Chase, London. She has an honors degree in Mathematics from Imperial College London, an MPhil in Financial Engineering from Cambridge University, UK, and a PhD in Mathematical Finance from Imperial College, London.
Lars H. Barstad has served as Chief Executive Officer of Frontline Management AS since September 2021, Interim Chief Executive Officer since October 2020, and as Commercial Director since 2015. Mr. Barstad has close to 17 years’ experience in the wider shipping and oil trading industry, firstly as Director of Imarex Pte Ltd (now Marex) in Singapore. He joined Glencore Ltd in 2007, working in London as head of FFA trading. In 2012 he moved to Noble Group Ltd, heading up their freight derivatives desk in London with a cross commodities mandate. Mr. Barstad holds a BSc in Financial Economics from BI Norwegian Business School.
Inger M. Klemp has served as Chief Financial Officer of Frontline Management AS since June 1, 2006. Mrs. Klemp has served as a director of Independent Tankers Corporation Limited since February 2008 and has served as Chief Financial Officer of Knightsbridge Shipping Limited from September 2007 to March 2015. Mrs. Klemp served as Vice President Finance from August 2001 until she was promoted in May 2006. Mrs. Klemp graduated as MSc in Business and Economics from the Norwegian School of Management (BI) in 1986. Prior to joining the Company, Mrs. Klemp was Assistant Director Finance in Color Group ASA and Group Financial Manager in Color Line ASA, an OSE listed company and before that was Assistant Vice President in Nordea Bank Norge ASA handling structuring and syndication of loan facilities in the international banking market and a lending officer of Danske Bank A/S.
