Angeliki Frangou is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Navios Maritime Holdings Inc., a global, vertically integrated seaborne dry bulk shipping and logistics company; Navios Maritime Partners L.P., a master limited partnership that owns and operates dry cargo vessels; and Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation, an owner and operator of tanker vessels specializing in the transportation of petroleum products and bulk liquid chemicals. These companies together control more than 100 vessels. Ms. Frangou is also the Chairman of the board of directors of Navios South American Logistics, a logistics company in the Hidrovia region of South America. Previously, she was Chairman, CEO and President of International Shipping Enterprises Inc., which acquired Navios Holdings in 2005. From 1990 to August 2005, Ms. Frangou was the CEO of Maritime Enterprises Management S.A., and its predecessor company, which specialized in the management of dry cargo vessels. Ms. Frangou is the Chairman of IRF European Finance Investments Ltd. She is a Member of the board of The United Kingdom Mutual Steam Ship Assurance Association (Bermuda) Limited, Vice Chairman of China Classification Society Mediterranean Committee, and a Member of the Hellenic and Black Sea Committee of Bureau Veritas, as well as a Member of Greek Committee of Nippon Kaiji Kyokai. Ms. Frangou received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Fairleigh Dickinson University, summa cum laude, and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Columbia University. In 2011, she was named to Fortune Magazine’s Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Business Global List. Ms. Frangou was honored as the 2011-2012 Commodore of the Year by the Connecticut Maritime Association, the first woman to be named Commodore in its 22-year history.
