Mr. Bolin has served as Aries Maritime's President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director since April 2005. He has over 30 years of shipping industry experience.
After graduating with distinction in Law (LLB), Economics and Business Administration from the University of Lund in Sweden, Mr. Bolin completed his military service as an officer in the Swedish Royal Marines in 1975.
Mr. Bolin worked as a shipbroker for Fearnleys A/S in Oslo, Norway from 1975 to 1977 and was then a Director and partner in the shipbrokering firm of Alexandrakis Brandts in Greece for eight years before co-founding an oil/commodity trading and ship operating business, Westminster Oil and Gas Ltd., in London in 1985. In 1991, he co-founded with Gabriel Petridis, the Southern Seas Shipping Corporation, an affiliate of Aries Energy, which he still beneficially owns with Mr. Petridis.
From February 1997 to April 2005, Mr. Bolin was co-managing director of Magnus Carriers. He remains a director of Sea Breeze UK Ltd., an affiliate of Aries Energy. Mr. Bolin is a citizen of Sweden and a resident of Great Britain. |