OVERVIEW

Valentios (“Eddie”) Valentis, a Class I director, has over 25 years of shipping industry experience, including owning, operating and managing tankers. He has served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of our board of directors since inception. In 2007, Mr. Valentis founded and is the President of Pyxis Maritime Corp. (“Maritime”). In 2001, Mr. Valentis was appointed Managing Director of Konkar Shipping Agencies S.A., a drybulk operator based in Greece, which is a position he continues to hold. From 1998 to 2001, Mr. Valentis was the Commercial Manager for Loucas G. Matsas Salvage & Towage. From 1996 through 1998, Mr. Valentis worked as a dry cargo chartering broker for N. Cotzias Shipping. From 1989 to 1995, Mr. Valentis was involved in the operation of his family’s drybulk vessels. Mr. Valentis has an MBA from Southern New Hampshire University. Mr. Valentis serves as a council member of the Independent Tanker Owners Association (INTERTANKO) and a member of the Greek Committee of NKK Classification Society. Mr. Valentis also holds a Captain’s (Class C) diploma from the Aspropyrgos Naval Academy in Greece.

Fotis Giannakoulis has served as our Chief Financial Officer since May 2026. Mr. Giannakoulis has over 25 years of international experience in shipping, capital markets, investment banking and maritime finance. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Giannakoulis served as Managing Director at ABN AMRO, focusing on shipping corporate finance and advisory. From 2021 through 2024, Mr. Giannakoulis served as Senior Banker and Head of Shipping in New York at Fearnley Securities, where he originated and advised on a broad range of strategic and capital markets transactions in the maritime sector. From 2010 through 2019, Mr. Giannakoulis served as Executive Director and Lead Maritime & LNG Research Analyst at Morgan Stanley, covering global shipping and energy infrastructure companies and was consistently recognized among the leading shipping analysts by Institutional Investor and Reuters Starmine. Earlier in his career, Mr. Giannakoulis held senior positions at Poten & Partners and Fortis Bank, where he advised on mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financings and structured transactions across the shipping and transportation sectors. Mr. Giannakoulis holds an MBA in Finance and Derivative Markets, with high honors, from Loyola University Chicago and a B.S. in Economics from the University of Piraeus.

Konstantinos Lytras has over 25 years of shipping industry experience and has served as our Chief Operating Officer since inception. Mr. Lytras has also served as Maritime’s Financial Director since September 2008. Prior to joining Maritime, from 2007 through 2008, Mr. Lytras served as Managing Director and Co-Founder of Navbulk Shipping S.A., a start-up dry bulk company. From 2002 through 2007, Mr. Lytras worked as Financial Director of Neptune Lines Shipping and Managing Enterprises S.A. Mr. Lytras served as Financial Controller of Dioryx Maritime Corp. and Liquimar Tankers Management Inc. from 1996 through 2002. Mr Lytras worked as a Financial Assistant from 1992 to 1995 at Inchcape Shipping Services. Mr. Lytras earned a B.A. in Business Administration from Technological Institute of Piraeus and a B.S. in Economics from the University of Athens.