Board of Directors - External
J. Terrence MacAvery
Director. Mr. MacAvery was appointed director on November 8, 2006. Upon the effectiveness of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, our board of directors will serve for staggered terms. Mr. MacAvery will serve as director until our annual meeting in 2008. Mr. MacAvery is a senior tax executive with 30 years of experience working with United States and multinational clients in a variety of industries as a certified public accountant and tax attorney with expertise developed during 27 years with KPMG, the last 16 years as Partner. Currently, Mr. MacAvery is a Partner with the accounting firm of Hamilton & MacAvery. His professional background includes domestic and international tax, strategic planning and analysis, merger and acquisition negotiation and related integration as well as presentations to boards of directors, government agencies and trade and professional organizations.
William J. Coogan
Director. Mr. Coogan was appointed director on November 8, 2006. Upon the effectiveness of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, our board of directors will serve for staggered terms. Mr. Coogan will serve as director until our annual meeting in 2009. Mr. Coogan is currently a private investor with interests in land development, mortgage financing and boat building. His prior experience includes 25 years in the freight forwarding industry holding positions from sales executive, JFK branch manager and executive vice president ocean for Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. His tenure with Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. ran from 1985 through 2004 and from 1989 forward, he was part of the senior management steering committee setting goals and implementing strategy. From October 2004 to January 2006 he pursued various entrepreneurial ventures in land development and boat building. From January 2006 until the present, he has been a member of Deer Creek Holdings LLC, a property development company.
Paul A. Windfield
Director. Mr. Windfield was appointed director on November 8, 2006. Upon the effectiveness of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, our board of directors will serve for staggered terms. Mr. Windfield will serve as director until our annual meeting in 2007. Mr. Windfield is currently the Managing Director of MDI Asia Pacific, a software, content and network provider in the global trade management compliance and controls, logistics visibility, supplier and supply chain management, and financial supply chain field with operations in North America, Europe, the ISC and Asia Pacific. He has over 26 years of experience in the maritime transportation industry. Mr. Windfield was from July 2003 until June 2005 Director-Sales, P&O Nedlloyd London, reporting directly to the Chief Executive, a member of the board of P&O Nedlloyd Container Line Ltd. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal P&O Nedlloyd BV) and a member of the executive management team of both companies.
Board of Directors – Internal
Robert A. Agresti
President and Chief Executive Officer . Mr. Agresti was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer on November 8, 2006. Upon the effectiveness of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, our directors will serve for staggered terms, and Mr. Agresti will serve as director until our annual meeting in 2007. Mr. Agresti is a founder and, since its inception, President of Maritime Logistics. He has over 18 years of experience in marine transportation as a director and officer of logistics, ocean carrier, marine insurer, and terminal facilities. From February 2004 until the inception of Maritime Logistics in February 2006, he served as Executive Vice President and General Manager, North American Trades P&O Nedlloyd Limited, North America and the co-head of Royal P&O Nedlloyd’s North American operations. Prior to this and as of 1988, he was Chief Executive Officer of P&O Nedlloyd America. Mr. Agresti received an MBA from Columbia University in 1992 and has a BA from Rutgers University in 1982.
Gregory DeSaye
Director and Chief Executive Officer of FMI. Mr. DeSaye was appointed as one of our directors on November 8, 2006 and is continuing as the Chief Executive Officer of our subsidiary FMI. Upon the effectiveness of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, our directors will serve for staggered terms. Mr. DeSaye will serve until our annual meeting in 2008. He has been with FMI since its inception in 1980, serving as senior vice president of FMI, Inc., the company from which we acquired FMI, until 2003 and then as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of FMI International, Inc. from 2003 until the present. His primary focus is working with the senior managers and vice presidents at FMI to implement FMI’s business strategy, and he remains actively involved in the information technology department in improving the analytics and operating platform for the business.
Robert O’Neill
President of FMI . Mr. O’Neill was appointed president of FMI in January 2006. Mr. O’Neill joined FMI, Inc., the entity from which we acquired FMI, in 1990 as Vice President Sales and Marketing and became its President in 2003. Mr. O’Neill’s primary responsibilities include developing and maintaining key client relationships as well as planning, implementing and controlling the marketing function at FMI. From 1980 to 1988, he held various sales and operations positions with H & M International Transportation, Inc., OOCL Steamship Lines and Streichler North River Terminals.
Raymer McQuiston
Director and Secretary . Mr. McQuiston was appointed director effective November 8, 2006. Upon the effectiveness of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation, our board of directors will serve for staggered terms. Mr. McQuiston will serve as director until our annual meeting in 2009. He is a founder and has been a director of Maritime Logistics since May 2006. Mr. McQuiston has over 18 years of experience as an attorney in representing marine transportation businesses, advising marine insurers and logistics, container terminal and inter-modal companies. Mr. McQuiston has been a partner at Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP, an international law firm, since 2004. Prior to joining Brown Rudnick he was a partner at another international law firm, Torys LLP and prior to that at Holland & Knight LLP. Brown Rudnick is our outside counsel.