Mr. Anthony Gurnee, also known as Tony, CFA is the Founder and has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of Ardmore Shipping Corporation (a/k/a, Ardmore Shipping Limited) since 2010. Mr. Gurnee is a Managing Partner of Tridens LLC. He is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Tridens LLC. He also serves as an Advisor at Great Circle Capital. He co-founded Navigation Finance Corporation. Mr. Gurnee has 15 years of experience in the shipping industry, both in company senior management and in financial transaction execution and credit risk management in a full range of market conditions. Prior to forming Tridens in 2002, he served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of MTM Group, where he assisted the Chief Executive Officer with an extensive fleet renewal program, commercial business development, organizational improvement and refinancing. He served as the President of Seacove Shipping Partners, a private investment joint venture. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Industrial Shipping Enterprises, Inc. From 1997 to 2000, Mr. Gurnee served as the President of Nedship International, Inc. and expanded the bank's corporate advisory and structured derivatives business as well as its loan portfolio and overall market presence in the Americas. From 1992 to 1997, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of Teekay Shipping Corporation and played a key role in it's transition from a financially unstable condition to a leading public shipping company including restructuring $1.3 billion in debt, high-yield bond issuance and the equity IPO. Mr. Gurnee began his career in 1988 as a Shipping Banker with Citibank, N.A. covering clients in the Americas and served in it till 1992. He serves as a Director of Lasco Shipping Co. He has been a Director of Ardmore Shipping Corporation since 2010. Mr. Gurnee also served as an Officer for six years in the United States Navy from 1981 to 1987, including a tour with naval intelligence providing operational analysis on merchant shipping activities. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers. Mr. Gurnee is a C.F.A. charter-holder and a graduate of the US Naval Academy and MBA from Columbia Business School.