Board
Peter Sechiari - Non-Executive Chairman
Peter joined ACM as Chairman in April 2000. He has strong listed company experience through his previous appointments at Rio Tinto plc, Steele Brothers Holdings plc, Bricom Group plc and Mayborn Group plc. He is responsible for advising ACM on financial strategy, senior management structure, remuneration, succession issues and financial oversight.
John ('Johnny') Plumbe - Chief Executive Officer
Johnny, who has been with the Group for 26 years, heads up the dirty desk coordinating some 14 brokers on the crude and fuel oil market. He has been a specialist in large tanker brokering for 35 years, dealing with the major oil companies such as BP, Shell, Vela, and Traders Vitol, and many owners such as Embiricos, Goulandris, Lemos, Frontline, Pacific Star, NSCSA. In addition to the spot market he is involved in time charters and projects and sale and purchase.
Ian Hartley - Finance Director
Ian joined the Board in March 2007. He was previously finance director with Mayborn Group plc, a consumer products group. Mayborn was a listed company from 1986 to 2006, which transferred from the Official List to AIM in 2003. Ian spent over 20 years with Mayborn and was appointed company secretary in 1996 and finance director in 1998. Ian qualified as a chartered accountant in 1976, following which he gained experience in a variety of companies before moving to Mayborn.
James Gundy - Chief Operating Officer
James has been with ACM for 16 years, previously at Clarksons for ten years. He personally heads the very successful VLCC desk and specialises in VLCC spot chartering. He has also concluded numerous long-term time charters and sale and purchase contracts. James' main clients include Total, CPC, Chevron, Arcadia, Great Elephant Corporation, Glafki and Metrofin.
Timothy Chadwick - Non-Executive Director
Timothy joined the Board in March 2007 and was previously executive chairman at Simon Group plc, where he oversaw the restructuring and refocusing of the company into a specialised and profitable seaports business. He then led Simon Group in an agreed acquisition by Montauban S.A., the private Belgian shipping group. Prior to joining Simon Group, Timothy floated Benicia Ports plc on the London Stock Exchange in 1993. He grew the business into a large seaport and airport group with operations throughout US, UK and Belgium. In 1999 Timothy sold the business to Associated British Ports plc where he remained on their board until 2001.
David Cobb - Non-Executive Director
David joined the Board in March 2007. He initially trained as a naval architect and was then involved in shipbuilding in the UK and Canada. David then spent 17 years with Ingram Corporation, firstly as vice president and then as president. Ingram was a privately owned US company specialising in oil and shipping. Following this, in 1994, he joined James Fisher & Sons plc, a quoted shipping company, serving as executive chairman until 2002. David was awarded a CBE in 1999 for his services to the shipping industry. He is a past president of the Chamber of Shipping and is currently president of the Institute of Marine Engineers Science and Technologists. He was elected sheriff in the City of London in 2004.