
Mads Boye Petersen – Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Petersen serves as Chief Executive Officer of the Company and is responsible for the strategic direction, commercial development, execution, and Safety. Before being appointed CEO, Mr. Petersen served as Chief Operating Officer since April 2022, during which he oversaw the business's commercial, operational, and technical functions. His previous role was MD for the wholly owned subsidiary Nordic Bulk Carriers, a position he held since 2009. Mr. Petersen spearheaded the development of the ice-class service offering, which Pangaea now holds a market-leading position in. His experience includes customer-facing activities, ESG initiatives, and the development of vessel performance optimization strategies. Before joining Pangaea, Mr. Petersen held various operational and management roles in the dry bulk industry. Mr. Petersen earned an Executive MBA in Shipping and Logistics from Copenhagen Business School, as well as various courses in Strategy and Artificial Intelligence.

Gianni Del Signore - Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Del Signore serves as Chief Financial Officer of the Company overseeing the Company’s finance, accounting and reporting functions and strategies, as well as Information Technology. Prior to being named CFO, Mr. Del Signore served as Controller of the Company since joining in 2010. Prior to Pangaea he served in the Assurance Service practice at Ernst & Young from 2005-2010. Mr. Del Signore is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive). He earned an MBA from Bryant University and a BS in Accountancy from Providence College.

Daniel Schildt – Chief Strategy Officer
Mr. Schildt serves as Chief Strategy Officer of the Company. Prior to being appointed as CSO, Mr. Schildt served as Senior Vice President of the Dry Cargo division of the MT Maritime Management (MTMM) Group, a position which he has held since 2014 and Manager of MTMM Group Strategic Planning. Prior to that, Mr. Schildt was Commercial Manager at SEACOR from 2013 to 2014. Before that, Mr. Schildt was with the MTMM group in various capacities including chartering and operations in both the Chemical Tanker and Dry Cargo divisions from 2005 through 2013. Mr. Schildt received a BS in International Maritime Business from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy and a MS in Finance from Fairfield University.
Board of Directors
Mr. du Moulin is currently the President of Intrepid Shipping LLC, a position he has held since he founded Intrepid in 2002. From 1974, he spent 15 years with OMI Corporation, where he served as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, and as a member of the company’s Board of Directors. From 1998 to 2002, Mr. du Moulin served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Marine Transport Corporation. From 1989 to 1998, Mr. du Moulin served as Chairman and CEO of Marine Transport Lines. Mr. du Moulin is a member of the Board of Trustees and Chairman of the Seamen’s Church Institute of New York and New Jersey. He currently serves as a Director of Teekay Tankers and, Tidewater Inc. Mr. du Moulin served as Chairman of Intertanko, the leading trade organization for the tanker industry, from 1996 to 1999. Mr. du Moulin served in the US Navy and is a recipient of the US Coast Guard’s Distinguished Service Medal. He received a BA from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Harvard University.
Mr. Petersen serves as Chief Executive Officer of the Company and is responsible for the strategic direction, commercial development, execution, and Safety. Before being appointed CEO, Mr. Petersen served as Chief Operating Officer since April 2022, during which he oversaw the business’s commercial, operational, and technical functions. His previous role was MD for the wholly owned subsidiary Nordic Bulk Carriers, a position he held since 2009. Mr. Petersen spearheaded the development of the ice-class service offering, which Pangaea now holds a market-leading position in. His experience includes customer-facing activities, ESG initiatives, and the development of vessel performance optimization strategies. Before joining Pangaea, Mr. Petersen held various operational and management roles in the dry bulk industry. Mr. Petersen earned an Executive MBA in Shipping and Logistics from Copenhagen Business School, as well as various courses in Strategy and Artificial Intelligence.
Mr. Boggild is a founder of Pangaea and has served as its President (Brazil) since
its inception. Prior to co-
founding Bulk Partners Ltd., the predecessor company to Pangaea, in 1996, Mr. Boggild was Director of Chartering
and Operations at the Korf Group of Germany. He also was a partner at Trasafra Ltd, a Brazilian agent for the largest independent grain parcel operator from Argentina and Brazil to Europe. He worked for Hudson Trading and Chartering where he was responsible for Brazilian related transportation services. As President of Commodity Ocean Transport Corporation (COTCO) he was responsible for the operations of its affiliate Handy Bulk Carriers Corporation. Prior to becoming President of COTCO, Mr. Boggild was an Executive Vice President and was responsible for its Latin American operations. Mr. Boggild holds a diploma in International Maritime Law.
Ms. Beachy serves as a director of Oceaneering International (NYSE: OII), a global provider of engineered services and products for the offshore energy, defense, aerospace, and entertainment industries. Ms. Beachy founded her strategic consulting firm, Think B3 Consulting, in January 2021 and joined The Alliance Risk Group in January 2022. The Alliance Risk Group is comprised of senior, experienced energy
professionals that help energy leaders develop and enhance their integrated risk management and
smart, clean resilient grid solutions. Prior to starting her consulting firm, Ms. Beachy served as the Senior Vice President of Growth and
Strategy at Black Hills Corporation, an investor-owned electric and gas utility in the Midwest, where she was responsible for corporate planning, business development, process improvement, enterprise data and analytics, natural gas retail marketing, products and services, energy innovation and asset optimization. Ms. Beachy began her tenure at Black Hills in Rapid City, South Dakota in 2014 as the Director of Supply Chain and was promoted to Vice President of Supply Chain in 2016. She was
responsible for sourcing, procurement, fleet, and materials management.
Ms. Beachy worked at Vectren (now CenterPoint Energy) Corporation, an electric and gas utility in Indiana and Ohio, from 2010 to 2014 where Ms. Beachy led the gas operations division in Ohio and
worked in supply chain. From 1995 to 2008, Ms. Beachy worked at Louisville Gas and Electric/Kentucky
Utilities, an electric and gas utility in Kentucky and Western Virginia, where she held several positions in corporate development, products and services, electric operations, and supplier diversity. In 2007, Ms.
Beachy completed an expatriate assignment in Germany with E.ON, a European electric utility, where she served as a project manager in the global liquified natural gas procurement group.
Throughout her career, Ms. Beachy has served on several non-profit Boards with a focus on supporting and growing young people and entrepreneurs in the communities where she lived and worked. Ms.
Beachy holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s degree in management from Purdue University.
Mr. Vogel has been a Director of the Company since January 2025. From 2015 to 2024 he served as Chief Executive Officer and Director of Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., a U.S listed owner and operator of geared dry bulk vessels. From 2000 to 2015, Mr Vogel held various positions in Clipper Group Ltd., last as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Vogel graduated from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in 1988 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marine Transportation as well as a U.S. Coast Guard Unlimited Tonnage 3rd Officers License. Subsequently, he served as an officer in the U.S. Naval Reserve. Mr. Vogel is currently on the Lloyd’s Register North America Advisory Committee.
Eugene Davis is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PIRINATE Consulting Group, LLC. Since founding the firm in 1999, Mr. Davis has managed numerous debtor and creditor side pre- and post-restructuring assignments involving businesses in various industries, including: Aviation and Airlines; Automotive; Consumer Products; Retail & Cataloguing; Financial Services; Healthcare & Medical Technology; Industrial Materials; Manufacturing & Distribution; Media & Entertainment; Power, Energy, Oil, Gas & Mining; Publishing; Real Estate; Technology; Telecommunications; and Transportation / Logistics. Mr. Davis has handled over 300 international assignments covering jurisdictions spanning Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Oceania. Mr. Davis’ work aims to generate investor returns through various monetization strategies, including sale, divestiture, merger, IPO, leveraged recapitalization, or a combination thereof. Prior to founding PIRINATE Consulting, Mr. Davis set up, reorganized, operated, and managed companies in over 50 countries. Notable assignments included Mr. Davis serving as Chief Operating Officer of Total-Tel Communications, Inc., Vice Chairman and CEO of Sport Supply Group, Inc. and Vice Chairman and President of Emerson Radio Corporation (all public companies). In each of these cases, Mr. Davis led a team that restructured the relevant Company’s balance sheet (inside and outside of bankruptcy proceedings) while designing and implementing new strategic and tactical plans that successfully enhanced shareholder value. Mr. Davis also practiced law as Partner/Shareholder & Head of Corporate & Securities Practice for Holmes, Millard & Duncan, P.C., in Dallas, Texas; as Partner at Arter & Hadden in Dallas, Texas; and as an Associate at Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld in Dallas, Texas, where he specialized in corporate and securities, oil and gas and restructuring law and was involved in numerous public and private debt and equity securities offerings, asset-based financing transactions, debt restructurings, and domestic and international acquisitions. Prior to this, Mr. Davis was an international negotiator for Amoco (Standard Oil of Indiana).
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