Mr. Jerry Kalogiratos, the Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officer of the Partnership, was part of the team that completed the IPO of Capital Product Partners L.P. in 2007. He has also served as Chief Operating Officer of the Partnership between December 2014 and June 2015. Mr. Kalogiratos joined Capital Maritime & Trading Corp. in 2005. Mr. Kalogiratos has also served as Chief Financial Officer and director of NYSE listed Crude Carriers Corp before its merger with the Partnership in September 2011. He has over 10 years of experience in the shipping and finance industries, specializing in vessel acquisition and projects and shipping finance. Before he joined Capital Maritime, he worked in equity sales in Greece. Mr. Kalogiratos holds an Executive Finance degree from the London Business School, an MA in 'European Economics and Politics' from the Humboldt University in Berlin and a B.A. degree in ‘Politics, Philosophy and Economics' from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.