Hew Crooks
Partner and CFO
Ridgebury Tankers
Mr. Crooks is Partner and CFO at Ridgebury Tankers, the Westport, Connecticut-based owner of VLCC, Suezmax, MR and Handy tankers. Mr. Crooks has more than 20 years of experience with shipping, ports and infrastructure investing and operations.
He was previously head of operations at Safe Water Network, a developer of water projects in India and Africa, as well as a founding partner and managing member of Great Circle Capital, the OPIC-sponsored maritime investment fund. Prior to Great Circle, Mr. Crooks was at Stanton Capital, Investcorp International Inc. and Lehman Brothers. Mr. Crooks is a cum laude graduate of Amherst College.