Mr. Nicolas Tirogalas is the Managing Director of TMS Cardiff Gas. He has served as an Executive Vice President of the Cardiff Group since 2010. Previously, Mr. Tirogalas worked for Glencore's Oil Trading Group in Houston, TX and Stamford, CT.

Prior to Glencore, Mr. Tirogalas was a Senior Associate at Lazard Ltd. where he worked for 5 years in the Mergers and Acquisitions and restructuring groups in New York, NY and Montreal, Canada. He had among other, coverage responsibility for the shipping sector. Mr. Tirogalas holds a Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.