Team

Mr. Magnus Halvorsen was appointed as a Chairman of the Board on December 30, 2021.
He is a co-founder of 2020 Bulkers and served as the CEO of ‘2020 Bulkers Management AS’ from January 2019 until February 2022.
Prior to establishing 2020 Bulkers, Mr. Halvorsen had a 15 year long career in finance. He worked for Pareto Securities during 2003 – 2009 where he was a Partner and responsible for Pareto’s US operations, including serving as a Chairman for their US JV, Nordic Partners. During 2009 – 2017 he was a Partner and Head of Capital markets for Clarksons Platou Securities (formerly Platou Markets).
Mr. Halvorsen is a Norwegian citizen and resides in Norway.

Mrs. Blankenship is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and graduated from the University of Birmingham with a Bachelor of Commerce in 1986. Mrs. Blankenship joined Frontline Ltd in 1994 and served as its Chief Accounting Officer and Company Secretary until October 2005. Among other positions, she has served on the board of numerous companies, including as director and audit committee member of North Atlantic Drilling Ltd. from 2011 to 2018, Archer Limited from 2007 to 2018, Golden Ocean Group Limited from 2004 to 2018, Frontline Ltd. from August 2003 to 2018, Avance Gas Holding Limited from 2013 to 2018, Ship Finance International Limited from October 2003 to 2018, Golar LNG Limited from 2003 to 2015, Golar LNG Partners LP from 2007 to 2015, Seadrill Limited from 2005 to 2018 and Seadrill Partners LLC from 2012 to 2018. Mrs. Blankenship is a UK citizen and resides in the UK.

Neil James Glass has served as a Director on our Board since June 30, 2020 and also serves as an Audit Committee Member. Mr. Glass has also served as a Director, Audit Committee Member and Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee of Borr Drilling Limited since December 2019, and a Director and Chair of the Audit Committee of Cool Company Ltd. since February 2022. Mr. Glass previously worked for Ernst & Young for 11 years: seven years with the Edmonton, Canada office and four years with the Bermuda office. In 1994, he became General Manager and in 1997 the sole owner of WW Management Limited, tasked with overseeing the day-to-day operations of several international companies. Mr. Glass has over 20 years’ experience as both an executive director and as an independent non-executive director of international companies. Mr. Glass is a member of both the Chartered Professional Accountants of Bermuda and of Alberta, Canada, and is a Chartered Director and Fellow of the Institute of Directors. Mr. Glass graduated from the University of Alberta in 1983 with a degree in Business. Mr. Glass also served as a Director and Audit Committee member of Golar LNG Partners LP (until April 15, 2021). Mr. Glass is a Canadian and a British Overseas Territories citizen and a resident of Bermuda.

Mi Hong Yoon has served as a Director on our Board and as our Company Secretary since March 1, 2022. She also serves as Managing Director and Company Secretary of Golar LNG Limited, Borr Drilling Limited and Cool Company Ltd. Prior to joining Golar LNG Limited, Ms. Yoon was employed by Digicel Bermuda, as Chief Legal, Regulatory and Compliance Officer from March 2019 until February 2022 and served as Senior Legal Counsel of Telstra Corporation Limited’s global operations in Hong Kong and London from 2009 to 2019. Ms. Yoon graduated from the University of New South Wales with Bachelor of Law (LLB) and the Chinese University of Hong Kong with a Masters of Law degree in International Economic Law. She is a Member of the Institute of Directors and has held several director positions over the years. Ms. Yoon is an Australian citizen and a resident of Bermuda.