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Directors and Executive Officers

Information concerning each director and executive officer of Golden Ocean Group Limited, Golden Ocean Management AS and Frontline Management AS is set forth below.

 

Name	Position
John Fredriksen	Chairman, CEO, President and Director
Tor Olav Trøim	Director
Kate Blankenship	Director
Cecilie Fredriksen	Director
Herman Billung	CEO of Golden Ocean Management AS
Geir Karlsen	Chief Financial Officer

John Fredriksen has been Chairman of the Board, President and a director of the Company since November 2004. Mr. Fredriksen is Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Frontline Ltd, a Bermuda company publicly listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Oslo Stock Exchange and London Stock Exchange. He is also the Chairman, President and a director of Golar LNG Limited, a Bermuda company publicly listed on the Nasdaq National Market and the Oslo Stock Exchange.

Tor Olav Trøim has been Vice President and a director of the Company since November 2004. Mr. Trøim also serves as a consultant to Seatankers and since May 2000 has been a director, Chief Executive Officer and Vice-Chairman of Knightsbridge Tankers Ltd, a Bermuda company listed on the Nasdaq National Market. He is a director of Aktiv Inkasso ASA a Norwegian company listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. Mr. Trøim is also a director, Vice-President and Chief Executive Officer of Golar LNG Limited. Since October 2003, Mr. Trøim has been a director and chief executive officer of Ship Finance International Limited ("Ship Finance"), a Bermuda based tanker owner and operator listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Prior to his service with Frontline, from January 1992, Mr. Trøim served as Managing Director and a member of the board of Directors of DNO AS, a Norwegian oil company.

Kate Blankenship has been a director of the Company since November 2004. Mrs. Blankenship served as Chief Accounting Officer and Company Secretary of the Company from November 2004 until October 2005. Mrs. Blankenship is also a director of Frontline Ltd, Golar LNG Limited, Ship Finance International limited and Golden Ocean Group Limited. Mrs. Blankenship is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales.

Hans Christian Børresen has been a director of the Company since March 2005. Mr. Børresen has his shipping background from heading Fearnleys Shipbroking, Dry Cargo and Grieg Shipbrokers in Oslo. He has worked on the shipowning side, first with Salens of Sweden, in Stockholm and Tokyo,and later as managing director of dry cargo ship operator Western Bulk in Oslo. Mr. Børresen is currently the Managing Director of a real estate broking company Ring Eiendomsmegling, partly owned by Storebrand Bank of Norway.

Herman Billung has served as Chief Executive Officer of Golden Ocean Management since 1 April 2005. Mr. Billung previous position was as Managing Director of Maritime Services in The Torvald Klaveness Group, responsible for the Commercial management of the Group's dry bulk pools, Bulkhandling and Baumarine. Herman Billung was Managing Director of the dry bulk operating company, Frapaco Shipping Ltd. between 1994 and 1998.