Karin Y. Orsel

Karin Y. Orsel has served as a director of Genco since March 22, 2021. Ms. Orsel is a shipping executive and entrepreneur with over 33 years of experience in the industry. She serves as the Chief Executive Officer of MF Shipping Group, a company she founded in 1994 that provides technical management services to a fleet of over 50 vessels, including oil product and chemical tankers, multipurpose vessels, self-unloaders, and cement carriers. In connection with these activities, she has acted as a managing director of a number of ship owning companies. She began her career in the shipping industry at the age of 18 with Sandfirden Rederij B.V., where she served as a financial manager. Ms. Orsel is active in shipping industry organizations, currently serving as President of Koninklijke Vereniging van Nederlandse Reders (the Royal Association of Netherlands Ship-owners), a board member of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), a member of the Executive Committee of the International Association of Independent Tanker Owners (INTERTANKO), a Trustee of International Seafarers Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN), a member of the Board of Directors of Baltic and International Maritime Counsel (BIMCO), and an Ambassador for the Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economic & Administrative Education from Winschoter College in the Netherlands.