Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. announced the appointment by the Board of Directors of Manolis Chochlakis as the Company's Chief Operating Officer with immediate effect. Manolis Chochlakis has 26 years of experience in oil trading, operations, shipping and the bunker industry. Over the course of his career he has worked from London, Geneva, New York and Athens. Manolis’ career at Aegean spans 9 years in a variety of roles in the physical supply side of the business. The past three years have been spent in New York as head of the group's activities and expansion in the Americas while also contributing to the oversight of Aegean's global oil storage facilities.