The Board of Taylor Maritime Investments Limited announced that following the successful completion of the acquisition of Grindrod Shipping,Nicholas Lykiardopulo, Chair, has decided to step down from the Board with effect from 6 January 2023 in order to devote more time to his personal businesses after a period of intense and demanding activity with TMI. Frank Dunne, who was appointed as a non-executive Director and Senior Independent Director of the Company on 31 October 2022, will act as Interim Chair whilst a recruitment process is conducted to seek a new Chair. Frank hasa wealth of legal experience from an extensive career with the Maritime team at Watson Farley & Williams, the specialist maritime, aviation and energy law firm, working on a broad range of ship finance work, investment transactions, restructurings, public market transactions and listings.

Frank served as Chairman of WFW from 2004 to 2017.