EPS Announces Key Management Appointments to Support Next Phase of Growth 

SINGAPORE, 23 February 2026: Eastern Pacific Shipping (EPS) has announced a series of senior management appointments as the company continues to strengthen its leadership platform following the successful integration of Cool Company Ltd. (CoolCo) into EPS.

These appointments reflect EPS’ continued evolution toward a more empowered, segment-driven structure as the company progresses on its EPS 500 journey.

Thomas Preben Hansen Appointed S&P Director

Thomas Preben Hansen will assume the role of S&P Director, in addition to his existing responsibilities as Commercial Director for Containers and PCTCs, effective 1 March 2026.

In this expanded role, Thomas will oversee the Sale & Purchase (S&P) function as a group-level centre of excellence, working closely with segment Commercial Directors across the EPS fleet. As the company continues to grow, the S&P function will work in close partnership with the respective segment leadership teams to ensure disciplined capital allocation, strong market alignment, and consistent execution across all transactions.

Thomas succeeds Tay Gak Yong, who will be leaving the company at the end of the month after more than 20 years with EPS. Over two decades, Gak Yong has been instrumental in building EPS’ S&P desk into a highly respected and trusted platform in the global shipping market. The discipline, executional excellence, and deep relationships across the maritime value chain established under his leadership have played a decisive role in EPS’ growth and commercial development. The company extends its sincere gratitude to Gak Yong for his exceptional contribution and long-standing commitment and wishes him every success in the next chapter of his career. Gak Yong will remain as Senior Advisor to EPS and other group companies.

Wong Liang Pin Appointed Chief Financial Officer

EPS also announces the appointment of Wong Liang Pin as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective April 2026. Liang Pin brings extensive financial and corporate leadership experience and will oversee EPS’ global finance, treasury, and capital allocation functions as the company continues to grow in scale and complexity. Her appointment further strengthens EPS’ financial leadership as the company advances its long-term growth strategy.

Liang Pin succeeds Ken Cambie, who will be stepping down after close to 13 years of dedicated service with EPS. During his tenure, Ken played a central role in strengthening EPS’ financial platform, supporting fleet expansion, capital markets activity, and the company’s long-term growth strategy. EPS extends sincere thanks to Ken for his significant contributions and leadership over the years and wishes him every success in the future. Ken will remain as Senior Advisor to EPS and other group companies.

Rajeev Ahuja Appointed Commercial Director, Tankers

Rajeev Ahuja, currently Commercial Director, LPG and Ammonia, will assume the role of Commercial Director, Tankers and will relocate back to Singapore later this year. In connection with this transition, Rajeev will hand over commercial responsibility for the Gas segment to Øystein Kalleklev, who was recently appointed Managing Director of CoolCo and Commercial Director of EPS Gas following the completion of the merger.

This transition further aligns EPS’ commercial structure with its segment-focused model, reinforcing dedicated leadership across Tankers and Gas as the company continues to strengthen its diversified platform.

Commenting on the appointments, Cyril Ducau, Chief Executive Officer of EPS, shares, “These leadership changes reflect the next phase of EPS’ evolution. As we continue to ramp up our operations and as our fleet reaches a unique scale in our industry, our organisation must continue to adapt, strengthening segment accountability while maintaining rigorous group-wide discipline. I would like to thank Gak Yong and Ken for their exceptional contributions over many years. They have each played an important role in shaping EPS into the company it is today. At the same time, I am confident that Thomas, Liang Pin, Rajeev and Øystein will continue to build on these strong foundations as we enter the next stage of our growth.”

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About Eastern Pacific Shipping

With a history spanning 60 years, Eastern Pacific Shipping Pte. Ltd. (“EPS”) is a leading shipping company that is committed to the green and technology-driven growth of the industry. Headquartered in Singapore for the past 30 years, EPS is driven by its mission to be the safe and efficient transportation provider of choice to the shipping industry. Empowering that mission is a 7,000 strong and growing workforce across sea and shore. They oversee a versatile fleet of over 350 vessels and 37 million deadweight-tonnes across core segments of containership, PCTC, dry bulk, gas and tanker vessels. Following the completion of its merger with CoolCo, EPS has further strengthened its gas shipping platform. EPS’ shore team is fully integrated with in-house commercial, finance, innovation, IT, legal, manning, operations, and technical departments.