Board of Directors

Christer Olsson	Chairman of the Board
	Mr. Christer Olsson has served as a director of Stolt-Nielsen Limited since 1993 and since December 15, 2009 has also served as Chairman of the Board after Jacob Stolt-Nielsen stepped down. He is Vice Chairman of Wallenius Lines AB. He is a director of Transatlantic AB, Atlantic Container Line AB, United European Car Carriers (UECC) and Singapore Shipping Corporation. He received his Bachelor of Law degree from Stockholm University. He is a Swedish citizen.
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Niels G. Stolt-Nielsen	Director and Chief Executive Officer
	Mr. Niels G. Stolt-Nielsen has served as a Director of Stolt-Nielsen Limited since 1996 and as Chief Executive Officer since 2000. He served as Interim Chief Executive Officer of Stolt Offshore S.A. from September 2002 until March 2003. He was the President of Stolt Sea Farm from 1996 until 2000. In 1994 he opened and organised Stolt-Nielsen Limited’s representative office in Shanghai. He joined the Company in 1990 in Greenwich, Connecticut, working for Stolt Tankers. Mr. Niels G. Stolt-Nielsen graduated from Hofstra University in 1990 with a BS degree in Business and Finance. He is a Norwegian citizen.
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Jacob Stolt-Nielsen	Director and Founder
	Mr. Jacob Stolt-Nielsen has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Stolt-Nielsen Limited since he founded the Company in 1959 until December 15, 2009 when he stepped down as Chairman. He still serves as a director of Stolt-Nielsen Limited. He held the position of Chief Executive Officer of Stolt-Nielsen Limited from 1959 until 2000. He was trained as a shipbroker and worked in that capacity in London and New York prior to founding the Stolt-Nielsen Limited. He is a Norwegian citizen.
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Samuel Cooperman	Director
	Mr. Samuel Cooperman has served as a Director of Stolt-Nielsen Limited since 2008 and as Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors since 2009. Mr. Cooperman joined Stolt-Nielsen in 1974 and held a number of senior management positions, including Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group. He retired in 2003. Mr. Cooperman was a member of the Executive Committee of the International Chamber of Shipping until May 2010; he also served as Vice –Chairman for two years. Mr. Cooperman is the Chairman and  Chief Executive Officer of New York Cruise Line and of Cooperman Weiss Consulting LLC and is a Director on the Board of Seaweed Energy Solutions AS. Mr. Cooperman holds BS and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University and from the Graduate School at the University of Pennsylvania, respectively, and an MBA from Temple University. He is a citizen of the U.S.
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Håkan Larsson	Director
	Mr. Håkan Larsson has served as a Director of Stolt-Nielsen Limited since June 2007. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Rederi AB Transatlantic from 2003 to 2007. He serves as Chairman of Schenker and Valea AB, and deputy Chairman of Bure Equity AB; a director of Rederi AB Transatlantic, Walleniusrederierna AB, Swedish Ship’s Mortgage Bank, and Chalmers University of Technology. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of In Pension Asset Management AB and he is a member of the regional board of Handelsbanken. Mr. Larsson holds a Bachelor of Economics degree from the Gothenburg School of Economics. He is a Swedish citizen.
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Jacob B. Stolt-Nielsen	Director
	Mr. Jacob B. Stolt-Nielsen has served as a Director of Stolt-Nielsen Limited since 1995. He served as an Executive Vice President of Stolt-Nielsen Limited from 2003 to 2004. In 2000, he founded and served as Chief Executive Officer of SeaSupplier Ltd. until 2003. From 1992 until 2000 he held the position of President, Stolthaven Terminals, with responsibility for the global tank storage business. He joined the Company in 1987 and served in various positions in Oslo, Singapore, Greenwich, Connecticut, Houston, Texas and London. Mr. Stolt-Nielsen is a member of the boards of the following companies: Kridomini AS, Beta AS, Timms AS, New York Cruise Lines, Inc., Biomed Clinic AS, and The Teleport Group Ltd. Mr. Stolt-Nielsen graduated from Babson College in 1987 with a BS degree in Finance and Entrepreneurial studies. He is a Norwegian citizen.
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The business affairs of Stolt-Nielsen Limited are managed under the direction of the SNL Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may delegate authority to the Chairman, specified committees of the Board of Directors, or to Stolt-Nielsen Limited’s management.