Elias Nassif has more than 29 years of experience in the engineering, construction, marine and offshore industries. Previous to his current position as the CEO, he spent 8 years as Executive VP of GMMOS Group managing a fleet of 45 offshore support vessels, steel fabrication workshops, ship repair / ship conversion and mobile crane leasing businesses. Additionally, Mr. Nassif founded Stanford Marine operations in the GCC. Prior to joining GMMOS Mr. Nassif was with Stone & Webster Engineering and Hudson Engineering (a McDermott company) in Houston, Texas. Mr. Nassif holds a B.Sc. degree in Mechanical Eng. from Boston University (1982) and a M.S in Ocean Eng. From Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US (1983).

Ramjee has over 25 years of experience in Public Accounting and Marine Offshore Industries. Prior to joining GMMOS in 1997, he worked in Bahrain and Singapore for KPMG and as a Financial Controller of OPMI, Marine Construction and Onshore operations. Ramjee holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons.) and is a graduate of Osmania University Hyderabad, India, a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK.

Spanning over 12 years, with diverse and extensive experience in the Marine offshore oil and gas sector, Darren’s career has encompassed HSE and operational supervision roles on a variety of vessels, as well as drilling rigs and production stations. His career has seen him perform HSE fleet management for some of the largest Oil and Gas companies in the Middle East. In late 2009 Darren joined Stanford Marine as HSEQ Manager. As the size and diversity of the Stanford fleet grew, Darren found himself increasingly involved in operations and was awarded the position of Operations Manager in 2011. Now in the role of General Manager, Darren continues to draw on his background and experience to maintain the momentum and positive change within Stanford Marine. Darren completed a BSc in Anthropology at the University of London.

Jamal Abki is the General Manager of Grandweld, a position he has held since 1998, after serving as Operations Manager for Grandweld starting in 1986. Before joining Grandweld he held positions with the Tozzi Group for the construction, installation and commissioning of the largest power plant in Jordan. He also worked with ADPPOC (IRSHAD) Abu Dhabi as Chief Engineer for the Offshore Fleet at Ruwais and Zirku; and with Kuwait Oil Tanker Company where he participated in the construction of 4 LPG Carriers and one VLCC in La Ciotat Shipyard (France), then served as Marine Engineer Officer onboard each of these vessels. Jamal holds a bachelor degree and competency certificate in Marine Engineering from the Maritime Academy of Alexandria, Egypt.