Philip Clausius

Philip Clausius is the President and Chief Executive Officer of FSL Trust Management
Pte Ltd, the Trustee Manager for First Ship Lease Trust. Philip has 16 years of
financial and operational experience in the shipping industry. He co-founded First Ship
Lease Ltd. in 2003, and oversaw the constitution of First Ship Lease Trust and its
successful listing on the Mainboard of SGX in March 2007.
Philip was formerly the Director of Business Development at Schoeller Holdings Ltd.,
Cyprus between 1997 and 2003, where he was responsible for developing the
company’s long-term financing and investment strategy. Prior to this, he founded Philco
Security Ltd, a Greek marine insurance and ship broking firm in 1996 and was its
Managing Director. Between 1992 and 1995, Philip held the position of Director of
International Broking at Hubertus Clausius, a German marine insurance broker with
special expertise in marine hull and liability insurance products.
Philip holds a "Diplom – Betriebswirt," the German equivalent of a graduate degree in
Business Administration, from the European Business School, Germany.