About

Ellsworth Maritime, LLC.
Ellsworth Maritime provides debt advisory services to companies in the global shipping industry. Ellsworth Maritime also acts as agent for the origination of maritime lending in North America for Frankfurt-based DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale.

Hugh Baker

Partner

Hugh previously served as Chief Financial Officer of NYSE-listed Scorpio Bulkers Inc. (subsequently Eneti Inc.) from 2013 until its sale in 2023, and also led debt financing at NYSE-listed Scorpio Tankers from 2012 to 2024.

Prior to Scorpio, Hugh had previous positions as a Managing Director in the investment banking team at Evercore Partners in New York, concentrating on the shipping industry, as Head of Shipping at HSH Nordbank in New York, and as a Managing Director in the ship
finance team at ING Bank in London.

Hugh is a graduate of the London School of Economics and has a MSc from City University Business School, where he was awarded a “Troodos” scholarship.

Hugh is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers.

+1 203 733 6083

hbaker@ellsworthmaritime.com

Greg Romaniuk

Partner

Prior to Ellsworth Maritime, Greg was VP, Finance and Treasurer at Seapeak LLC (formerly Teekay LNG Partners) where he led the company’s debt financing activities and treasury group. Prior to this, he held the same position and role at NYSE-listed Teekay Corporation where he worked for 30 years in a number of finance, treasury and accounting roles, also providing services for Teekay’s various publicly-listed subsidiary companies.

Greg is a graduate of the British Columbia Institute of Technology Financial Management program (Finance major).

+1 604 505 8941

gromaniuk@ellsworthmaritime.com