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OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM
JAMES B. JENKINS is our Chief Executive Officer and a member of our Board of Directors, with
many years experience in executive and director roles with various
commodity and trading businesses. Mr. Jenkins served as Managing Director of the ED&F Man group's Commodity Services Division, an integrated research, brokerage
and risk management operation, and as a member of ED&F Man's Executive Committee from November 2005 until September 2009. Prior
to his role at ED&F Man Commodity Services, Mr. Jenkins was President of ED&F Man Cocoa, Inc., a merchant of cocoa beans and released products. Mr. Jenkins has 28 years of service in the soft commodities industry. Mr. Jenkins has served as a member of the New York Board of Trade's Cocoa and Control
Committees, and as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Cocoa
Merchants' Association of America, as well as on a number of the
Association's committees. Mr. Jenkins is not related to Francis P. Jenkins, Jr., our Chairman.
THOMAS A. MASILLA, JR. is
our Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, and he was appointed
to that position in May 2009. Prior to May 2009, Mr. Masilla was originally appointed by ED & F Man to provide interim financial advice to Westway in January 2009. Mr. Masilla previously served as President of Revenue Properties U.S. from November 2006 to December 2007. From November 2005 to November 2006, Mr. Masilla served as President and Principal Executive Officer of Sizeler Property Investors, Inc., a publicly traded REIT, which was acquired by Morguard Corporation and its subsidiary, Revenue Properties Limited of Canada, in November 2006. Prior to his service as President and Principal Executive Officer, Mr. Masilla served as Sizeler's Vice Chairman, President & Chief Operating Officer. Additionally, Mr. Masilla served as Sizeler's Chief Financial Officer from 1996 to 1999. Mr. Masilla is a certified public accountant and has over thirty-five years of executive and financial management experience in publicly traded real estate and commercial banking entities. Mr. Masilla holds a Bachelor's degree in Accounting and a Master of Business Administration
degree from Loyola University in New Orleans.
WAYNE N. DRIGGERS is our President, Chief Operating Officer, and a member of our Board of Directors. Mr. Driggers previously served as President of ED&F Man's Westway bulk liquid storage business from 1992 until May 2009. Prior to that, Mr. Driggers served as Vice President of ED&F Man's Westway bulk liquid storage business. Mr. Driggers was with ED&F Man's Westway business for 17 years. Prior to his service with ED&F Man, Mr. Driggers served as President of Liquid Transfer Terminals, Inc. in 1991 and as Vice President with McKenzie Tank Lines, Inc. from 1981 to 1989. From 1989 to 1991 he served as a General Manager with Powell Duffyn Terminals, a British public corporation. Mr. Driggers has also been previous employed in management positions with Florida Rock & Tank Lines from 1977 to 1979 and with Seminole Refining Inc. from 1979 to 1981. Mr. Driggers serves on the Board of Directors of the International Liquid Terminals Association, and served as Chairman of the Board in 2008.
STEVEN BOEHMER is President of Westway Feed Products LLC. Mr. Boehmer previously served as
its Executive Vice President from August 2009 to September 2009 and
as its Vice President Operations from May 2009 to August 2009. Before
that, he served as Vice President Operations of ED&F Man's Westway liquid feed supplements business from January 2003 to May 2009. Prior to that time, Mr. Boehmer served as National Operations Manager of ED&F Man's Westway liquid feed supplements business from August 1999 to January
2003. Mr. Boehmer holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Fort Hays
State Univesity.
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