Leadership
Gregg S. Hymowitz
Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board
Over 34 years' financial institution experience. Gregg is also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of EnTrust Global and Chair of EnTrust Global’s Investment Committee, Compensation Committee and Audit Committee, and is a member of the Management Committee and the Blue Ocean Executive Committee. Gregg is a Founder and has been the Managing Partner of EnTrust Global since its founding (as EnTrust Capital) in April 1997. Prior to EnTrust Global, Gregg was Vice President at Goldman, Sachs & Co., which he joined in 1992. For the preceding two years, Gregg was an attorney in the Mergers & Acquisitions practice at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.
Gregg graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School with a Juris Doctorate in 1990, and received a BA, Phi Beta Kappa, from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 1987. Gregg was the 1985 Harry S. Truman Scholar from New York, the 1987 British Hansard Society Scholar and the 2004 recipient of the Governor’s Committee on Scholastic Achievement Award. In 2015, Gregg endowed the Hymowitz Family Professorship of the Practice Fund (Duke Global Health Institute). Gregg is a former board member of the Board of Trustees of Montefiore Medical Center and served two terms as a Trustee of the Riverdale Country Day School.
Svein Engh
Co-Founder, Senior Advisor and Board Member
Over 38 years' maritime experience. Svein Engh is Senior Advisor & Board Member of Purus.
Svein is also Head of the Blue Ocean Group at EnTrust Global, Portfolio Manager of its Blue Ocean Strategy, and a member of EnTrust Global’s Management Committee and Global Investment Committee. Svein joined EnTrust Global as a Managing Director in December 2015 and has over 38 years' experience in the industry.
Before joining EnTrust Global, Svein was Managing Director and Head of Maritime Lending and Leasing at CIT. Prior to that, he was Chief Executive Officer of Octavian Maritime Holdings, Inc., where he was responsible for a lending and leasing portfolio.
Svein holds a BA and an MBA in Business Administration from Ohio University, where he was the recipient of the Distinguished Professor’s Scholarship and graduated with Honors.
Julian Proctor
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Board Member
Over 29 years of experience in the transportation industry. Before joining Purus, Julian was Chief Investment Officer at Tiger Group, a large ship owner based in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tokyo, with over 190 vessels. Julian was a board member, observer, executive or co-founder of various subsidiary ship-owners of Tiger Group, including GCI LLC, Greathorse Chemical and Seaspan. Prior to that, he was Chief Strategy Officer of BNP Paribas Fortis Asia Pacific, reporting directly to the CEO and was a member of the regional board. He holds an M.St. from the University of Cambridge, where he was the recipient of the Oxford University Press Bryman and Bell Prize.
Julian speaks Japanese and is the founder of the UK–Japan Leadership Program and a member of the China–Japan Leadership Program, University of St Andrews Business School Board and Chatham House. He is also a member of Bureau Veritas' Board of Advisors.
Gregg S. Hymowitz
Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board
Over 34 years' financial institution experience. Gregg is also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of EnTrust Global and Chair of EnTrust Global’s Investment Committee, Compensation Committee and Audit Committee, and is a member of the Management Committee and the Blue Ocean Executive Committee. Gregg is a Founder and has been the Managing Partner of EnTrust Global since its founding (as EnTrust Capital) in April 1997. Prior to EnTrust Global, Gregg was Vice President at Goldman, Sachs & Co., which he joined in 1992. For the preceding two years, Gregg was an attorney in the Mergers & Acquisitions practice at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.
Gregg graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School with a Juris Doctorate in 1990, and received a BA, Phi Beta Kappa, from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 1987. Gregg was the 1985 Harry S. Truman Scholar from New York, the 1987 British Hansard Society Scholar and the 2004 recipient of the Governor’s Committee on Scholastic Achievement Award. In 2015, Gregg endowed the Hymowitz Family Professorship of the Practice Fund (Duke Global Health Institute). Gregg is a former board member of the Board of Trustees of Montefiore Medical Center and served two terms as a Trustee of the Riverdale Country Day School.
Svein Engh
Co-Founder, Senior Advisor and Board Member
Over 38 years' maritime experience. Svein Engh is Senior Advisor & Board Member of Purus.
Svein is also Head of the Blue Ocean Group at EnTrust Global, Portfolio Manager of its Blue Ocean Strategy, and a member of EnTrust Global’s Management Committee and Global Investment Committee. Svein joined EnTrust Global as a Managing Director in December 2015 and has over 38 years' experience in the industry.
Before joining EnTrust Global, Svein was Managing Director and Head of Maritime Lending and Leasing at CIT. Prior to that, he was Chief Executive Officer of Octavian Maritime Holdings, Inc., where he was responsible for a lending and leasing portfolio.
Svein holds a BA and an MBA in Business Administration from Ohio University, where he was the recipient of the Distinguished Professor’s Scholarship and graduated with Honors.
Julian Proctor
Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and Board Member
Over 29 years of experience in the transportation industry. Before joining Purus, Julian was Chief Investment Officer at Tiger Group, a large ship owner based in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tokyo, with over 190 vessels. Julian was a board member, observer, executive or co-founder of various subsidiary ship-owners of Tiger Group, including GCI LLC, Greathorse Chemical and Seaspan. Prior to that, he was Chief Strategy Officer of BNP Paribas Fortis Asia Pacific, reporting directly to the CEO and was a member of the regional board. He holds an M.St. from the University of Cambridge, where he was the recipient of the Oxford University Press Bryman and Bell Prize.
Julian speaks Japanese and is the founder of the UK–Japan Leadership Program and a member of the China–Japan Leadership Program, University of St Andrews Business School Board. He is also a member of Bureau Veritas' Board of Advisors.
