Former Navy Secretary Ray Mabus Joins Board Of Unimed Holdings; Assumes Newly Created Position As Co-Chair Of BD Of DIR

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Sep 19, 2017, 09:00 ET

NEW YORK, Sept. 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Former Navy Secretary, Miss. Gov. and Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Ray Mabus will join Unimed Holdings, LLC as Co-Chairman of the board and its subsidiaries, Unimed Co-Chairman Michael J. Del Giudice announced today.

"We are privileged to be adding such a distinguished leader as Secretary Mabus to our Board," said Del Giudice. "Secretary Mabus has devoted his life to serving the United States and preparing future generations of leaders. His unique, global perspective and over three decades of distinguished military and government service will complement and strengthen our leadership team as we focus on unique global growth opportunities."

Unimed is the parent of Universal Marine Medical Supply International LLC, Universal Marine Medical UK and its other subsidiaries, which have become one of the largest providers in the world of medical supplies and other services, including security, medical, and travel-related duty of care services for over 2,000 of the world's largest corporations, NGOs, governments, aviation, mining, off-shore, oil and gas and other expatriate customers.

Unimed Co-CEO Charles Gassenheimer added: "Secretary Mabus brings a remarkable wealth of experience and excellence to Unimed. We look forward to learning from him and sharing his expertise with our customers."

"I have known the leadership team at Unimed for many years, and I am eager to work with them during this strategically pivotal expansion time for the group," said Mabus, who served from 2009 to 2017 as the 75^th Navy Secretary, the longest to serve in that post since World War I.

As Secretary, Mabus was responsible for an annual budget in excess of $160 billion and over 900,000 Sailors, Marines and civilians. He currently is CEO of The Mabus Group, a strategic advisory firm focused on helping companies, organizations and institutions build resiliency.

Prior to his appointment as Navy Secretary by former President Barack Obama, Mabus served as Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during President Bill Clinton's administration. He was elected Governor of the State of Mississippi in 1987.

"Unimed Holdings has developed a world-class group of companies that have expanded globally over the past couple of years," Mabus added. "I am enthusiastic to expand on the efforts of the current management to lead a series of new initiatives and provide a foundation for global expansion."

Universal Marine Medical Supply International has been an industry leader in the maritime and remote medical supply business for over 40 years. Today Unimed is one of the two largest global leaders with operations, warehousing, sales and servicing in New York, London, Southampton, UK, Greece, Singapore, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates, Australia and Brazil, servicing over 1,000 ports of call and remote locations around the world.

In 2013, Unimed Holdings, LLC acquired the assets of Universal Marine Medical Supply International, LLC and other affiliated companies, along with private investment firms ComVest Capital and Carnegie Hudson Resources.

About Ray Mabus:

Secretary Mabus served as the 75th United States Secretary of the Navy from 2009 to 2017. Mabus previously served as the State Auditor of Mississippi from 1984 to 1988, as the 60th Governor of Mississippi from 1988 to 1992 and as the United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1994 to 1996.

In addition to his distinguished career as a public servant, Mabus has served as a director or officer of several public companies and several pre-IPO companies. From 2006 to April 2007, he was Chairman and CEO of Foamex International and helped lead it out of bankruptcy. Less than nine months after his appointment, Foamex emerged from Chapter 11. He is an executive fellow at the Harvard Business School and has served as a lecturer at Harvard Law School, a visiting fellow with the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics, a Distinguished Lecturer on the Middle East at the University of Mississippi, and was a member of the RAND Center for Middle East Public Policy and the Council on Foreign Relations.

Mabus graduated summa cum laude from the University of Mississippi with a B.A. in English and Political Science. He earned an M.A. in Political Science from Johns Hopkins University and a J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School.

About Unimed:

Founded in 1976 and headquartered in New York City and Southampton, UK, Unimed is one of the oldest providers of medical and pharmaceutical supplies to the maritime industry. Through its locations globally, including London, Miami, Dubai, Singapore, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Sydney and Perth Australia, Unimed is capable of meeting its customers' global supply chain needs by providing medical supplies and services, safety and security services, risk management, logistics, and other marine industrial products. The group of companies focuses on duty of care management for 2,000 of the world's largest corporations in the cruise, shipping, mining, oil and gas, NGO, aviation, and governmental industries. For more information, please visit: www.universalmarinemedical.com.