Analysts reacted positively as Aegean Marine Petroleum Network’s $100m purchase of shares from its founder shifted focus to its US team led by chairman Peter Georgiopoulos, who is now the company's largest shareholder.

TradeWinds reported earlier today that Greece’s Dimitris Melissanidis, who had been head of corporate development until the move, sold all of his 11.3 million shares in the company.

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