Christopher Paul Catrambone is an Italian American entrepreneur and humanitarian, best known for founding the Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS), a global search and rescue charity. Chris Catrambone2

Early life and education

Catrambone was born in

Lake Charles, Louisiana Lake Charles (French: ''Lac Charles'') is the fifth-largest incorporated city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, and the parish seat of Calcasieu Parish, located on Lake Charles, Prien Lake, and the Calcasieu River. Founded in 1861 in Calcasi ...

. He graduated in 2002 from

McNeese State University McNeese State University is a public university in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Founded in 1939 as Lake Charles Junior College, it was renamed McNeese Junior College after John McNeese, an early local educator. The present name was adopted in 1970. M ...

Personal life

After Hurricane Katrina damaged his

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

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and later to

Malta Malta ( , , ), officially the Republic of Malta ( mt, Repubblika ta' Malta ), is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago, between Italy and Libya, and is often considered a part of Southern Europe. It lies ...

. He is married to Regina Catrambone and they have one daughter, Maria Luisa.

Career

Catrambone set up Tangiers Group in 2006, a group of companies based in

, specializing in insurance, emergency assistance and intelligence. Catrambone founded the Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) in 2013, an NGO dedicated to saving lives at sea. Catrambone is the founder of the Organisation for Better Security (OBS), an international forum for people who live and work in conflict zones.

Honors and awards

In 2015, Catrambone received the Medal for Service for the Republic of Malta (

Midalja għall-Qadi tar-Repubblika The Midalja għall-Qadi tar-Repubblika (Medal for Service to the Republic) is a medal of the Republic of Malta. The medal is awarded by the President of Malta, with the written approval of the Prime Minister of Malta, for distinguished service to M ...

), for his work with MOAS. He was named one of Foreign Policy’s 100 Global Thinkers of 2015.

References

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