He runs what is essentially today’s version of the original Teekay Shipping founded by Torben Karlshoej 40 years ago.

Yet as he made the final presentation of four Teekay companies before hundreds of lunch-minded investors, Kevin Mackay seemed only partly joking when he observed that only he stood between them and their meal.

Mackay is 100 days into his new job as chief executive of what is now called Teekay Tankers.