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INTERVIEW
MARIA ANGELIDOU
GAC: “Delivering your strategy” is our brand promise
Maria Angelidou has been involved in the shipping sector for the last 26 years. She holds a Shipping Agency Diploma, as well as a BSc in Business Administration from the University of Seattle and is currently an MBA Candidate at Cardiff Metropolitan University. She is member of many shipping associations, including WISTA (Women in Shipping & Trade Association) Hellas, for which she has served as a member of the Board of Directors for the past four years. In addition to her native Greek, she also speaks English, Italian and Spanish.
INTERVIEW
COSTIS FRANGOULIS
Franman: “Your Business,
Our Obsession”
Mr Costis Frangoulis states: «Αn unexpected meeting with Ann Essman, who was then the Vice President of a US company that developed tank level gauging systems for tankers, METRITAPE, changed my life. I decided to draw my own wheel and set up my own business. I founded Franman in May 1991, representing METRITAPE, which had a large share of the Greek market at that time».
INTERVIEW
JIM HONDROULIS
‘‘There’s the only way to success: perseverance, honesty and hard work. Enjoy what you do’’
Jim Hondroulis is Managing Director at Dynamic Shipping LLC and Chairman & Managing Director at Dynamic Energy, LLC. Dynamic Shipping & Trading LLC.
Dynamic Shipping and Trading, LLC is a ship chartering, trading and logistics company established in 2004. The company is
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John. A. Gauci-Maistre
Malta’s economy and maritime hub today and where it is going
Pioneer of and synonymous with the Malta Flag, John. A. Gauci-Maistre, CEO of maritime service provider, GM International Services Limited, gives his take on Malta’s economy and maritime hub and where it is going.
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PAILLETTE PALAIOLOGOU
‘‘Our goal in Bureau Veritas is to provide high quality services to our clients’’
Mrs Palaiologou holds a BEng in Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering (University of Glasgow) & a MSc in Marine Engineering (University of Newcastle Upon Tyne).
She started her professional career at Oceanbulk Maritime S.A. in 1993 at the Technical Department and in 1999 she was promoted to “Head of Hull & Classification Division”.
In 2005 she joined Bureau Veritas as a Marine Center surveyor, in 2007 she was promoted to Delegate of the Marine Center Manager and in 2013 to Sales, Marketing & Business Development Manager for the Hellenic & Black Sea Region.
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DOROTHEA IOANNOY
“Greek Shipping has played and continues to play a very significant role in the American Club’s business”
Dorothea Ioannou has a Juris Doctorate from St. John's University School of Law in New York and a BA from the City University of NY. After relocating to Greece in 1997, Dorothea initially worked in local law firms and was involved in commercial as well as maritime law. In January of 1998, Dorothea entered themarine insurance industry joining Allied Insurance Brokers Ltd. to manage the Marine Insurance Claims Department. In 2005, Dorothea joined SCB (Hellas) Inc., the Piraeus Claims Liaison Office for the Managers of the American P&I Club, (Shipowners Claims Bureau Inc., NY) as a Claims Executive and in 2009 took on the claims management as well as general management of the office. In 2010 she became the first woman to be appointed to the Executive Committee of the N.Y. management company, Shipowners Claims Bureau Inc.
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ΔΙΟΓΕΝΗΣ ΒΕΝΕΤΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ
VARIETY CRUISES: Νο1 Best Boutique Cruise Line Worldwide
Ο Διογένης Βενετόπουλος είναι ο Εμπορικός Διευθυντής της VARIETY CRUISES από το 2012. Την εταιρεία ξεκίνησε ο παππούς του Διογένης Βενετόπουλος λίγο μετά τον πόλεμο δουλεύοντας τα small ship cruises που λέμε σήμερα, η οποία τότε ήταν μια αγορά η οποία δεν υπήρχε καν.
