Robin Byde
Global Head of Transport Research
HSBC
Robin Byde has worked as a equity analyst, consultant and auditor in transport and support services since the mid-1990s and has achieved top 5 rankings in recent Extel surveys as a transport analyst. He has been with HSBC since 2002 and is head of the global transport research team, specialising in logistics and shipping sectors. Robin is a Chartered Accountant and business graduate and has worked, among other employers, for two blue-chip financial services companies prior to joining HSBC...more

Simon Chattrabhuti
Senior Analyst
Galbraith's LTD.
Simon Chattrabhuti is the Senior Shipping Markets Analyst at Galbraith's shipbrokers in London. Simon joined Galbraith's in 2004 from Shell Trading and Shipping Company where he fulfilled the role of Shipping Economics and Business Planning Advisor. Prior to joining Shell, Simon spent a number of years at Clarkson Research Studies in the roles of Shipping Markets Analyst and Shipping Consultant, including a period with Clarkson Asia, Hong Kong. Simon holds a degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from the University of Oxford and a Masters degree in East Asian Studies from the University of Durham...more

Stratos Chatzigiannis
Head of Capital Markets - Investment Manager, NBGI Stratos has extensive experience in the Capital Markets, being involved in many major Greek capital raising activities. Before joining NBGI, Stratos was a director in IB with the Private Bank & Trust Company, a member of the Eurobank Group. Stratos is a member of the Investment Committee of NBGI SEE Real Estate Fund. He has a BSc and MSc Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales...more

Christopher Combé
Senior Equity Research Analyst, Jefferies International Christopher Combé is a Senior Equity Research Analyst covering transportation, logistics and container shipping. Prior to joining Jefferies, Mr. Combé led the European Logistics / Shipping research team for Bear Stearns' international division, and was a senior associate in that firm's New York-based US Transport research team. On the industry side, he held analyst positions at California-based New West Energy Corporation and The Salt River Project. Mr. Combé graduated magna cum laude from Arizona State University with a BS in Economics...more

Nick Davies
Managing Director - Maritime, Transportation & Infrastructure
Jefferies International Nick Davies is a Managing Director in the Maritime, Transportation & Infrastructure Investment Banking Group in Jefferies International. Mr. Davies has over twelve years of transportation & infrastructure investment banking experience. He has worked on a broad range of international M&A and capital raising transactions including a number in the maritime sector: recently he advised Hellenic Carriers, Globus Maritime and Goldenport on their IPO's in London...more

Paul Dowel
Head Research
Howe Robinson After graduating from the maritime department of Cardiff University in 1987, Paul Dowell joined ACTS, before moving to parent company Cunard Ellerman in 1989. There Paul woked in a vaiety of trade management roles which included sevices to East Afica, Middle East, ICS and European destinations. After a take over by Andrew Wier, Paul continued to work in a variety of development roles and left Weirs to join Contship Container Lines in 1995. Paul Dowell joined Howe Robinson in 1997 and was appointed as a director in 2003. Paul now heads up a reseach and consultancy division that specialises in the container and dry sectors....more

John Dragnis
Commercial Director
Goldenport Holdings Mr. John Dragnis has been Commercial Director since inception and is with the company and holds for 6 years the same function. In the five years prior to the IPO, he has also been involved in setting up and managing a yachting management and chartering business. Mr. Dragnis holds a degree in Business Administration and a Masters degree in Shipping Trade and Finance from City Business School, London....more

Marco Fiori
Chief Executive Officer
D'Damico International Shipping Marco Fiori joined COGEMA S.A.M. in 1996 as managing director and since that time has held many other executive positions in d'Amico Group companies. Mr. Fiori is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Prior to joining the d'Amico Group, Mr. Fiori was employed in the New York branch of Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura. He was initially responsible for the loan portfolio and business development of Fortune 100 companies based on the U.S. West Coast and later, for overseeing and managing the entire U.S. business development market...more

Richard Fulford-Smith
Chief Executive Officer
Clarksons Mr. Fulford-Smith joined Clarksons in 1992 from Simpson Spence & Young. He has an outstanding reputation within the shipping world. Mr. Fulford-Smith has over thirty years of experience, and considered one of finest Sale & Purchase brokers in the world....more

Nigel Gardiner
Managing Director
Drewry Holdings LTD Nigel Gardiner is a director and shareholder of Drewry Holdings Ltd, the parent company that owns Drewry Shipping Consultants (DSC). He is also the managing director of DSC. He joined Drewry in 1981 and was appointed a Director of the company in 1985. He was subsequently appointed Joint Managing Director in 1993, and Managing Director in 1996. In 2000 he led a successful management buy-out at Drewry. Nigel Gardiner began his career in research and consulting in 1973, when he worked for a specialist agency called Packaging and Perceptual Research. On completing an honours degree in economics and history in 1977 he joined the multi-national engineering group Hawker Siddely, where he held several posts in research and marketing roles...more

Georgios Karageorgiou
Chief Executive Officer
Globus Maritime Mr. Karageorgiou has served as our chief executive officer since July 2005. Mr. Karageorgiou has 18 years shipping experience (4 years experience in a public company). He worked as a projects engineer for Kassos Maritime Enterprises from 1990-1992 and as a director and corporate secretary for Stelmar Shipping Limited from 1992-2004, a shipping company that was listed in the NYSE in March 2001. During his time at Stelmar Shipping Limited, Mr. Karageorgiou assisted with both vessel acquisitions and financings and was involved with the company's initial public offering and subsequent sale to OSG in December 2004. He was also a director of easyGroup Ltd, easyJet Holdings Ltd, easyInternetCafe Ltd, easyCruise Ltd, Stelinvest Corp. and a number of other easyGroup subsidiaries in the years 1995 - 2005. ...more

Fotini Karamanlis
Chief Executive Officer
Hellenic Carriers Limited Ms. Karamanlis is responsible for strategy, vessel acquisitions, chartering and financing. Ms. Karamanlis has 12 years shipping experience and has been with companies in and associated with the Group since 1999. From 1989 to 1999 Ms. Karamanlis worked in the Sale and Purchase Department of Galbraiths Shipbrokers in London and before that was a shipping lawyer with Norton Rose in London and Greece. Ms. Karamanlis has been a member of the Law Society of England and Wales since 1997 and is a member of the legal committee of the Association of Greek Ship-Owners. Ms. Karamanlis is an independent non-executive member of the Board of Directors of the Piraeus Bank, a company listed on the Athens Stock Exchange...more

Andrew Meigh
Managing Director
Investment Services, Clarksons Mr. Meigh has 14 years of investment banking experience at HSBC and Jefferies. Responsible for:- UK IPO of Goldenport: First LSE listing of a Greek Shipping Company, First secondary offering in London of Greek Shipping Company - Global Oceanic Carriers, and AIM IPO of Globus Maritime...more

Alberto Mussini
Chief Financial Officer
D'Damico International Shipping Alberto Mussini has recently joined d'Amico International Shipping S.A., acting as Chief Financial Officer of the Company and of its subsidiary d'Amico Tankers Limited.Prior to joining, Mr. Mussini worked as senior manager at Deloitte & Touche in Rome and Milan, and was responsible for auditing large and multinational manufacturing groups. From 2004 to early 2006 Mr. Mussini held the position of group administration, reporting and control manager at Tiscali S.p.A. and in 2006 he was appointed as chief financial officer of Tiscali Italia S.p.A...more

David Pitman
Director of Marketing
London Stock Exchange Before joining the Exchange in July 2006, David was CEO for the wealth management business of Close Brothers. Prior to that, he spent eight years at Merrill Lynch in various roles including Sales and Marketing Director and Strategic Planning Manager within the Private Client Division. He holds an MBA from Insead...more

Alan Shala
Head of Strategy
NBGI Mr. Shala is currently Head of Strategy at NBGI. He worked for over 6 six years as an analyst/portfolio manager for Abu Dhabi Investment Authority. Mr. Shala has a background in Business and Computer Electronics....more

Michael P. Tartsinis
Chief Executive Officer
Global Oceanic Carriers Limited (GO Carriers) Mr. Tartsinis has extensive shipping experience and has participated in ownership and management of dry bulk shipping. Since 2003, Mr. Tartsinis has served as Chief Executive Officer of Antares Shipmanagement SA, an independent ship management company, which manages dry bulk oceangoing vessels operated by Antares as well as for other third parties. Prior to Antares, Mr. Tartsinis held positions as Chief Operations Officer and Chief Financial Officer for six years with another Piraeus based Bulk Carriers Shipping Company and as senior auditor with shipping specialisation for four years with Ernst & Young, the international auditing firm....more

Nicolas Bornozis
President
Capital Link
As of 1996, founder, President and CEO of Capital Link, Inc., an international investor relations and financial advisory group. It assists listed companies and capital markets related organizations to develop and maintain access to European and North American investors. Capital Link has offices in New York, London and Athens and is a leader in investor relations for listed shipping companies, U.S. Closed-End Funds and ETFs and international companies accessing the U.S. and European markets....more