Apostolos Belokas is a Maritime Safety, Quality & Environmental Expert, Consultant, Trainer and Project Manager with more than 20 year background in shipping as Technical, Marine, Safety & Training Superintendent and Consultant. He entered the industry back in 1992 as Engineering Superintendent with a leading ship manager operating a mixed fleet of bulk and oil/chemical tankers and later shifted to regulatory compliance and QHSE issues as superintendent and later as a Consultant and Trainer.

Apostolos has successfully completed a wide range of QHSE projects including more than 300 management system projects (ISM/ISO 9001-14001-18001/TMSA/MLC), 500 vessel and office audits to various standards and he has personally trained more than 5,000 people in a wide variety of QHSE subjects. He is holding Mechanical Engineering Bachelor and Master's specialising in Energy & Environment and Master's Degrees in Maritime Business and Business Administration (MBA).

Apostolos is the Managing Director of SQEMARINE Group and also the Founder and Managing editor of SAFETY4SEA & GREEN4SEA pro bono projects to promote Safety & Environmental Excellence.