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Socrates Leptos - Bourgi Assurance Partner, Global Shipping & Ports Industry Leader PwC Socrates is a UK qualified chartered accountant (FCA) and has been with PwC since 1998. He has over 14 years of experience as an auditor in both the UK and Greece, as well as 4 years of experience as a deal advisor within the Transaction Services department of PwC in London and Athens. Socrates is the Global Shipping & Ports Industry Leader of PwC. In his role, Socrates is responsible for coordinatating with PwC shipping experts in the firm's global network to address current issues that impact the industry and develop appropriate responses and solutions to deliver to the firm's clients. He actively supports the delivery of both audit and advisory services and promotes the knowledge sharing among industry subject matter experts to develop best practices for shipping companies around the world. His clients include both listed and private shipping companies. Other than audit services, Socrates has experience in providing services to the shipping industry associated with capital markets transactions (e.g. IPOs, follow-on offerings), Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, process mapping and internal control systems implementation, development of budgeting systems and methodology etc. |