Socrates is a UK qualified chartered accountant (FCA) and has been with PwC since 1998. He has over 15 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 coordinates with the firm's shipping industry leaders and subject matter experts across the global PwC network to address clients' needs and develop appropriate responses and solutions to the issues they face. He actively supports the delivery of both audit and advisory services and promotes the knowledge sharing between the firm's shipping industry experts and the shipping community.

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, valuations, M&A transactions, development of budgeting systems and methodology etc.