Kostas Karathanos
Chief Operations Officer (COO)
GasLog Ltd.

Kostas Karathanos was appointed as our Chief Operating Officer in February 2022, following his last appointment as our Deputy Chief Operating Officer from November 2021. He has also served as the General Manager Innovation and Technology from 2019. He first joined the group in 2000 when it was operating as Ceres Hellenic Shipping Enterprises, Ltd. and from then until 2017, has held several positions during his years within the group of companies such as Fleet Manager, Project & Site Manager and Ship Manager. Prior to re-joining GasLog, he was holding the position of the Technical Manager at Minerva Marine from 2017 to 2019.

Kostas has over 20 years of experience in the shipping industry specializing on LNG Carriers design and construction, Technical & Operational management as well as focusing on Energy & Performance with emphasis on the Energy efficiency and Decarbonization of the fleet.

Mr. Karathanos has an Executive MBA from ALBA, The American College of Greece, an MSc in Thermal Power and Fluid Mechanics from the University of Manchester and a B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from Manchester Metropolitan University.