Served in Merchant ships as Deck Officer and awarded Master’s Certificate class “C” Educated in England (Shipping) Co-establisher of “OVERSEAS AGENCY LTD” Shipbrokers,Piraeus (1970/1977) Taught Shipping English in Maritime College in Greece (1972/1974) Establisher and Managing Director of “COSMOS SHIPPING CO.S.A.” Shipbrokers(1980/….) Acted as Sole Maritime Arbitrator (1999). Co-establisher of the Practical Shipping Seminars organized by the “Hellenic Shipbrokers Association.” since 1999 and certified “APPOINTED PRINCIPAL LECTURER” Also co-establisher of the consequent “SHIPBROKING GNOSIS CERTIFICATE” of the H.S.A and Examiner Elected President of the “H.S.A.”(14 years) and Presently Honorary President. President of the “HELLENIC FEDERATION OF SHIPBROKERS AND AGENTS” (2001/2005) President of the “EDUCATIONAL COMMITTEE” of the “H.S.A” Member of “EXPERTISE ON SHIPBROKING SUBJECTS” of “H.S.A.” Member of consulting committee of the “SOUTHAMPTON INSTITUTE” of U.K. for their branch in Athens (1992/1994) Member of the Judging Panel of the “LLOYD’S LIST GREEK SHIPPING AWARDS 2004” Elected TREASURER of the BoD of the PIRAEUS ASSOCIATION FOR MARITIME ARBITRATION. Member of the “Hellenic Association for MARITIME LAW” Speaker on “7th BIMCO COURSE “TOWARD BETTER DECISIONS”, (1994) Speaker on International Conference “MARITIME CYPRUS 1999” Multiple speeches /seminars to Shipping Departments of the Universities of “PIRAEUS” and “AEGEAN”(1990/….) Multiple private seminars for the personnel of big Greek and Foreign companies (“TSAKOS GROUP”, “CHALKIS CEMENT CO”, “PFIZER” , “ELVAL”, “ALUMINIUM of GREECE”,” CORINTH PIPEWORKS”, (1990/...) Visiting Lecturer on MSc of the Shipping Department of the “PUBLIC AEGEAN UNIVERSITY” , (2005/2008) Visiting lecturer at ALBA Graduate Business School at the American College of Greece(2013/…).