SLIDE 4 Team / Advisors
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Kostas Koutsoubelis
Advisor – Athens
Kostas Koutsoubelis, is currently the COO of W Marine while also served as COO of Freeseas Inc until December 2016. During the years 2007-2010, he was also a member of the BoD of Freeseas Inc and had served as Vice President and Treasurer. Before rejoining Freeseas Inc in 2015, he was COO at Excel Maritime since 2011. In addition, Kostas was the Group Financial Director of the Restis Group of Companies for more than 13 years and also Chairman of the Board of Golden Energy Marine Corp. During this period he was a member of the BoD of First Business Bank as well as Member of the Credit Committee. Furthermore he was Director in many private and public companies such as South African Marine Corp S.A., Swissmarine Corporation Ltd, FG Europe, Imperio SA, Erasinio Hospital and others. Before joining the Restis Group, he served as head of shipping of Credit Lyonnais Greece. After graduating from St. Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, he held various positions in Mobil Oil Hellas S.A. and after his departure, he joined International Reefer Services S.A., a major shipping company, as financial director. He was Vice President of the Board of the Association of Banking and Financial Executives of Hellenic Shipping and was a governor in the Propeller Club of Piraeus.
Pythagoras Nagos
Advisor – Zurich
Pythagoras Nagos, has 24 years experience in senior managerial, commercial and marketing roles in leading Shipping and Leisure companies. He has worked for Celestyal Cruises, a regional Cruise Line in the East Med since 2009 as Senior VP Sales Global, responsible for Sales in all channels and Trade Marketing. He had a major contribution in the turnaround and the rebranding of the company and the development of a 5 year strategic business plan used in the process of seeking a new strategic outside investor. During his time with Celestyal Cruises he was solely responsible for adding new destinations in the product portfolio, designing new itineraries and finally for the establishment of a completely new product positioning for the company. Before joining Celestyal Cruises he worked for Monarch Classic Cruises (2006-2009) as Senior VP Sales and Marketing and the for two leading Greek Coastal Shipping Companies, Hellenic Seaways (1999-2005) and Minoan Lines (1994-1999) as Chief Commercial Officer. He holds a Ph.D (Honors distinction) in Economics and Business Sciences and an MBA from the University of Zurich and an MSc in Business Administration and Finance from the Athens University of Economics and Business. He is a Member of the Economic Chamber of Greece.
Emanuel Kyprios
Associate Partner – London
Emanuel Kyprios is an expert in shipping equity investments, debt funding, loans and international finance for the aviation, offshore and corporate finance sectors. He was an investor in over 30 vessels during his career and head of the OSI Group. He has over 35 years experience in banking as a corporate lending officer and investment banking advisor. He has been Head of Shipping and Transportation in HSBC, New York. Prior to that he has been Head of Corporate and International Banking at Manufacturers Hanover Trust (JP Morgan Chase today) and prior to that was executive officer at Bankers Trust Company in their Investment Banking and International Depts. He is Managing Director of the OSI Group, an advisory/consulting financial services and investment banking company and partner at Seven Capital based in London. He is also a Member of the BoD of the Wharton School of Finance UK Alumni Club and Head of their Hedge Fund Committee in London. Emanuel holds a BSc in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, US and a Masters in Business Administration from Wharton School of Finance, US.
Seven Capital Maritime Services Ltd
