Anastasios Papagiannopoulos

In 2017 Anastasios Papagiannopoulos, Chief Executive Officer of the Greek shipping company Common Progress, was elected President of BIMCO, the international shipping association, for a two-year term.

During his BIMCO presidency he focused on the digitalisation of shipping documentation and contracts, reducing administrative burdens on ship masters, and supporting implementation of stricter environmental standards including the Ballast Water Management Convention and the 2020 global sulphur cap.

He was a keynote speaker at the 18th Mare Forum Greece in 2018 and a panellist at the 19th Mare Forum Greece in 2019.