Capt. Eberhard Koch

Capt. Eberhard Koch is Chairman, CEO and Partner of the Oesterreichischer Lloyd Shipping Group, and a board member of the Cyprus Union of Shipowners. He is also President of the Cyprus Marine Club and Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Cyprus Maritime Academy.

He holds a diploma in Nautical Sciences from the Hochschule für Nautik in Bremen (1974). He managed transport and business administration for the VEBA OEL AG Group from 1977 to 1984, was Managing Director of the Krohn Shipping Group in Vienna from 1984 to 2001, and joined Oesterreichischer Lloyd as a partner in 1991, becoming its Chairman and CEO in 2001.

He has spoken at 11 Mare Forum events, mostly Mare Forum Cyprus, Greece and Mykonos, between 2014 and 2022, chairing a session at the 5th Mare Forum Cyprus in 2016.