George Gratsos

George Gratsos holds a BSc in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from MIT (1965). He served as President of the Hellenic Chamber of Shipping, having previously held the post from 1996 to 2000, and sat on the boards of the Union of Greek Shipowners and the UK Freight Demurrage and Defence Association, of which he was President from 1999 to 2002. He was formerly Vice President of BIMCO (1997-1999) and President of Standard Bulk Transport Corporation.

He was a keynote speaker at several Mare Forum, Blue Shipping Summit and Iron Ore & Coal Shipping Summit events between 2006 and 2016, and spoke at 15 Mare Forum-related events in total between 2006 and 2017.