Georgios (Ilios) Kostoulas

Georgios (Ilios) Kostoulas is Executive Director of Mare Forum, where he runs the forum season end to end, from programme to venue.

He studied at Erasmus University Rotterdam, where he holds a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in Global History and International Relations, and followed a minor in Principles of Negotiation at the Rotterdam School of Management.

He has been part of the organising team of Mare Forum events since 2015, beginning with the 5th Mare Forum Brazil. He has organised editions of Mare Forum Mykonos, Singapore, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Oslo and Indonesia, and the Super Yacht Americas series. In 2026 he organised the 1st Mare Forum Chios and the 1st Mare Forum Germany, and he is part of the team organising the 25th Mare Forum Ship Finance and the 6th Mare Forum Hong Kong.