Harris Kosmatos

Harrys Kosmatos began his career in 1994 with Elka Shipping (London) Ltd., a large dry bulk and tanker operator, and in 1995 joined the Shipping Banking Group of the Commercial Bank of Greece as a credit analyst in the bank's London office. In May 1997 he moved to New York to join AMA Capital Partners (formerly American Marine Advisors, Inc.), a maritime investment bank, where he specialized in corporate workouts, project structuring, capital raisings and other merger & acquisitions advisory assignments. In summer 2004 he moved back to Greece and joined Tsakos Energy Navigation, Ltd. (TEN), a New York Stock Exchange listed tanker company, to develop the company's corporate finance activity and liaise with its investor base, particularly in the US and Europe.

Harrys holds a BA (Hons) in Classical Studies & Politics from the University of London (Queen Mary) and an MSc in Shipping, Trade & Finance from London's City University (Cass Business School). In 2001 he completed an executive corporate finance and accounting program at Columbia Business School in New York, and has been a frequent speaker at conferences across North America, Europe and the Middle East.