John Coustas

John Coustas took over the management of Danaos Shipping, founded in 1972, in 1987. In 1986 he co-founded Danaos Management Consultants, a maritime technology systems company. Danaos describes him as President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Danaos Corporation.

He has served on the boards of The Swedish Club and the Union of Greek Shipowners and on the DNV Council. He studied mechanical and electrical engineering at the National Technical University of Athens and holds a master's degree and a PhD in computer science and computer controls from Imperial College London.

He moderated Mare Forum 2002 and was a panellist at Med Ports 2002.