Nikos Petrakakos

Nikos Petrakakos was CEO of Efficient Ship Finance (ESF) and later became a Partner and Managing Director at Alantra, working on maritime and offshore mergers, acquisitions and debt advisory. He has more than fifteen years of experience in maritime finance, asset management and capital markets, and earlier held roles as Managing Director at StormHarbour, co-leading its shipping investment banking division, as head of a family office for a Greek investor, as a distressed private equity specialist at Z Capital, and in corporate finance and trading at Heidmar Inc.

He holds an MBA from the Wharton School, an MSc in Ocean Systems Management from MIT, and a degree in Computer Engineering and Informatics from the University of Patras.

He was a panellist at Mare Forum's 7th Iron Ore and Coal Shipping Summit and 5th Blue Shipping Summit, both in 2015.