Sotiris Raptis

Sotiris Raptis has been Secretary General of the European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA) since 2022. He began his career in shipping in 2010 as a policy adviser in the European Parliament, later working as a senior adviser at the European Sea Ports Organisation and as campaign coordinator at the NGO Transport & Environment, before serving as Director for Environment at ECSA. He studied law at the universities of Thessaloniki and Athens and at King's College London, and in 2008 received the European Parliament's European Citizens' Prize.

He spoke at four Mare Forum events between 2023 and 2026, including the 4th and 5th Mare Forum Oslo and Mare Forum Germany, and is a panellist at the 6th Mare Forum Hong Kong 2026, representing ECSA.