– 40 years of experience in the shipping industry
– Has owned and operated over 150 vessels during his career
– Representing the 5th generation of the Pateras family, which has a track-record of well-timed investments in the maritime sector and over 150-year history of successful operations
– Diploma in Shipping from the London School of Foreign Trade
– Certificate in Shipping (Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers) from the City of London Polytechnic and an Advanced Certificate in Shipping from Central London College
– 30 years of experience in the finance industry
– Founder of Seaborne Capital Advisors
– Successfully raised USD 3.5 billion in equity offerings and USD 6.1 billion in institutional term loans and high-yield notes
– Partner at Cantor Fitzgerald & Co until September 2011
– Senior Vice President at Jefferies & Company, Inc. until early 2004
– MBA from Bentley University
– B.A. in Economics from Deree College
– 25 years of experience in the shipping industry
– Project Manager at Niki Shipping, a container ship investment company, from 2008 to 2012
– Project Manager at V.Ships Group Monaco CEO Business Executive Team from 2005 to 2008
– Member of Technical Team at V.Ships UK from 2003 to 2005
– MBA from Glasgow University Business School
– MSc Marine Engineering & BEng Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering from Universities of Glasgow & Strathclyde