George Xiradakis was born in Athens and grew up in Volos. He graduated from the Nautical Marine Academy of Aspropyrgos and holds a diploma in Commercial Operations from City of London Polytechnic and a MSc in Maritime Studies from the University of Wales. He served as Senior Manager at Credit Lyonnais in Athens and Paris. In 1999, he founded XRTC Business Consultants, acting as commercial representative of foreign banks and institutions in the Greek shipping market. He is a reference banker for Chinese financing, with long-standing ties to major Chinese financial institutions, and serves as Senior Advisor for Greece following XRTC’s cooperation with Huayang Maritime Center Co. Ltd.

He is President of the Association of Banking and Financial Executives of Hellenic Shipping, Board Member of AB Bank, VP of the Heraklion Port Authority, Deputy Director of the Shipping Finance Committee of the China Institute of Navigation, and Board Member of Nasdaq-listed Imperial Petroleum Inc., C3is Inc. and Rubico Inc. He also serves as VP of Hellenic Chinese Chamber, BOD Member of PCCI, Piraeus Marine Club, Greece – China Association. He is member of the Mediterranean Committee of the China Classification Society (CCS) and holds the honorary title of President Emeritus of the International Propeller Club – Port of Piraeus.