Dr George K. Vaggelas is a partner and Managing Director of Ports & Shipping (P&S) Advisory, an innovative company aiming at delivering consultancy services of high quality in the port and shipping industries. He is also Lecturer at the Department of Shipping, Trade and Transport of the University of the Aegean and Visiting Lecturer at the ALBA Graduate Business School.
George has spent four years (2010-2014) as an advisor to the President and CEO of Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA) SA. During 2014-2016 he served as member of the Greek Regulatory Authority for Ports, until 2016, when he resigned in order to devote more time in consultancy and research. Since then he has completed seaport and shipping related projects in several countries, examining port reorganization, management, reform and privatization, shipping clusters etc.
He has (co-) authored several studies examining seaport economics, management and policy, published in international scientific journals and presented at international conferences.
George Vaggelas holds a BSc (Shipping & Enterpreneurship), an MSc in Shipping Trade and Transport (STT), and a PhD (2008) in port economics, management and policy.
