Mrs. Maria (Marily) Frangista professional activity began in 1979 when she joined the sales department of COPAIS CANNING INDUSTRY, a company involved in the production and trading of agricultural products, based in Greece and at that time belonging to the Franco Group.
She moved on to join the London based office of ship owning and management company FRANCO SHIPPING LONDON before moving to Athens to work for FRANCO COMPANIA NAVIERA S.A., a ship management company established in Greece. She has been the Managing Director of FRANCO COMPANIA NAVIERA S.A. since 1995.
Since 2000, she has held non-executive positions on the Board of Directors of various institutional organizations in the Maritime Industry.
From November 2010 until June 2014 she served as an independent non-executive member of the Board of Directors of the National Bank of Greece.
Since 2004, she has been a member of the Board of Directors of the MALTA INTERNATIONAL SHIPOWNERS ASSOCIATION (MISA) and presently serves as a Treasurer/ Secretary.
Since September 2012, she has been a member of the Board of Directors of Endeavor Greece.
She holds a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration from the “American College of Greece – Deree”.
She has native fluency in English and French as well as an intermediate knowledge of German.
