Mr Georgios Makrymichalos graduated from the Warsash Maritime Academy, Southampton – England obtaining the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) Deck Officer’s Certificate of Competency and got his MBA from the Athens Laboratory of Business Administration (ALBA), Athens – Greece. From 1996 to 1998 Mr Makrymichalos worked in Shipbroking and Shipmanagement Companies in UK and Hong Kong. In 1998 he joined Empros Lines Shipping Company Sp. S.A. holding various managerial positions and from 2015 is the President of the company.