Harrys begun his career in 1994 with Elka Shipping (London) Ltd, a large dry bulk and tanker operator and in 1995 he joined the Shipping Banking Group of the Commercial Bank of Greece in London as a credit analyst. In May of 1997 he moved to New York to join American Marine Advisors, Inc. (currently AMA Capital Partners), a maritime investment bank, where he specialized in corporate workouts, project structuring, capital raisings (debt and equity) and other merger & acquisitions advisory assignments. In the summer of 2004, he joined Tsakos Energy Navigation, Ltd (TEN), a New York Stock Exchange listed tanker company to develop the company’s corporate finance activity and liaise with the company’s investor base particularly in the US and Europe.
Harrys holds a BA (Hons) in Classical Studies & Politics from the University of London (Queen Mary & Westfield College) and an MSc in Shipping, Trade & Finance from London’s City University – Cass Business School. In 2001, he completed an executive corporate finance and accounting program at Columbia Business School in New York. During his tenure in TEN, he has been a frequent speaker in various investor conferences across North America, Europe and the Middle East.