Experience

Braemar

• United Kingdom
• Maritime Transportation
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Managing Director

  • Dec 2022 - Present

  Athens, Attiki, Greece



Yieldstreet

• United States
• Financial Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Head of Athens Branch - Yieldstreet Marine Finance

  • Dec 2018 - Dec 2022

  Athens, Greece Responsibilities: Setup Yieldstreet’s ship financing global lending business out of Athens. Recruited local team; established lending policies, systems & procedures; agreed framework of cooperation with 3rd party service providers (loan admin & technical servicing). Initiated business in 3Q’19. Originated, executed and monitored $150m in direct lending business. Assisted in setting up the Athens transaction servicing team, which is currently on a growth path to cover Yieldstreet’s… Show more Responsibilities: Setup Yieldstreet’s ship financing global lending business out of Athens. Recruited local team; established lending policies, systems & procedures; agreed framework of cooperation with 3rd party service providers (loan admin & technical servicing). Initiated business in 3Q’19. Originated, executed and monitored $150m in direct lending business. Assisted in setting up the Athens transaction servicing team, which is currently on a growth path to cover Yieldstreet’s entire spectrum of business verticals (private business credit, real estate, art financing, structured notes, crypto fund, innovation credit & growth funds etc). Show less



DZ BANK AG

• Germany
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Relationship Manager – DVB Bank

  • Nov 2014 - Nov 2018

  Athens, Greece Shipping Finance - Rep. Office Greece Responsibilities: Primary client responsibility for DVB’s Greek dry bulk commercial lending portfolio ($1.25bn), comprising of 32 prominent Greek shipping clients; reporting directly to the Head of Shipping, Eastern Hemisphere. Origination, structuring and execution of senior-secured term loans. Interim coverage of DVB’s US dry bulk market during 2015.

• Senior Restructuring Manager – DVB Bank

  • Jan 2013 - Oct 2014

  Athens, Greece Strategic Management & Restructuring Team - Rep. Office Greece Responsibilities: Full-style debt & equity restructuring solutions, asset management, co-ordination of ship technical and commercial management functions through 3rd party technical managers, orderly liquidation of assets, transaction unwinding & asset disposition, full spectrum vessel warehousing through 3rd party service providers, experience with bankruptcy through Ch11 of the US bankruptcy code.

• Relationship Manager – DVB Bank

  • Jan 2008 - Dec 2012

  Piraeus, Greece International Transport Finance - Rep. Office Greece Responsibilities: Primary client relationship management covering (i) the Bank’s Middle East dry bulk business, and (ii) a number of Greek and US based clients; backup to the senior relationship manager covering the remaining Greek dry bulk clients.

• Junior Relationship Manager – DVB Bank

  • Nov 2005 - Jan 2008

  Athens, Greece International Transport Finance - Rep. Office Greece Responsibilities: Assistance to the senior relationship managers in origination, structuring and execution of senior-secured loans; preparation of credit applications, indicative termsheets & issuance of commitment letters; loan documentation; portfolio management; involvement in loan syndication.

• Junior Risk Manager – DVB Bank

  • Oct 2002 - Nov 2005

  Rotterdam, Netherlands Shipping Credit, Headquarters - Rotterdam Responsibilities: Credit analysis; preparation of client reviews; backup to the Portfolio Manager; involvement in a number of projects within the Shipping Division (Internal Rating Model – Basle II, economic exposure monitoring and reporting); new lending management reporting; attendance in all weekly Credit Committee meetings; assistance to the Head of Credit.