The Cyprus Maritime Academy (CyMA) was presented on 4 August 2016 at a press conference in Limassol, in the presence of the Minister of Transport, Communications and Works, and executives of the shipping industry in Cyprus. This important and unique endeavour to the island opens up new educational horizons, while guaranteeing employment for the Academy’s [...]
Andreas Hadjipetrou is the Managing Director of Columbia Shipmanagement Ltd, with 20 years of experience within the organisation. He has held various positions within the Cyprus office, as well as spending 7 years in Columbia’s Hamburg office as Finance Director. He represents the company’s interests in various boards of directors such as Tsakos Columbia [...]
Mr. Antonis Mikellides was born in London in 1978. He studied at the University of Westminster where he obtained a BA degree in Business Computing and holds a Postgraduate degree in Shipping Trade and Finance from City University London as well as a diploma in Terrorism Studies, focusing mainly on Marine Piracy, from the [...]
Chris Theophilides was born in 1971. After attending the English School in Nicosia he graduated from Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey, in 1995 attaining a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics. He continued his studies at the same institution to attain a Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA) in 1997 with [...]
Studied Naval Architecture & Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Aachen (RWTH) in Germany. Worked initially as Naval Architect in the Technical Department of a Ship Management company. Joined Germanischer Lloyd (GL), the German classification society, and worked for almost 20 years as Station Manager, Principal Surveyor for hull, machinery and statutory matters, Lead Auditor for management systems certification (ISM, ISPS, MLC, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001), Trainer [...]
Managing Director, Thomas Schulte Ship Management (Cyprus) Ltd. Christos Tofas was born on 7th October 1973 in Nicosia / Cyprus, married, father of two children. He received his bachelor’s degree at Reading University in the UK in 1996 and from 1996 until 2000 was working at a London based company. In 2001 he completed his MSc in Shipping, Trade and Finance at CASS Business School, London, UK and [...]
Despina Panayiotou Theodosiou is joint CEO of TOTOTHEO MARITIME, a leading global service provider specialising in innovative, efficient and functional solutions in the fields of digitalization, maritime satellite communications, automation and navigation systems. Despina is a board member of the Cyprus Shipping Chamber and the Cyprus Employers and Industrialists Federation. She also sits on [...]
CEO Intership Navigation Co., Ltd. Dieter Rohdenburg holds an MSc in Shipping and Logistics and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers. He started his career in Chartering and Operations with reputable German and Swiss shipping companies prior to joining Intership in 1990 as Operations Manager. Dieter was promoted to Joint Managing Director in 2010 and later took over the helm as CEO [...]
CHAIRMAN, CEO & PARTNER Capt. Koch is the Chairman, CEO and a Partner of Oesterreichischer Lloyd Shipping Group. He received his diploma in Nautical Sciences (Dipl-Naut.) at Hochschule fuer Nautik in Bremen (University of Bremen) in 1974. Capt. Koch has extensive industry experience as a Captain, Manager and Owner. From 1977-1984 he served as [...]
