Prof Costas Th Grammenos, CBE

Career: Nat Serv Greek Navy 1968-70; Nat Bank of Greece 1962-75 (shipping fin expert, head office 1973-74); independent researcher and advsr 1977-82; Sir John Cass Business Sch City of London (formerly City Univ Business Sch): visiting prof 1982-86, fndr and head Int Centre for Shipping, Trade and Finance 1984-, prof of shipping, trade and finance 1986-, acting dean 2000, dep dean 2001-10; pro-vice-chllr City Univ 1998-; fndr and chm City of London Biennial Meetings 1999-; visiting prof Univ of Antwerp 2000-; memb: Bd of Dirs Alexander S Onassis Public Benefit Fndn 1995-, BIMCO Bd of Govrs (Educn) 1995-, American Bureau of Shipping 1996-, Baltic Exchange 1997-; non-exec memb Bd Marfin Investment Gp (MIG) 2007-10; pres Int Assoc of Maritime Economists 1998-2002, founding tstee Inst of Marine Engrs Meml Fund 2000-, founder pres Int Hellenic Univ Greece 2006-; hon fell Inst of Marine Engrs Science and Technol 2008-; Seatrade Personality of the Year 1998; Freeman of the City of London 2000, Liveryman Worshipful Co of Shipwrights 2002; FRSA 1996; Archon Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople 1994; FCIB 2004

Books and Publications: Bank Finance for Ship Purchase (1979), The Handbook of Maritime Economics and Business (ed, 2002, 2 edn 2010); author of various academic papers and studies on shipping finance