Konstantinos Tsakiris, Chairman
Born in Athens, in 1971, Constantine is the new generation in the family business. He speaks four languages, is married and has three daughters. Intending to fly for a living, Constantine graduated in Aeronautical engineering from the Imperial College London, in 1994. At the same time he was close to the activities of the company and in particular their Chartering department. In 1991 he spent three months aboard their vessel, as apprentice officer. In 1994 he spent almost one year in the office of Pankar Maritime in Athens familiarising himself with all departments and visiting vessels under repair, being surveyed etc. In 1996 he finished his military service in the Greek Army attaining rank of 2nd Lieutenant in the 2nd Parachute Regiment. Since this time he has been concentrating solely on the formation of the team and the gathering of the expertise to establish the new shipping venture as well as very actively managing the family's financial assets. On a day to day basis, apart from general management of the company, he is responsible for Chartering and Insurance matters.

Paraskevas Koutsoukos, Managing Director & Technical Manager
Born Alexandria, 1958, speaking four languages, Vakis is very close to the Tsakiris family. His father, George Koutsoukos, was always a minor partner within the Tsakiris family interests over more than 35 years. Vakis graduated in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at Athens University in 1982 then studied a post-graduate course in Port & Shipping Administration at the University of Wales. In Between he spent a year with the Piraeus part of Shipping & Produce, Marmaestra Comp. Naviera., assisting the Superintendent Engineers attending dry-dockings, repairs, layups, rectivations and surveys. Also spent some time aboard the m.v Niobe as apprentice. In 1985 he trained at Nafsi Shiprepairers, Piraeus and then at Napier Turbochargers in Lincoln, U.K. In 1985 he joined the company in London as Superintendent Engineer looking after 10 bulkers. From 1988 to 1990 he was Superintendent Engineer with Bilinder Marine (Latsis) attending every kind of vessel from ULCC's to luxury yachts. He experienced repairs, conversions, and all the office liaison matters arising from such a fleet. From 1990 to 1997 he was Superintendent Engineer with Hellespont and was also Technical Superintendent to their Scottish oil development company involved in floating storage units, dealing with shipyard bids, liaison with clients, engineering consultants etc. In 1997 he left Hellespont, to return back to Bilinder where he was in charge of the multi-million dollar project of the conversion of the “Alexander”. After successful completion of this project, he joined Paradise (ex Navipower) in October 1998.

Konstantinos Sakkas, Safety Manager
Born in Athens 1962, Speaks Greek, English & French. Konstantinos, is a naval architect graduate from the Athens University and an Msc holder in Ocean Engineering from the Stevens Institute of Technology in USA. From 1989-1991 he was Assistant Sup. Engineer for the Tsavliris group, operators of Bulk Carriers and Ocean Salvage vessels. From 1991-1996 while in the USA for his Msc degree worked as independent surveyor for Lloyd’s of London Underwriters, as well as for M. Rosenblat and Sons of NY, as a design engineer working on DH/DB tankers . From 1997-2004 he has been the Manager of Cyprus Bureau of Shipping - Piraeus Office, as well as an ISM Lead Auditor with over 300 ship and company audits carried out, and National Flag Inspector of Cyprus flagged ships for the Cyprus Administration with over 200 ship inspections. He was also the key lecturer on Port State Control implementation, in courses and seminars designed by the Cyprus Administration for officers wishing to obtain an STCW 95 License.

Efthimis Paraskevopoulos, Superintendent Engineer
Born Athens, 1975 fluent Greek and English. Efthimis graduated in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at Athens Technological Institute. In 1999 he finished his military service in the Greek Army and joined a technical/consultant company (Effepi Ltd) dealing successfully with all kind of studies/reports concerning Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering and attending several vessels under repairs, surveys etc. In 2002 he joined an established trading company as the technical supervisor on cathodic protection department and in May 2003 he joint Paradise Navigation as a Superintendent Engineer. He was the Hull/Outfitting Supervisor during the complete construction of the four Panamax tankers built by PNSA by staying at Shanghai/China for two years. He is certified as an NDT level II operator with significant experience on Hull/Structural Surveys and Repairs.

Simos Camhis, Chief Financial Officer
Born in Athens, 1971, speaks Greek, English & French. Simos graduated in International Economics & Management at the American University of Paris, holding also an MBA degree from SDA Bocconi. In 2007 he joined Paradise Navigation SA as Chief Financial Officer. During the last 8 years he was the Corporate Finance Director of C. Rokas SA, listed in AtheX and member of Iberdrola Group, acting also as its Investor Relations Officer (IRO). Also worked in the European Commission (DG XVI) and the Greek consulting firms PLANET and KANTOR, having participated in a number of development projects in emerging markets within the context of international programmes, such as Tacis, Thermie and EBRD. Finally, worked as an External Financial Consultant of the WORLD BANK participating in a rehabilitation project in Ukraine.