Biography

Mr. Youroukos is our Executive Chairman, and played a pivotal role in the 2018 strategic combination of Poseidon Containers, a containership owner he had built in collaboration with a large US private equity firm, with Global Ship Lease. Mr. Youroukos is a self-made shipowner, and also serves as Managing Director of Technomar, an internationally recognized ship management company with specialized expertise managing ships in both the containership and dry bulk sectors, which he founded in 1994. Mr. Youroukos has negotiated and executed over 400 secondhand and newbuilding vessel transactions, including third party workouts executed in close collaboration with leading shipping banks. Mr. Youroukos has long-established relationships at the highest levels with our liner company customers; serves as Chairman of the Hellenic Advisory Committee of International classification society, RINA, and Deputy Secretary of the Union of Greek Shipowners; and holds a Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering from University College London and a Master in Engineering from Brunel University.