Captain Panagiotis Tsakos named new Chairman of Lloyd's
Register's Hellenic Committee
Captain Panagiotis Tsakos, Chairman of the Tsakos Group, has been
named as the new Chairman of Lloyd's Register's Hellenic Advisory
Committee. Capt Tsakos succeeds Gregory Hadjieleftheriadis,
President and CEO of Eletson Corporation.
The Hellenic Advisory Committee is a key part of Lloyd's
Register's network of national and regional committees, all of
which provide a forum for maritime operators and administrations to
promote two-way knowledge transfer and to enhance the development
of quality, safety, environmental and business performance
standards.
The Hellenic Committee serves as a forum to bring together
leading members of the Greek maritime community both to discuss
topical issues impacting the maritime industry and to advance
common proposals to Lloyd's Register's General Committee and other
industry bodies.
The handover of the chairmanship of the Hellenic Advisory
Committee took place at the Piraeus Yacht Club, Mikrolimano on
Friday, November 12, 2004 and was attended by many prominent
shipowners from the Greek community, as well as by the Lloyd's
Register Group's Executive Chairman, David Moorhouse and Marine
Director Alan Gavin. On behalf of Lloyd's Register and the
Committee, Moorhouse presented Hadjieleftheriadis with an engraved
silver dish in recognition of his tremendous contribution and
dedication. At the ceremony, Moorhouse announced that
Hadjieleftheriadis had agreed to accept the new title of 'Honoured
Member' of Lloyd's Register's General Committee.
Moorhouse says: "Mr Hadjieleftheriadis' contribution to the
Hellenic Committee has been outstanding and, on the occasion of his
retirement as Chairman, we applaud his achievements. We look
forward to many more years of working with him as a valued member
of our General Committee.
"Equally, we are honoured to welcome Capt Tsakos and are
delighted to confirm the election of such a prominent member of the
Greek shipping community to continue to develop the role of this
prestigious Committee, following the good example set by Mr
Hadjieleftheriadis."
Capt Tsakos says: "I am proud to accept the role of Chairman, as
a continuation of many years of association with Lloyd's Register's
Hellenic Committee and in recognition of its valuable role as a
discussion forum for the marine community here in Greece. Through
such association, I am pleased to support Lloyd's Register's
initiatives to promote the role of classification for the common
good of our industry. The thanks and respect of all committee
members go to Gregory Hadjieleftheriadis for his personal
commitment to the role of Chairman since 1992."
Ends.
Notes to editors
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- A photograph of David Moorhouse, Panagiotis Tsakos and Gregory
Hadjieleftheriadis is available on request from
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