Dimitris Monioudis

Managing Director - Rethymnis & Kulukundis Ltd and INTERCARGO Technical Committee Chairman

Dimitris was born in London. He graduated from Athens College, Greece and
went on to undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Marine Engineering and
Marine Technology at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

He has over 35 years of experience in shipping, having dealt with a multitude
of technical, purchasing, crewing, financial, operational and legal aspects
within the industry as well as repairs, acquisitions and newbuilding projects in
Japan, South Korea and China.

He is Managing Director at one of the oldest London-Greek shipping companies
(established in 1921 in London) which has operated geared bulk carriers, product oil
tankers and combination ore/oil carriers over recent years as well as Chairman-elected
of the Technical Committee of the International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners
(INTERCARGO) which represents the interests of approximately one third of the
global ocean-going bulk carrier fleet.

Dimitris is a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of The Royal Institution of Naval
Architects, The Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers and The Institute of Marine
Engineering, Science & Technology and an Associate Fellow of the Nautical
Institute.

He presently sits on various industry bodies including the Council of the Greek
Shipping Co-operation Committee, DNV West Europe Owners’ Committee, Bureau
Veritas UK & Ireland Committee and Technical Committees of Lloyds Register
(Global), ABS (Europe), Korean Register (Greece) and the Union of Greek Shipowners.
He is also a member of the Marshall Islands Quality Council, the Marine Technical
Managers Association of Greece, the International Chamber of Commerce’s
Commercial Crime Services Advisory Board and the President of the Hellenic
Engineers Society of Great Britain.