Akis Tsirigakis

Director & VP for Southern Europe & Africa International Propeller Club

Lifetime Member, first joined the PC April 1975 as student-member, Port of Chicago

43+ years career in ship owning and ship management and Founder/CEO of five (5) Nasdaq IPOs of SPACs. Founder/CEO of Stellar V Capital Corp. (Nasdaq: SVCC); Co-founder/ex-CEO of Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (Nasdaq: SBLK). co-CEO of Nautilus Energy Management Corp. Founder/CEO of Sevenseas Investment Fund ScSp (Luxembourg). Founder/ex-CEO Nautilus Offshore Inc.

Ex-member, Board of Directors: Star Bulk (SBLK), Ocean Rig UDW Inc. (ORIG), Dryships Inc. (DRYS), Phunware Inc. (PHUN).

Affiliations: RINA Hellenic Advisory Committee, President of RINA Technical Committee; Hellenic Advisory Committee of Korean Register; (ex Technical Committees ABS, DNV); Board member of the Yacht Club of Greece; competitive sailor; AOK Kifissia Tennis Club; Helicopter pilot (PPL-Heli).

Speaks English, Greek, French; MSc, BSc. Naval Architecture, University of Michigan.