Introduction

Dr Kostas (Konstantinos G.) Gkonis brings a long-term vision for the industry and an organization’s role within it, combining strategic and operational thinking as a leader and manager. Kostas enjoys challenging the status quo, driving innovation, and implementing improvements that advance and transform businesses both internally and externally.

Kostas is passionate about sustainability, ESG, and innovation, having worked for over 20 years in shipping and the energy industry earlier on, and on varying topics from policy, environmental soundness and decarbonisation to market dynamics and intelligence. Kostas’ background ranges from engineering and operations research to business and corporate responsibility.  

He holds the position of Director / Secretary General of INTERCARGO since Oct. 2016. During his time, the Association’s membership has more than doubled to currently bringing together 260 forward thinking companies from 30 countries
in uniting and promoting quality dry bulk shipping.

Key areas of interest: sustainability, ESG, environment, decarbonisation, innovation; shipping, energy, transportation, commodities, supply chain; management, strategy, leadership.

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