Yiannis Sarantitis
Yiannis Sarantitis (born February 4, 1972) is a Greek businessman and lawyer, active in the field of shipping and real estate, and also a Honorary Consul of Norway in Greece.[1][2]
Personal life
Yiannis Sarantitis was born in Athens on February 4, 1972. He was educated at the University of Buckingham, LBB, University of Athens – degree of Law.[3]
He is married to Malvina Sarantitis, and they have a son and a daughter.[4]
Career
He had a business activity in the Telecommunications sector. He had a joint venture with Telenor (Norway’s Telecom Giant) in the Balkan region. He was a member of BoD of Promonte GSM (in the 1990’s), as well as a member of BoD of Cosmote Mobile Telecommunications (2000-2008)[5]. He was also involved in the Shipping Cruise Industry, and was a member of BoD of Festival Cruises (2000-2004), as well as the Banking sector, as a shareholder and member of BoD of First Business Bank (2001-2007).[6][7]
In 2003, he founded W Marine Inc, a shipping company, which now operates a fleet of 10 dry bulk carrier vessels, mostly Post-Panamaxes and Kamsarmaxes.[8][9] From 2004-2017 he was the Managing Partner of Sarantitis Law Firm (a major Greek Law Firm), and is currently the major stake holder.[10]
In 2005, he founded W Real Estate Investments S.A., a property holding company with diversified commercial and touristic assets.[11][12]
He was also the benefactor of the construction of AEK Agia Sophia Stadium in December 2018.[13]
Awards and honours
- Honorary Consul of Norway in Greece since February 2009. Awarded in December 2018 with the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit, Knight First Class.[14][15][16]
References
- ↑ https://www.norway.no/en/greece/for-nordmenn/konsulater/#NorwegianHonoraryConsulateinPiraeus
- ↑ http://www.invgr.com/telenor_promonte_montenegro.htm
- ↑ http://www.sarantitis.com/index.php/athens-office/40-yiannis-sarantitis
- ↑ http://www.sarantitis.com/index.php/athens-office/40-yiannis-sarantitis
- ↑ http://www.invgr.com/telenor_promonte_montenegro.htm
- ↑ https://www.marinelink.com/news/carriers-dolphin-orders370463
- ↑ https://www.marinelink.com/news/dolphin-carrier-orders370830
- ↑ http://www.wmarine.com/
- ↑ http://www.landseaairmagazine.com/2017/02/02/w-marine/
- ↑ http://www.sarantitis.com/index.php/athens-office/40-yiannis-sarantitis
- ↑ http://www.ship2shore.it/en/shipping/marwave-shipmanagement-lost-its-last-bulk-carrier_68579.htm
- ↑ https://splash247.com/w-marine-snaps-up-another-kamsarmax/
- ↑ http://www.sarantitis.com/index.php/athens-office/40-yiannis-sarantitis
- ↑ https://www.norway.no/en/greece/for-nordmenn/konsulater/#NorwegianHonoraryConsulateinPiraeus
- ↑ https://www.embassypages.com/missions/embassy15256/
- ↑ https://www.gtp.gr/TDirectoryDetails.asp?ID=5765