George Xiradakis
Founder - Managing Director, XRTC Business Consultants
George Xiradakis graduated from the Nautical Marine Academy of Aspropyrgos and Captain of Hellenic Merchant Marine. He holds a diploma in Commercial Operations from City of London Polytechnic and an MSc in Maritime Studies from the University of Wales.
In 1995 he was the Vice President of Credit Lyonnais Shipping Group responsible for the bank’s European shipping finance activities. In 1997 he took over as Deputy General Manager of Head of Shipping for Greece, Middle East and India for Credit Lyonnais group. In 1999 he established XRTC Business Consultants and since then he has been the Managing Director of the company. XRTC acted as Commercial Representative of the French Banks Credit Lyonnais (up to 2004) and Natixis (up to 2008).
He has also been Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hellenic Public Real Estate Corporation (2004-2006), and the first President of the Hellenic Ports Development Center (HPDC) (2006-2007). He is currently Member of the Board of Directors in Dryships Inc (Listed Nasdaq) and Paragon Shipping Inc (NYSE).