Georgios Akhniotis

Chief Executive Officer and Director 

Georgios Akhniotis has been our Chief Executive Officer since October 2022 and Director. Previously, Mr. Akhniotis has served as Executive Vice President—Business Development since January 2008 and has been Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. (“Navios Holdings”) Chief Financial Officer since April 2007. Prior to being appointed Chief Financial Officer of Navios Holdings, Mr. Akhniotis served as Senior Vice President-Business Development of Navios Holdings from August 2006 to April 2007. Before joining Navios Holdings, Mr. Akhniotis was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers (“PwC”) in Greece, heading the Piraeus office and the firm’s shipping practice. He became a partner at PwC in 1999 when he set up and headed the firm’s internal audit services department from which all Sarbanes-Oxley Act implementation and consultation projects were performed. Mr. Akhniotis has served as a director of Navios Maritime Partners L.P. since August 2007, and since February 2008 as the Executive Vice President-Business Development. He has more than 19 years’ experience in the accounting profession with work experience in England, Cyprus and Greece. Mr. Akhniotis qualified as a Chartered Accountant in England and Wales in 1991 and he holds a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Manchester.