George G. Spanos
Shipping Innovation Executive Consultant in New York // Athens
George has studied and specialized in Humanities & Psychology, Greece, Mech. Engineering, Wales, Int'l Shipping & Logistics, London, Creative Writing, Hellenic Studies and Early Christian Literature in a joint Harvard & MIT Expertise Course, Terrorism & Counter-terrorism, Hague, EU Matters, HEC Paris, and holds a Msc in Strategic Management of Environmental Crisis & Disaster, NCUA.
He's been a front-line entrepreneur in shipping, logistics, shipowning, ship management, forwarding, and trading companies. He's founded, bought, restructured, operated and sold transport companies in Greece, and represented Shipyards from France, China, and Colombia.
George has also been the Honorary General Consul of Colombia in Athens, for seven years till 2012. He enjoyed awards, and high distinctions from various Greek and Colombian Authorities and Institutions, due to his intensive and efficient handling of delicate humanitarian matters, and for strengthening the bilateral economic relations through cultural & business diplomacy.
He's served as President, BoD member, or Consultant in various Cultural Institutions and Clubs, always related to international resonance promoting Greek humanitarian & cultural values.
George realized his political perception with his 2004 Candidacy in the Greek National Elections. He's been a friendly consultant to MP's and Parties upon Shipping, Cultural & Humanitarian issues, for the last 20 years.
Being a natural emotional intelligent person, he espoused Paul Ekman's work and contribution in Recognizing, Detecting & Analyzing Micro-Subtle Facial Expressions, and he is a trained Expert in this field.
George will always be eagerly looking for new challenges to enrich, consolidate and share his genuine insight on humanitarian, political, and multicultural matters, as he does with his innovative business development projects in shipping energy transformation of existing and new ships towards a greener future.
He is mentoring start-uppers and coaches courageous entrepreneurs in turning their ideas into scalable and profitable investments.
George is a natural digger of history and brings to light real-life inspirational stories as a writer and researcher.