Yannis Xylas Elected as New Chairman of Intercargo

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  • INTERCARGO Elects New Leadership Team at Annual Meeting.
  • Yannis Xylas Takes the Helm as INTERCARGO Chairman.
  • New Leader Appointed to Tackle Decarbonization Challenges.

Intercargo held its Annual General Meeting in London on 15 October, electing Yannis Xylas as the new Chairman. Metaxia Psalti and Dimitris Monioudis were nominated as Vice Chairman and Technical Committee Chairman, respectively, as the team gears up to confront decarbonization and other major challenges in the industry while celebrating outgoing Chairman Dimitri Fafalios, reports Safety4Sea.

New Leadership Team

Joining Xylas in the leadership are:

  1. Metaxia Psalti, Chief Operating Officer at Neda Maritime Agency Co Ltd, was elected as the Vice Chairman of INTERCARGO.
  2. Dimitris Monioudis, Managing Director at Rethymnis & Kulukundis Ltd, was elected as the Technical Committee Chairman.
  3. Cesare D’Api, Group Technical Director at d’Amico Shipping Group, expressed pride in being elected as the Technical Committee Vice Chairman of INTERCARGO, effective January 2025.

Insights from the news leader.

“I am deeply grateful for the support and confidence shown in electing me as Intercargo’s Vice Chair, and I look forward to working together to advance our shared goals,” said Metaxia Psalti.

Focus on Decarbonization

The new leaders will face a number of issues, but the focus for them is decarbonization. Their collaboration will be the drive to take them forward into the pragmatic solutions and strategies into the organization.

Mood for Leaving Leadership

End of Dimitri Fafalios’ six-year tenure, who enormously contributed to taking INTERCARGO’s mission forward. “ I would like to express my great appreciation to Mr. Dimitri Fafalios, who, after six years, will hand over the leadership of INTERCARGO, having constantly pushed this prestigious organization towards excellence”, stated Cesare D’Api in a LinkedIn post.

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Source: Safety4Sea