Thomas A. Kazakos is the Director General of the Cyprus Shipping Chamber. Mr. Kazakos is also a
Member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the Cyprus Employers and
Industrialists Federation (ΟΕΒ), as well as, the Board of Directors of the Cyprus Chamber of
Commerce and Industry (ΚΕΒΕ). He has previously served as a Board Member of the Cyprus Ports
Authority and the Cyprus Investment Promotion Agency (CIPA). Similarly, he represents the
Shipping Chamber at the Board of Directors of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) in
London and the European Community Shipowners’ Association (ECSA) in Brussels where, since
2015, he has also been appointed as Chairman of the ECSA State Aid Committee. Since November
2017, he has been appointed by the European Commission, to the Board of Directors of the
European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) in Lisbon, representing European shipowners. He
studied in the UK, where he obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Law and a Master’s Degree in
European & International Trade Law.