Group offices & teams

Eurofin is active in the investment and corporate banking sectors with a particular specialisation in the Maritime Industry. Amongst our Shipping Finance activities we deal with private and public shipping companies, capital markets transactions and the restructuring of problem loans.

The people

Anthony B Zolotas

Chief Executive Officer

MSc in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering and MSc in Shipping and Shipbuilding Management from M.I.T. After finishing his studies, he worked for a while as a superintendent engineer for two Greek shipping companies based in Piraeus. In 1977 he moved to London and held executive positions with a number of International Banks specialising in Shipping and Corporate Finance, before establishing Eurofin in 1984. At Eurofin, he used his technical and financial background to build a strong and successful financial advisory business with emphasis on shipping.

Anthony B Zolotas
Chief Executive Officer

Ioannis Alexopoulos

Managing Director, Athens

MSc Shipping, Trade and Finance, City University Business School, BSc Economics and Business Economics, Southampton University. Yiannis, gained experience in shipping through short-term employments with Golden Union Shipping Co. (which included time at sea) , Carriers Chartering S.A. in Piraeus and Angus Graham & Partners in London. He then joined Laiki Private Banking in Cyprus, an HSBC Group associate in 1999 where he held positions in both portfolio management and client advice, servicing expatriate as well as offshore High Net Worth Individuals. He joined the Athens office of Eurofin in 2002 and is now spearheading the company's shipping operations in Greece.

Ioannis Alexopoulos
Managing Director, Athens

Dimitris Belbas

Managing Director, Head of Shipping Finance, SEAFIN Pte Ltd

MBA, INSEAD. BSc & MSc in Mechanical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (ΕΜΠ). After working as a Logistics Manager for a multinational company in Greece, Dimitris joined Lamda Shipyards as Deputy Commercial and Technical Director, focusing on account management, drafting quotations and negotiating contracts. He was also a project manager in several ship and yacht repairs. After his MBA, Dimitris worked in the UK and Singapore before joining Seafin in 2008 where he has successfully expanded the group's corporate finance and shipping finance activities in the Asia Pacific region out of the Singapore office and participated as a speaker in shipping finance forums.

Dimitris Belbas
Managing Director, Head of Shipping Finance, SEAFIN Pte Ltd

Michael Zolotas

Managing Director, London

MBA, INSEAD. BA & MA in Economics & Management at Oxford University. Having started as an analyst at Deutsche Bank, he rose through the ranks to become Managing Director and European Head of Shipping & Logistics within the Investment Banking Division in London. Michael has originated, structured and executed in excess of 40 shipping related transactions across a broad range of products, including Structured Finance, M&A, ECM and LDCM. He has been running Eurofin’s London office since 2018, focusing on European and US shipping companies and capital providers.

Michael Zolotas
Managing Director, London

Gonzague Archambeaud

Managing Director Investment & Debt Advisory

ESCP Paris business school Master, DSCG finance. Gonzague started his shipping career in 2003 in Singapore at Louis Dreyfus Armateurs. After several finance positions within the Group covering logistics, ferry and bulk businesses, he has been appointed Group Chief Financial Officer in 2016 in Paris. After moving in Switzerland in 2020, he decided to focus on helping shipowners to get easier access to alternative financing solutions. He joined Eurofin Group as Managing Director Investment & Debt Advisory in 2021 to lead this project.

Gonzague Archambeaud
Managing Director Investment & Debt Advisory

Spiros Vellas

Head of Corporate Finance

MSc in Finance & Economics, London School of Economics. Spiros started his career engaged in a project finance venture in Italy and further moved onto the corporate side, involved in the IPO process and IR management of Alpha Infotech in Athens. He then worked for Eurobank on various risk management projects and loan securitisations. Further, he switched to investment banking with Lead Finance, a corporate finance boutique actively involved in buyside and sellside in M&A, debt and corporate restructures. Prior to joining Eurofin in 2015 as head of Corporate Finance, he was employed by Clayton. His role was focused on the participation and management on projects for Greek and international financial institutions in corporate finance advisory, loan portfolio due diligence & valuations and AQR.

Spiros Vellas
Head of Corporate Finance

Gerasimos Zolotas

Executive Director

BA in Communication from the American College of Greece. Worked for Dreamtech Software, a software developer that specializes in shipping, where he helped develop client relationships and assisted in the functionality design and testing of new modules for the software. He joined Eurofin in November 2009 as an analyst and is now involved in financial analysis and modeling for Eurofin's international clientele in the shipping industry.

Gerasimos Zolotas
Executive Director

Filippos Migliaressis

Analyst

BSc in Economics and Management, University of Bristol. Filippos started his career at Optima Bank’s Corporate Banking Division, where he was responsible for evaluating company profiles and preparing financial analyses and models to assess financing possibilities and operating terms with prospective clients. He joined Eurofin’s team in April 2022, as an analyst.

Filippos Migliaressis
Analyst

Katerina Galanou

Manager

MSc in International Shipping and Finance, Henley Business School, University of Reading, BSc Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business. Katerina started her shipping career in 2014, as a trainee at Oceanstar Management Inc and in 2015, she joined the Finance Department of Danaos Corporation, a US (NYSE) publicly listed shipping company, working closely with the Group’s Chief Financial Officer. She joined the Athens office of Eurofin Group in September 2023.

Katerina Galanou
Manager

Anastasia Litsardopoulou

Analyst

BSc in Business Administration, Athens University of Economics & Business. Anastasia started her career in November 2020, at the Athens office of Aksia (an international Alternative Investments Advisory firm), initially as an analyst at the Risk Management department and since October 2022, as a member of the Private Credit Investment Research team. Anastasia joined the Athens office of Eurofin Group, as an analyst in September 2023.

Anastasia Litsardopoulou
Analyst

Makis Mendoros

Associate

MBA, Warwick University. Makis, has spent 46 years in Greek banking. Commenced his carrier with Commercial Bank of Greece in 1970-72 and moved to JP Morgan Chase in 1972-76. Worked for Williams & Glyn’s Bank, now RBS in 1979-81 and in October 1981 joint Midland Bank plc, now HSBC France, Athens Branch. Was part of the initial team that established Midland Bank plc in Piraeus that year. During the period 07/2013 to 09/2019 headed the shipping activities of HSBC in Greece. Served HSBC for 38 consecutive years until end of September 2019. Since September 2020 cooperates with the Athens office of Eurofin focusing on the expansion of its advisory services to the local shipping community.

Makis Mendoros
Associate

Panos Solomonidis

Associate

MBA, INSEAD. MSc (Structural Eng), Southampton U. Worked as a construction site Manager, IT analyst (Military service), and Financial Consultant with one of the “Big 8” auditing firms prior to joining HSBC Piraeus in 1987. During a 25 year career in ship financing with HSBC Panos established close ties with numerous ship-owners, financiers, and other influential professionals in Greek Shipping. In addition to structuring and executing shipping loans, he advised owners on cross-border banking transactions, hedging strategies and structured investments. In cooperation with Eurofin since January 2013.

Panos Solomonidis
Associate

Frank Pedder

Associate, London

MSc in Economics and Business Administration at Norwegian School of Economics (NHH). Frank started his career with Manufacturers Hanover (JP Morgan) as a credit analyst and spent 13 years with JP Morgan in Oslo, London and New York, most recently as Head of Shipping Americas in New York. In 2002 Frank joined DVB Bank as Partner of the M&A/Advisory team, and in 2006 joined DNB where he spent 7 years as Head of Corporate Finance and Senior Advisor, London. Since 2013, Frank has worked as an independent advisor. Frank’s expertise and transaction experience span a broad range of products including traditional shipfinance lending, alternative lenders/credit funds, sale leaseback, Norwegian project market, public debt capital markets (Norwegian/US bond and private placements), M&A, Private Equity, public equity and financial restructuring.

Frank Pedder
Associate, London

Group offices

Athens

Eurofin S.A was formed in 1989 in Athens to further expand the activities of Eurofin International, taking better care of the promising Greek and South Eastern Europe shipping clients. Moreover, at the time Greece was undergoing a structural reform in a number of sectors and Eurofin associated itself with a number of prominent investment banks to participate in privatizations and capital market transactions.
Eurofin SA
11 Neofytou Douka
GR-106 74 Athens
Greece
Tel.: +30 210 36 23 334
Fax.: +30 210 36 40373
eurofin@eurofingroup.com

Lausanne

In 2021, Eurofin Group (or the Group) expanded its operations in Switzerland by establishing an office in Lausanne in order to expand its marketing activities in Western, Central and Northern Europe, while also developing relationships with some of the biggest shipping and trading companies based in Switzerland.
Eurofin International Ltd
Boulevard de Grancy, 5
1006 Lausanne
Switzerland
Tel: +41(0)78.219.06.89
Tel: +33(0)6.77.12.13.02

London

Eurofin International, formed in London in 1984, is the forerunner of the Group. The objective was to provide funding for shipping projects at a time of deep recession in the industry. In addition, banks having problems in this sector chose Eurofin to assist them in restructuring portfolios or obtaining an impartial advice of how best to resolve issues. With the improvement in the fortunes in the shipping sector, a number of Eurofin shipping clients sought to obtain advice for their other non shipping related projects, which started the Group’s involvement in other sectors.
Eurofin International Ltd
The Pavillion
96 Kensington High St
London W8 4SG
United Kingdom
G.E.M.I. number 1195901000
Tel.: +44 207 751 5515
eurofin@eurofingroup.com

Singapore

SEAFIN Pte Ltd was established in Singapore in early 2007 with the objective to maximize the synergies between the Asian shipping network and experience with the European knowhow and expertise in shipping finance. The company provides shipowners, charterers, investors, banks and finance houses a full range of financial services including financial advice, deal structuring, transaction and financial support, and financial market intelligence.

Seafin is focused on pure Asian deals, at the same time however it bridges Eurofin’s existing network of owners, investors and banks in Europe with their Asian shipping counterparts in exploring cross continental opportunities for cooperation.

Seafin Pte Ltd.
120 Robinson Road
#15-01, 068913
Singapore
Tel: +65 6812 5717
seafin@seafin.com.sg

The people

Anthony B Zolotas

Chief Executive Officer

MSc in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering and MSc in Shipping and Shipbuilding Management from M.I.T. After finishing his studies, he worked for a while as a superintendent engineer for two Greek shipping companies based in Piraeus. In 1977 he moved to London and held executive positions with a number of International Banks specialising in Shipping and Corporate Finance, before establishing Eurofin in 1984. At Eurofin, he used his technical and financial background to build a strong and successful financial advisory business with emphasis on shipping.

Anthony B Zolotas
Chief Executive Officer

Ioannis Alexopoulos

Managing Director, Athens

MSc Shipping, Trade and Finance, City University Business School, BSc Economics and Business Economics, Southampton University. Yiannis, gained experience in shipping through short-term employments with Golden Union Shipping Co. (which included time at sea) , Carriers Chartering S.A. in Piraeus and Angus Graham & Partners in London. He then joined Laiki Private Banking in Cyprus, an HSBC Group associate in 1999 where he held positions in both portfolio management and client advice, servicing expatriate as well as offshore High Net Worth Individuals. He joined the Athens office of Eurofin in 2002 and is now spearheading the company's shipping operations in Greece.

Ioannis Alexopoulos
Managing Director, Athens

Dimitris Belbas

Managing Director, Head of Shipping Finance, SEAFIN Pte Ltd

MBA, INSEAD. BSc & MSc in Mechanical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (ΕΜΠ). After working as a Logistics Manager for a multinational company in Greece, Dimitris joined Lamda Shipyards as Deputy Commercial and Technical Director, focusing on account management, drafting quotations and negotiating contracts. He was also a project manager in several ship and yacht repairs. After his MBA, Dimitris worked in the UK and Singapore before joining Seafin in 2008 where he has successfully expanded the group's corporate finance and shipping finance activities in the Asia Pacific region out of the Singapore office and participated as a speaker in shipping finance forums.

Dimitris Belbas
Managing Director, Head of Shipping Finance, SEAFIN Pte Ltd

Michael Zolotas

Managing Director, London

MBA, INSEAD. BA & MA in Economics & Management at Oxford University. Having started as an analyst at Deutsche Bank, he rose through the ranks to become Managing Director and European Head of Shipping & Logistics within the Investment Banking Division in London. Michael has originated, structured and executed in excess of 40 shipping related transactions across a broad range of products, including Structured Finance, M&A, ECM and LDCM. He has been running Eurofin’s London office since 2018, focusing on European and US shipping companies and capital providers.

Michael Zolotas
Managing Director, London

Gonzague Archambeaud

Managing Director Investment & Debt Advisory

ESCP Paris business school Master, DSCG finance. Gonzague started his shipping career in 2003 in Singapore at Louis Dreyfus Armateurs. After several finance positions within the Group covering logistics, ferry and bulk businesses, he has been appointed Group Chief Financial Officer in 2016 in Paris. After moving in Switzerland in 2020, he decided to focus on helping shipowners to get easier access to alternative financing solutions. He joined Eurofin Group as Managing Director Investment & Debt Advisory in 2021 to lead this project.

Gonzague Archambeaud
Managing Director Investment & Debt Advisory

Spiros Vellas

Head of Corporate Finance

MSc in Finance & Economics, London School of Economics. Spiros started his career engaged in a project finance venture in Italy and further moved onto the corporate side, involved in the IPO process and IR management of Alpha Infotech in Athens. He then worked for Eurobank on various risk management projects and loan securitisations. Further, he switched to investment banking with Lead Finance, a corporate finance boutique actively involved in buyside and sellside in M&A, debt and corporate restructures. Prior to joining Eurofin in 2015 as head of Corporate Finance, he was employed by Clayton. His role was focused on the participation and management on projects for Greek and international financial institutions in corporate finance advisory, loan portfolio due diligence & valuations and AQR.

Spiros Vellas
Head of Corporate Finance

Gerasimos Zolotas

Executive Director

BA in Communication from the American College of Greece. Worked for Dreamtech Software, a software developer that specializes in shipping, where he helped develop client relationships and assisted in the functionality design and testing of new modules for the software. He joined Eurofin in November 2009 as an analyst and is now involved in financial analysis and modeling for Eurofin's international clientele in the shipping industry.

Gerasimos Zolotas
Executive Director

Filippos Migliaressis

Analyst

BSc in Economics and Management, University of Bristol. Filippos started his career at Optima Bank’s Corporate Banking Division, where he was responsible for evaluating company profiles and preparing financial analyses and models to assess financing possibilities and operating terms with prospective clients. He joined Eurofin’s team in April 2022, as an analyst.

Filippos Migliaressis
Analyst

Katerina Galanou

Manager

MSc in International Shipping and Finance, Henley Business School, University of Reading, BSc Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business. Katerina started her shipping career in 2014, as a trainee at Oceanstar Management Inc and in 2015, she joined the Finance Department of Danaos Corporation, a US (NYSE) publicly listed shipping company, working closely with the Group’s Chief Financial Officer. She joined the Athens office of Eurofin Group in September 2023.

Katerina Galanou
Manager

Anastasia Litsardopoulou

Analyst

BSc in Business Administration, Athens University of Economics & Business. Anastasia started her career in November 2020, at the Athens office of Aksia (an international Alternative Investments Advisory firm), initially as an analyst at the Risk Management department and since October 2022, as a member of the Private Credit Investment Research team. Anastasia joined the Athens office of Eurofin Group, as an analyst in September 2023.

Anastasia Litsardopoulou
Analyst

Makis Mendoros

Associate

MBA, Warwick University. Makis, has spent 46 years in Greek banking. Commenced his carrier with Commercial Bank of Greece in 1970-72 and moved to JP Morgan Chase in 1972-76. Worked for Williams & Glyn’s Bank, now RBS in 1979-81 and in October 1981 joint Midland Bank plc, now HSBC France, Athens Branch. Was part of the initial team that established Midland Bank plc in Piraeus that year. During the period 07/2013 to 09/2019 headed the shipping activities of HSBC in Greece. Served HSBC for 38 consecutive years until end of September 2019. Since September 2020 cooperates with the Athens office of Eurofin focusing on the expansion of its advisory services to the local shipping community.

Makis Mendoros
Associate

Panos Solomonidis

Associate

MBA, INSEAD. MSc (Structural Eng), Southampton U. Worked as a construction site Manager, IT analyst (Military service), and Financial Consultant with one of the “Big 8” auditing firms prior to joining HSBC Piraeus in 1987. During a 25 year career in ship financing with HSBC Panos established close ties with numerous ship-owners, financiers, and other influential professionals in Greek Shipping. In addition to structuring and executing shipping loans, he advised owners on cross-border banking transactions, hedging strategies and structured investments. In cooperation with Eurofin since January 2013.

Panos Solomonidis
Associate

Frank Pedder

Associate, London

MSc in Economics and Business Administration at Norwegian School of Economics (NHH). Frank started his career with Manufacturers Hanover (JP Morgan) as a credit analyst and spent 13 years with JP Morgan in Oslo, London and New York, most recently as Head of Shipping Americas in New York. In 2002 Frank joined DVB Bank as Partner of the M&A/Advisory team, and in 2006 joined DNB where he spent 7 years as Head of Corporate Finance and Senior Advisor, London. Since 2013, Frank has worked as an independent advisor. Frank’s expertise and transaction experience span a broad range of products including traditional shipfinance lending, alternative lenders/credit funds, sale leaseback, Norwegian project market, public debt capital markets (Norwegian/US bond and private placements), M&A, Private Equity, public equity and financial restructuring.

Frank Pedder
Associate, London

Group offices

Athens

Eurofin S.A was formed in 1989 in Athens to further expand the activities of Eurofin International, taking better care of the promising Greek and South Eastern Europe shipping clients. Moreover, at the time Greece was undergoing a structural reform in a number of sectors and Eurofin associated itself with a number of prominent investment banks to participate in privatizations and capital market transactions.
Eurofin SA
11 Neofytou Douka
GR-106 74 Athens
Greece
Tel.: +30 210 36 23 334
Fax.: +30 210 36 40373
eurofin@eurofingroup.com

Lausanne

In 2021, Eurofin Group (or the Group) expanded its operations in Switzerland by establishing an office in Lausanne in order to expand its marketing activities in Western, Central and Northern Europe, while also developing relationships with some of the biggest shipping and trading companies based in Switzerland.
Eurofin International Ltd
Boulevard de Grancy, 5
1006 Lausanne
Switzerland
Tel: +41(0)78.219.06.89
Tel: +33(0)6.77.12.13.02

London

Eurofin International, formed in London in 1984, is the forerunner of the Group. The objective was to provide funding for shipping projects at a time of deep recession in the industry. In addition, banks having problems in this sector chose Eurofin to assist them in restructuring portfolios or obtaining an impartial advice of how best to resolve issues. With the improvement in the fortunes in the shipping sector, a number of Eurofin shipping clients sought to obtain advice for their other non shipping related projects, which started the Group’s involvement in other sectors.
Eurofin International Ltd
The Pavillion
96 Kensington High St
London W8 4SG
United Kingdom
G.E.M.I. number 1195901000
Tel.: +44 207 751 5515
eurofin@eurofingroup.com

Singapore

SEAFIN Pte Ltd was established in Singapore in early 2007 with the objective to maximize the synergies between the Asian shipping network and experience with the European knowhow and expertise in shipping finance. The company provides shipowners, charterers, investors, banks and finance houses a full range of financial services including financial advice, deal structuring, transaction and financial support, and financial market intelligence.

Seafin is focused on pure Asian deals, at the same time however it bridges Eurofin’s existing network of owners, investors and banks in Europe with their Asian shipping counterparts in exploring cross continental opportunities for cooperation.

Seafin Pte Ltd.
120 Robinson Road
#15-01, 068913
Singapore
Tel: +65 6812 5717
seafin@seafin.com.sg