Rear Admiral (retired) Panagiotis Laskaridis
Member of the Board of the War Museum
He was born in Athens in 1947.
He graduated from the German School of Athens in 1965.
He graduated from the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany in 1970 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering (Diplom-Ingenieur).
He graduated from Kings College University, London in 1971 with a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering.
He graduated from University College London in 1972 with a Diploma in Naval Engineering (Department of Naval Architecture, English Navy).
He graduated from University College London in 1972 with a Master of Science degree in Naval Architecture (Department of Naval Architecture, English Navy).
Honorary Doctorate of the Department of Economics of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (EKPA)
Honorary Doctorate of the Department of Economics of the University of Piraeus
Honorary Rear Admiral of the Hellenic Navy
Fellow, Institute of Marine Engineers (U.K.)
Fellow, Institute of Mechanical Engineers (U.K.)
Fellow, Royal Institution of Naval Architects (U.K.)
Fellow, SNAME (Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers – U.S.A.)
He served in the Navy from 1972 to 1975.
He founded Laskaridis Shipping Co. Ltd. and Lavinia Corporation in 1977 and remains their Managing Director to date, owning 88 vessels.
He has served from time to time in the following organisations:
- President of the European Chartered Shipowners’ Association (ECSA)
- Chairman and member of the Board of Directors of The United Kingdom, Freight Demurrage and Defence Association (U.K.)
- Member of the Board of Directors of The Hellenic War Risks Maritime Association (The Hellenic Club)
- President of the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation
- Vice President of the Maritime Museum of Greece
- Member of the Technical Chamber of Greece
- Member of the Greek Committee Bureau Veritas (French Register of Shipping)
- Member of the Greek Committee of Lloyds Register of Ships (English Register of Shipping)
- Member of the Greek NKK Committee – Tokyo (Japanese Sea Knower)
- Member of the Greek Committee of DNV (Norwegian Register of Shipping)
- Member of the Greek Committee of RINA (Italian navigator)
- Member of the Greek Committee of CCS (Chinese Classification Society)
- Honorary member of the Retired Officers Club of the L.S.
- Member of the Hellenic Institute of Marine Technology
- Honorary member of the Hellenic Institute of Naval History
He has been decorated:
– with the Senior Brigadier of the Order of Honor
– with the Order of Merit and Honour of the First Class
– with the Superior Order of the Cross of Merit and Honour
He had three daughters and a son with Marilena Coombes (+).
