Director and Chairperson of the Board
Semiramis Paliou has served as a Director since April
2021. Mrs. Paliou is the Chairperson of the Board of Directors and of the
Executive Committee of the Company since November 2021. Mrs. Paliou has served
as a Director of Diana Shipping Inc. since March 2015. She has also served as
Chief Executive Officer, Chairperson of the Executive Committee and a member of
the Sustainability Committee of Diana Shipping Inc. since March 1, 2021. She
previously served as Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Diana Shipping Inc. from
October 2019 until February 2021. Mrs. Paliou also served as member of the
Executive Committee and the Chief Operating Officer of Diana Shipping Inc. from
August 2018 until February 2021. Mrs. Paliou also serves as Chief Executive
Officer of Diana Shipping Services S.A. From November 2018 to February 2020
Mrs. Paliou also served as Chief Operating Officer of Performance Shipping Inc.
Mrs. Paliou has over 20 years of experience in shipping operations, technical
management and crewing. Mrs. Paliou began her career at Lloyd’s Register of
Shipping from 1996 to 1998 as a trainee ship surveyor. She was then employed by
Diana Shipping Agencies S.A. From 2007 to 2010 she was employed as a Director
and President of Alpha Sigma Shipping Corp. From February 2010 to November 2015,
she was the Head of the Operations, Technical and Crew department of Diana
Shipping Services S.A. From November 2015 to October 2016, she served as Vice-
President of the same company. From November 2016 to the end of July 2018, she
served as Managing Director and Head of the Technical, Operations, Crew and
Supply department of Unitized Ocean Transport Limited. Ms. Paliou obtained her
BSc in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College, London and her MSc in
Naval Architecture from University College, London. Ms. Paliou completed
courses in “Finance for Senior Executives” and in “Authentic Leader Development”
and a certificate program on "Sustainable Business Strategy" all at
Harvard Business School. She is the daughter of Simeon Palios, the Chairman of
Diana Shipping Inc., and is Vice-Chairperson of the Greek committee of Det
Norske Veritas, a member of the Greek committee of Nippon Kaiji Kyokai and a
member of the Greek committee of Bureau Veritas. Since March 2018, Ms. Paliou
has served on the board of directors of the Hellenic Marine Environment
Protection Association (HELMEPA) and serves as the Chairperson since June
2020. As of July 2023, she serves as
Chairperson of INTERMEPA. She previously served as Vice- Chairperson of
INTERMEPA from July 2021 until July 2023. Also, she is a member of the board of
directors of the UK P&I Club since November 2020, as of February 2022
member of the Union of Greek Shipowners and as of April 2022 member of the
Global Maritime Forum.