Dr. John Coustas
Dr. John Coustas, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Dr. John Coustas is our President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of our Board of Directors. He has over 30
years of experience in the shipping industry and assumed management of our company in 1987 from his father Dimitris
Coustas, who founded Danaos Shipping in 1972. He has been responsible for our corporate strategy and the management
of our affairs since that time. In 1986, Dr. Coustas co-founded Danaos Management Consultants, a company
specializing in Maritime Applications and Systems, with operational responsibility for the development of maritime
information systems and applications. Dr. Coustas is Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Swedish Club, a
member of the Board of Directors of the Union of Greek Shipowners and a member of the DNV Council. He holds a degree
from the Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens, as well as
a Master's degree in Computer Science and a Ph.D. in Computer Controls from Imperial College, London.