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Christos Giannopoulos, Director of Underwriting & Portfolio Management for Maritime Finance since 2022. Christos has over $1 billion in new business underwriting and manages more than $0.5 billion of loans. Christos joined Maritime Finance as an associate in June 2018.
Prior to joining First Citizens' Maritime Finance, Christos covered the maritime sector as Research Analyst for Navios Maritime Group, one of the largest publicly traded international owner and operator of dry cargo, container, and tanker vessels, and as Investment Banking analyst for a boutique investment bank in New York.
Christos has a master’s in international business from HULT International Business School in Cambridge Massachusetts and B.S. in Shipping, Trade & Transportation from Aegean University in Chios, Greece.
Prior to joining First Citizens' Maritime Finance, Christos covered the maritime sector as Research Analyst for Navios Maritime Group, one of the largest publicly traded international owner and operator of dry cargo, container, and tanker vessels, and as Investment Banking analyst for a boutique investment bank in New York.
Christos has a master’s in international business from HULT International Business School in Cambridge Massachusetts and B.S. in Shipping, Trade & Transportation from Aegean University in Chios, Greece.
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Maritime Finance offers customized solutions for secured loans to a global client base of vessel owners and operators.
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First Citizens Bank helps personal, business, commercial and wealth clients build financial strength that lasts. Founded in 1898 and headquartered in Raleigh, N.C., First Citizens is the largest family-controlled bank in the United States, providing a unique legacy of strength, stability and long-term thinking that has spanned generations. We offer an array of general banking services including a network of 500-plus branches in 23 states; commercial banking expertise delivering best-in-class lending, leasing and other financial services coast to coast; and a nationwide direct bank. Parent company First Citizens BancShares, Inc. (NASDAQ: FCNCA) is a top 20 U.S. financial institution with more than $218 billion in assets. Discover more at firstcitizens.com.
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