Company: DSX-PB
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001562762-25-000050
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Company: DIANA SHIPPING INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 6
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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. From November 2018

to

February

2020,

she

worked

as

Chief

Operating

Officer

of

Performance

Shipping

Inc.

(ex.

Diana

Containerships Inc.)

(NASDAQ: PSHG).

From October

2019 until

February 2021,

Ms. Paliou

served as

Deputy

Chief

Executive

Officer

of

Diana

Shipping

Inc.

She

also

served

as

member

of

the

Executive

Committee and the Chief Operating Officer of the Company from August 2018

until February 2021.

Ms.

Paliou obtained

her BSc

in Mechanical

Engineering from

Imperial College,

London and

her MSc

in

Naval

Architecture

from

University

College,

London.

She

completed

courses

in

“ Finance

for

Senior

Executives”,

in

“ Authentic

Leader

Development”

and

a

certificate

program

on

“ Sustainable

Business

Strategy” all at

Harvard Business

School. Ms. Paliou

is also the

daughter of Simeon

Palios, the Company’s

Chairman.

Simeon

P.

Palios

has

served

as

the

Chairman

of

the

Board

of

Directors

of

Diana

Shipping

Inc.

since

February

2005

and

a

Director

of

the

Company

since

March

1999.

He

served

as

the

Company’s

Chief

Executive Officer

from February

2005 until

February 2021.

Mr. Palios also

serves as

the President

of Diana

Shipping Services

S. A. which

was formed

in 1986.

Mr. Palios has

experience in

the shipping