Company: DSX-PB
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001562762-25-000050
Chunk: 168

Company: DIANA SHIPPING INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 6
Chunk 168
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Semiramis

Paliou

has

served

as

a

Director

of

Diana

Shipping

Inc.

since

March

2015,

and

as

the

Company’s

Chief

Executive

Officer,

Chairperson

of

the

Executive

Committee

and

member

of

the

Sustainability

Committee

since

March

2021.

Ms.

Paliou

has

been

the

Chief

Executive

Officer

of

Diana

Shipping Services S. A.

since March 2021.

She also serves

as a Director

of OceanPal Inc.

(NASDAQ: OP)

since

April

2021

and

as

the

Chairperson

of

the

Board

of

Directors

and

of

the

Executive

Committee

of

OceanPal Inc.

since November

2021. Ms.

Paliou is

the Chairperson

of the

Hellenic Marine

Environment

Protection Association (HELMEPA), a position she has

held since June 2020,

while she joined its

board of

directors in

March 2018.

As of

July 2023,

she serves

as Chairperson

of INTERMEPA. She

is also

a member

of

the

board

of

directors

of

the

UK

P& I

Club

since

November

2020,

member

of

the

Union

of

Greek

Shipowners since February

2022 and member

of the Global

Maritime Forum since

April 2022. She

is Vice-

Chairperson of the Greek committee of

Det Norske Veritas,

a member of the Greek

committee of Nippon

Kaiji Kyokai, Bureau Veritas, American Bureau of Shipping and Hellenic War Risks

Ms. Paliou

has over

20 years

of experience

in shipping

operations, technical

management and

crewing.

She began her

career at Lloyd’s

Register of Shipping

where she worked

as a trainee

ship surveyor from

1996

to

1998.

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 201