Company: DSX-PB
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001562762-25-000050
Chunk: 172

Company: DIANA SHIPPING INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 6
Chunk 172
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until

February

2021)

and

continues

to

hold

the

positions

of

Director

and Treasurer.

Also,

he has

served as

a

Director of

OceanPal Inc.

(NASDAQ: OP)

since April

2021. He has also served as the

President, Secretary and Interim Chief

Financial Officer of OceanPal Inc.

from November 2021 to April 2023. He is also member of the Executive

Committee of OceanPal Inc.

From June 1997 to

February 2005, Mr.

Zafirakis was employed by

Diana Shipping Agencies S. A., where

he held

a number

of positions in

finance and

accounting. From January

2010 to

February 2020,

he also

served as Director and

Secretary of Performance

Shipping Inc. (ex. Diana

Containerships Inc.) (NASDAQ:

PSHG),

where

he

held

various

executive

positions

such

as

Chief

Operating

Officer

and

Chief

Strategy

Officer.

Mr.

Zafirakis,

currently

also

acts

as

Director,

President,

Secretary

and

Treasurer,

for

Sea

Transportation Inc.

Mr. Zafirakis is

a member

of the

Business Advisory

Committee of

the Shipping

Programs of

ALBA Graduate

Business School at

The American College

of Greece. In

2024, Mr.

Zafirakis attended and

completed the

Advanced

Management

Programme

at

INSEAD

Business

School

in

Singapore.

Mr.

Zafirakis

has

also

obtained

a

certificate

in

“ Blockchain

Economics:

An

Introduction

to

Cryptocurrencies”

from

Panteion

University of

Social and

Political Sciences

in Greece.

He holds

a bachelor's

degree in

Business Studies

from City University Business School in London and a master's degree in International Transport from the

University of Wales in Cardiff.

Eleftherios (Lefteris) A. Papatrifon

has served as a Director and a member of the Executive Committee

of Diana

Shipping Inc.

since February

2023. Prior

to this

appointment, he

served as

Chief Operating

Officer

of the Company from March 2021 to February