Company: DSX-PB
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001562762-25-000050
Chunk: 177

Company: DIANA SHIPPING INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 6
Chunk 177
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by

Venus

Enterprises

S. A.,

a

ship-management company,

where

she

held

a

number

of

positions primarily in accounting and supplies.

Ms. Dede holds a Bachelor’s

degree in Maritime Studies

from the University of

Piraeus, a Master’s

degree

in Business

Administration from the

ALBA Graduate Business

School and a

Master’s degree in

Auditing

and Accounting from the Greek Institute of Chartered Accountants.

Margarita

Veniou

has

served

as

the

Chief

Corporate

Development,

Governance

&

Communications

Officer of Diana

Shipping Inc. since

July 2022. From

September 2004 until June

2022, she served in

the

Corporate

Planning

&

Governance

Department

of

Diana

Shipping

Inc.,

holding

various

positions

as

Associate,

Officer

and

Manager.

Ms.

Veniou

is

also

the

Corporate

Development,

Governance

&

Communications Manager of Diana Shipping Services S. A., a position she has held since 2022, and from

2004 to 2022

she held

various other

positions at

Diana Shipping

Services S. A.

In addition,

since November

2021, Ms. Veniou has served

as the Chief

Corporate Development &

Governance Officer of

OceanPal Inc.

(NASDAQ: OP) and

she has also served

as the company’s

Board Secretary since April

2023. She is the

General Manager of Steamship Shipbroking Enterprises Inc., a position

she has held since April 2014.

From

January

2010

to

February

2020,

Ms.

Veniou

also

held

the

position

of

Corporate

Planning

&

90

Governance Officer of Performance Shipping Inc. (ex. Diana Containerships

Inc.) (NASDAQ: PSHG).

Ms. Veniou

holds a bachelor's

degree in Maritime

Studies and a

master's degree in Maritime

Economics

& Policy from the University of

Piraeus, Greece. In 2024, she completed the

"Leadership Communication

with

Impact"

program

at

INSEAD

Business

School.

Additionally,

she

has

completed

the

“ Sustainability

Leadership