Company: DSX-PB
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001562762-25-000050
Chunk: 173

Company: DIANA SHIPPING INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 6
Chunk 173
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2023. Mr. Papatrifon also serves as a Director of OceanPal

Inc.

(NASDAQ: OP)

and a

member

of

its

Executive Committee,

positions he

has

held

since

November

2021. From November 2021 to January 2023, he served as Chief

Executive Officer of OceanPal Inc.

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Prior to joining Diana Shipping Inc., he was Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder and Director of Quintana

Shipping Ltd,

a provider

of dry

bulk shipping

services, from

2010 until

the company’s

successful sale

of

assets and consequent liquidation in

2017. Previously,

for a period of

approximately six years, he served

as

the

Chief

Financial

Officer

and

Director

of

Excel

Maritime

Carriers

Ltd.

Prior

to

that,

Mr.

Papatrifon

served for approximately

15 years in

a number of

corporate finance

and asset

management positions,

both

in the USA and in Greece.

Mr. Papatrifon holds undergraduate (BBA) and

graduate (MBA) degrees

from Baruch College (CUNY).

He

is also a member of the CFA Institute and a CFA charterholder.

Konstantinos Psaltis

has served as a

Director of Diana Shipping

Inc. since March 2005,

the Chairman of

its Nominating Committee

since May

2015 and

a member

of its

Compensation Committee

since May

2017.

Mr.

Psaltis

serves

also

as

President

of

Ormos

Compania

Naviera

S. A.,

a

company

that

specializes

in

operating and managing multipurpose

container vessels, where from

1981 to 2006, he held

the position of

Managing Director. Prior to joining Ormos Compania Naviera S. A., Mr. Psaltis simultaneously served as

a

technical

manager

in

the

textile

manufacturing

industry

and

as

a

shareholder

of

shipping

companies

managed by M. J. Lemos. From 1961 to 1964, he served as ensign in

the Royal Hellenic Navy.

He holds a

degree in Mechanical Engineering

from Technische

Hochschule Reutlingen