Piraeus, 37°56′N 23°38′E
Maritime executive, thought leader and author.
Profiled by Forbes Bahrain and Forbes Scotland. Finalist, Reuters Events Global Sustainability Awards 2026.
Sixty titles. Three million followers. More than twenty awards and honours.
The Green Wave, Literary Titan Gold Book Award
“Shipping is the hidden artery of the global economy, quiet, powerful, and essential.”
Sixty titles on the sea, leadership, history and the imagination, as ebooks, paperbacks and audiobooks on Amazon, Kobo, IngramSpark and Lulu.
Award-winning titles
Embracing Renewable Energy in Maritime Shipping
An applied study of the shift toward renewable energy in shipping, with practical examples from the ports of the UAE and Greece.
Embracing Diversity for Organizational Excellence
How the modern leader draws on diversity and fairness to build more humane and more productive institutions.
The law, energy, technology and future of the sea.
Navigating the Seas of Maritime Law
Stormy Seas
Smart Wave: Navigating the Future
The Green Wave
The Autonomous Wave
A New Voyage
AI Unleashed
Maritime Energy Management
Ethanol-Powered Ships
The Determinants of Newbuilding Prices
Skilled Seafarer Retention
A Master Mariner Mindset
Maritime Energy Management in UAE
The UAE Maritime Saga
A six-book series on the civilisations that built world trade.
Growth, influence and leading people well.
The Inclusive Leader
The Authentic Leader
The Agile Leader
Iconic Leadership
Zenith Zone Leadership
Continuous Learning
The Future of Management
From Manager to Maestro
The Power of Influence
Leadership Lullabies
The Quick Growth Playbook
The Investor’s Mindset
Growing Leaders
Raising Little Leaders
How Great Leaders of the UAE Shaped a Great Country
UAE 2050: Quantum Leap
Success scripts for every decade, and the habits behind them.
Fiction and reflection, from the deep sea to the far future.
The Memory Gardener
Abyssal Echoes
The Clockmaker’s Apprentice
The Last Language
The Deep-Sea Research Mission
The Quantum Chef
The Quantum Heist
The Leviathan’s Legacy
Mirage of the North Sea
The Memory Exchange
The War of Tides
The Whale Whisperer
The Sea Comet
The Cartographer’s Dilemma
Iron and Steel Ride the Wave
International awards and honours across maritime leadership, sustainability and writing.
Profiles, interviews and editorial reviews.
“The research is thorough, and the ideas are hopeful.”
“It should be on every manager’s bookshelf as a source of reference.”
“A powerful book that explains and explores how diversity plays an essential role.”
More reviews: The Authentic Leader on Readers’ Favorite, and the author’s Goodreads page.
Board-level counsel for shipowners, investors and maritime boards, from a Master Mariner who has run ship-management companies ashore and reads the contracts as closely as the drawings.
Fleet expansion cases, vessel selection, newbuilding against second-hand, and market timing, prepared for the board’s decision rather than for the shipyard’s brochure.
Specifications, yard due diligence, contract review and supervision plans that hold from steel cutting to delivery.
Docking and retrofit programmes with class and flag, schedule control, and CII and EEXI pathways that stand on solid economics.
ISM, SOLAS and MARPOL alignment, vetting and Port State Control results, reliability and cost, with the legal exposure understood before it becomes a dispute.
Ways of working
Also a member of the Society of Authors, the Authors Guild, the Alliance of Independent Authors and English PEN.
For readers, publishers, media, speaking invitations and boards.
Akti Miaouli 97
Piraeus 18538, Greece