Name: Christos Sideris

Date of Birth: 22nd of November 1975

Nationality: Greek

Marital Status: Single

Education and Qualifications

1997 - 1998 M.Sc. Maritime Operations, from the University of Liverpool John Moores, (currently I have passed all the exams and I only have to hand in my Thesis).

1994 - 1997 B.Sc. Honours in Maritime Business with Maritime Law, from the University of Plymouth.

1990 - 1994 BTEC National Diploma in Business and Finance with Distinction, and 9 G.C.S.E passes, Wales High School in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.

1987 - 1990 Attended the 2nd High School of Voula in Athens, Greece.

Work Experience

BP Greece Ltd. (Athens)- Worked under the Manager of BP Air for 1 month in August 1995, I produced for him several spread sheets and charts in Excel that dealt with the presence of BP in Greece for the past 10 years. Also worked in the Supply and Distribution department of BP Headquarters in the Summer of 996 for 2 months, my responsibilities included the payment of all outstanding bills for all the BP fuel installations in Greece, liaising with members of staff that are responsible for loading and off loading of fuel products from ships in Piraeus and generally I was involved in the day to day operations of the department. (References were given and can be easily provided to you).

Special Melted Products Ltd. (in Sheffield, UK)- Worked in the accounts department and in the exports department that dealt mainly with shipping companies, importing materials and exporting finished goods, worked only for three weeks as this was part of my BTEC course, references can be obtained.

Midland Bank (in Sheffield, UK)- Worked for one month in 1993 as a part of my BTEC course, references can also be obtained.

Other Information

Currently member of the Executive Committee of the Pan-Hellenic Society of the United Kingdom, members of which are over 30 UK University Hellenic Societies.

Ex-President of the Hellenic Society of the University of Plymouth, with over 160 members.

Played Rugby for my high school team in Sheffield and the local Rugby team (Dinnington RUFC).

Played Rugby for South Yorkshire Air Cadets Team.

Finance Director of one of the schools Young Enterprise businesses.

Vice Captain of my House at school.

Took part in an Industrial Awareness Course. (Certificate obtained)

Special Skills

Fluent in English and Greek.

Computing Skills, Word, Excel, Access, Power Point, and other software packages. Involved with computers from an early age, thus knowledge of a number of operating systems, i.e. Ms Dos, Windows 3.1, 3.11, Windows 95, Unix and many more.

Designer of the Internet Page of the Hellenic Society of the University of Plymouth, (www.upsu.plym.ac.uk/hellenic/).

Good leadership and communication skills.