Dimitris is the Managing Director of the Shanghai office of the Shipowners Claims Bureau, Inc., the New York based managers of the American P&I Club.  He is the Club’s Regional Claims Director for Asia.

Dimitris is a dual-qualified solicitor in England and Hong Kong and has over 20 years’ experience as a shipping lawyer, most recently gained in the Shanghai branch of a leading international shipping law firm. He previously worked as in-house counsel to a large shipping and trading company in Hong Kong, having started his career, after qualifying as a solicitor in England, with well-known London maritime commercial lawyers.

Dimitris has lived and worked in Hong Kong and China for the past 17 years.