Dr-Ing Orestis Schinas is Associate Professor of Ship Finance at the University of the Aegean (since 2023). He previously served as Professor of Shipping and Ship Finance and Head of the Maritime Business School at the Hamburg School of Business Administration (HSBA), from 2008 to 2022. He has extensive experience in the maritime and logistics industries, having advised public and private entities in Europe and the GCC region, as well as international organizations. His professional background includes large corporate projects such as IPOs, research and business development in the finance, shipping, and port sectors, and senior management roles. He holds a Dipl-Ing (BEng/MEng) in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from NTUA (1994), an MSc in Shipping Management from WMU (1998), and a doctorate from NTUA (2005) on ship finance. His research focuses on financing the green transition in maritime transport, sustainable finance and shared economy models, and the blue economy. He also maintains a long-standing interest in bunker price forecasting and maritime energy economics.