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Ms. Maria Angelicoussis

Ms. Maria Angelicoussis
Chief Executive Officer
Angelicoussis Group

Maria Angelicoussis is the Chief Executive Officer of the Angelicoussis Group, a privately owned group of affiliated shipping companies dating back to 1947. Through Athens-based companies, Maran Tankers Management (MTM), Maran Gas Maritime (MGM) and Maran Dry Management (MDM), and Maran Shuttle Tankers (MST), based in Stavanger, Norway, the Group operates a modern, diversified fleet serving the oil, gas and dry cargo markets.

Maria Angelicoussis became CEO of the Group after the sudden passing of her father, the late John Angelicoussis, in April 2021.

Today, with an operating fleet of some 160 vessels, orderbook of 37 vessels and more than 9,500 employees, the Angelicoussis Group is the largest group of affiliated shipping companies owned by Greek interests and one of the world’s largest privately owned fleets.

After graduating with first-class honours in Medicine from Downing College, Cambridge in 2003, Maria Angelicoussis completed her post-graduate clinical medical studies at University College London (UCL) in 2006.

Maria Angelicoussis worked as a medical doctor within the National Health Service in the UK before joining the Angelicoussis Group in 2008.

Maria Angelicoussis serves as a Director of the Committee of the Hellenic War Risks Club and as a Chairperson of the Antonios and Ioannis Angelicoussis Foundation. Financed by endowments from the Angelicoussis family, the Foundation conducts extensive charitable activities, including the stablishment of the Antonios and Ioannis Angelicoussis Fellowship Fund at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Maria Angelicoussis is married to Lawrence Frankopan. Together, they have three children.

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