CEO & CHAIRMAN D. KORONAKIS S. A / MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE PIRAEUS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY
Constantine Koronakis was born in 1965 in Athens. He attended the Moraitis School and continued his studies in Business Administration at the Deree College of Greece.
While a student, he started working in his family business, D. Koronakis SA, a 100% family owned company, established by his parents Dimitris and Eleni Koronaki, producing synthetic ropes and wire ropes. Initially, he was involved with the Production sector and for this reason he travelled around Europe, to famous wire rope plants, where he was specialised in the production of hi-tech and specialised wire ropes.
A few years later, Constantine Koronakis having an important degree of knowledge and expertise in Engineering and R&D he designed and launched into the Greek and European Market a revolutionary mooring line for the Shipping Industry, the Kapa Ropes.
His passion and continuous effort to create new products gave him the title of “Inventor” when he was awarded by the Industrial Property Organization for his invention, the “easy-splice-aid” patent in 2003.
Constantine continued his success path by creating new commercial sectors for his Company which could service the Fishing, Aquaculture, Drilling & Offshore and Yachting Industries worldwide and recently the electrical cable industry with the acquisition of the ex “KALODIA XANTHIS” plant. He also established a worldwide distribution network by investing in the creation of stockpoints in all major ports around the globe : Piraeus, New York, Houston, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Panama, Singapore, Shanghai, Qingdao, Fujairah, Dubai, Durban, Cape Town, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg, Livorno, Tarragona, Algeciras, Las Palmas and thus providing a 24/7 service to his customers.
Today Constantine Koronakis has the title of C.E.O. in D. KORONAKIS SA and is an active member of the board of Piraeus Chamber of Commerce.
He is married with Nicoletta Pavlou and has two sons, Dimitris and Pavlos.
