Dr Papapostolou is the Director of the world-renowned MSc programme in Shipping, Trade and Finance offered by the Costas Grammenos Centre for Shipping, Trade and Finance at Bayes Business School, City, University of London. He has been with the Centre since 2002 and in 2017 was appointed as the Associate Director. During the same year, he also was appointed as the Programme Lead for all scholarships provided by the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation to Bayes Business School. He has published extensively in peer-reviewed academic journals in the field of shipping finance and investment, with a focus on capital markets, investor sentiment and behaviour, freight options pricing and vessel valuation, and commodities. Since 2012, he collaborates with the Baltic Exchange in providing shipping finance executive training and acts as consultant to industry clients. Dr Papapostolou holds the position of Reader in Shipping Finance at Bayes Business School, City, University of London. He holds a BSc in Money, Banking and Finance from the University of Birmingham

an MSc in Shipping, Trade and Finance and a PhD in Shipping Finance, in the area of capital markets as a source of finance for shipping companies

both from Bayes Business School, City, University of London.