April 9-12, 2025
Delphi Economic Forum X
President & CEO ONEX Shipyards & Technologies Group; President of the Hellenic Shipyards Association
, Greece
Panos Xenokostas is a visionary entrepreneur and investor in the industries of Shipbuilding, Maritime, ICT, Aviation, Defense / Security and Energy. He graduated the Hellenic Air Force Academy-Engineers Department as Aeronautical Engineer in 1996 and holds a master’s degree in business administration from the University Institute Kurt Bösch in Switzerland. He has expertise in high-risk investments in new technologies, early stages companies and restructuring in complex environments. As the Founder and Head of ONEX Technology Group based in New York, since 2004, his vision for ONEX is to create a global brand recognized as one of the best in ship repair, shipbuilding and integrated energy transition solutions, by developing the leading shipyard-port technology and logistics hub based in the Eastern Mediterranean, Middle East, Asia and North America. At this moment, ONEX Group numbers over 3000 employees. The value of its assets under management amounting to approximately EUR 300 million and the total value of projects implemented by ONEX exceeds EUR 2 billion, while in the last 5 years it has successfully delivered more than 200 projects. The Group is already investing more than €650 million in Greece, with a plan to exceed €1 billion in value of its owned and managed assets by 2030. Since 2019, when the shipyards of Syros & Elefsina were reactivated under the ownership of the ONEX Group, more than 560 Greek and international ships have been serviced, changing the international footprint of the country in the shipping sector. In 2023, the Hellenic Shipyards Association (HSAS) was also established and Panos Xenokostas was elected as the President of the BoD of the Union.
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