Despina Panayiotou Theodosiou is joint CEO of Tototheo Maritime, a global service provider specialising in innovative, efficient, and functional solutions in the fields of digitalization, maritime satellite communications, automation, and navigation systems.

She is President of Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association, an organization comprised of 54 National WISTA Associations and a board member in various organisations like, the Cyprus Shipping Chamber, the Cyprus Employers and Industrialists Federation and Invest Cyprus.

She also sits on the Board of Governors of the Cyprus Maritime Academy and the Strategic Committee of Crans Montana – Club of Ports. In July 2020, she was elected as a Member to the General committee of the Association of SA and Limited Companies in Greece and as Head of its Shipping Sector committee.

She holds degrees from the National and Capodistrian University of Athens, the Copenhagen Business School, and the University of Oxford.