Eleni Polychronopoulou

President and CEO at METIS Cyberspace Technology SA

Eleni Polychronopoulou leads a group of marine technology companies whose products and services are united in enhancing ship efficiency, sustainability and compliance. She is CEO of METIS Cyberspace Technology SA, an industry leader in data acquisition, real-time performance monitoring and intelligent analytics. Based on individual ship behaviour and specific operational profile, data driven and AI-powered performance evaluation and predictive analysis from METIS is used by shipping companies worldwide.

METIS has developed total emissions monitoring and reporting to optimize ship performance and maintain regulatory compliance over time, based on data including machinery, ship behaviour, fouling and routing. It has pioneered analytics that serve the IMO’s Carbon Intensity Indicator regulation, even developing a solution to help owners forecast trade-offs between reducing emissions and Poseidon Principles debt financing. It is also a data-acquisition and analysis partner in R&D which include the EU-backed ENGIMMONIA decarbonisation project on new marine fuels.

Most recently METIS integrated weather routing software into its Augmented Routing Optimization package, offering a new demonstration of the measurable gains AI-based analytics deliver to ship performance.

Eleni also holds the positions of Executive VP of EPE (Environmental Protection Engineering SA), Business Development Manager for BWTS manufacturer ERMA FIRST ESK ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS SA and oneTANK Llc., and Director of RWO - a leader in water and treatment solutions.

She is President of HEMEXPO (Hellenic Marine Equipment Manufacturers & Exporters) and Vice Chair of Sea Europe - which represents European shipbuilding and marine equipment associations across 16 countries.

Eleni Polychronopoulou has attended IMO committee meetings as part of the Greek Delegation and is a former representative to EUROSHORE and the European Association for Co-Processing (EUCOPRO), and a former board member of the Hellenic Institute of Marine Technology (HIMT) and the Association of Environmental Protection Companies of Greece (PASEPPE). She is an active member of WISTA (Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association) and the Piraeus Propeller Club.