Manos is the Executive Director of Seascope Group companies in Greece, one of the country’s leading Marine Insurance Broking companies. He has also served as a Director of the Lloyd’s broker (Seascope Insurance Services) in London between 2013 and 2020. He is a Lloyd’s of London certified Insurance Broker, and a Certified Insurance Broker by the Hellenic Ministry of Development.
Manos holds an Economics degree from the University of Athens and an MBA from Aston Business School in the UK.
He started his career in 1990 as a Lloyd’s broker in London with Sedgwick Marine & Cargo Ltd. He returned to Greece in 1993 and spent two years as an Insurance Manager with a major shipping company. In 1995 he set up the Greek office of a French marine insurance broker which later became Groupe Eyssautier Greece SA. In 2013 he was appointed Managing Director of Seascope Hellas and became a Director of Seascope Insurance Services in London.
Manos has been a strong advocate of direct access of the local marine insurance broking community into the International Markets, and he has pioneered the direct marine insurance broking in Greece, an activity which had traditionally been performed by overseas brokers.
He has served as Chairman of the Hellenic Committee of Lloyd’s Brokers Associates between 2011 and 2017 and from 2023 up to now. He has been a member of their Board of Directors since 2006 and also served as Vice-Chairman of the Committee between 2017 and 2023. He is also currently a Vice_president of the British Hellenic Chamber of Commerce, with responsibilities for shipping and insurance matters.
He is a frequent panelist and speaker in marine insurance Conferences in Athens and London.