Mr. Papagiannopoulos has been with Common Progress since its establishment in 1984. Mr. Papagiannopoulos is the current President Elect of the Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO) where he first served in 1998 as an elected member of the Documentary Committee.

He has been elected in the Board of Directors of the Union of Greek Shipowners since 1996 and since 2006 in the Executive Committee of the Union. Since 2004 he has also been an elected member in the Greek Committee of Det Norske Veritas, and since 2006 in the Executive Committee of International Chamber of Shipping.

Mr. Papagianopoulos holds a BA in Law from the National University of Athens, an MSc in Economics from Queen Mary College London, an MA in European Integration from University of Reading and a PhD in Economics from Queen Mary College.