Diana Shipping Inc. announced that Eleftherios Papatrifon has joined the company and has been appointed to the position of Chief Operating Officer, effective March 1, 2021. Eleftherios Papatrifon was most recently the Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder and Director of Quintana Shipping Ltd, from 2010 until the company's successful sale of assets and consequent liquidation in 2017. Previously, for a period of approximately six years, he served as the Chief Financial Officer and a Director of Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd. Prior to that, Papatrifon served for approximately 15 years in a number of corporate finance and asset management positions, both in the US and Greece.