Julia has been an active member of the Shipping industry since 1997 and joined the OSM Maritime Group in 2009. She has over the past 15 years progressed to today holding a global role as Chief Crew Management Officer for OSM Thome while at the same time, she is the Managing Director of the OSM Thome Cyprus office. Being a leader in OSM and having the responsibility for over 500 vessels, ship/shore staff and customers, Julia believes this is made possible because of the fantastic group of dedicated people that are passionate and always ready to provide outstanding service to their customers. ‘Our number one asset is people and this is what sets us apart from others’.

Julia is associated professionally with the Institute of Chartered Ship Brokers as a FICS and academically with the University of Warwick, Warwick Business School, holding an MBA. She had her first academic work published in 2017 for the World Maritime University (WMU) founded by the International Maritime Organization (IMO). With her commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion and striving to raise awareness for the future generation, Julia actively supports the Cypriot shipping cluster through her position as a Member of the Board of the Cyprus Shipping Chamber, Member of WISTA Cyprus (Women in International Trading and Shipping Association), IMEC, Young Ship and various other committees and organizations.