New essDOCS office in Athens serves customers in Eastern Mediterranean, Africa and the Middle East.

VALETTA, MALTA, 30 June 2011: essDOCS, the leading shipping and trade eDocs provider, announced today that it has expanded its presence in Europe with the opening of a new office in Athens, Greece.

The opening of the Athens office enhances essDOCS ability to service customers locally, covering specifically Eastern Mediterranean countries, Africa and the Middle East.

The new office is located in central Athens and will be managed by Katerina Anagnostara, Senior Account Manager.  Prior to joining essDOCS, Ms Anagnostara served as Head of New Markets for MedBrands S.A., a Greek company operating in the retail industry. She has also worked as project manager for Eurobank EFG, one of the leading banks in Greece. Prior to joining Eurobank EFG, she was a senior auditor at Ernst & Young, the international audit firm.

Alexander Goulandris, Chief Executive Officer of essDOCS said:

“The expansion of essDOCS activities into Greece, the home of some of the largest shipping companies in the world, is an important strategic move for the group. We are delighted to launch our physical presence in Athens and look forward to engaging actively with the Mediterranean and Middle East markets in our rollout of electronic documents.”

Contact details for the new office are as follows:

essDOCS
12 Karneadou Street, 3rd floor
106 75 Athens
Greece
Phone: +30 211 198 0681
Fax: +30 211 268 7080
Email: med@essdocs.com

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