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Celestyal promotes pair of senior executives

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Capt. George Koumpenas, left, becomes chief operations officer, while Leslie Peden moves up to chief commercial officer
Celestyal Cruises announced leadership transitions following Chris Theophilides’ move from COO to CEO on July 1.

To ensure continuity in the midst of the roll out of its new commercial strategy and the ramping up of its global commercial presence, Leslie Peden was promoted to chief commercial officer and will oversee all global commercial activities for Celestyal, including strategic business development, marketing and commercial PR.

Capt. George Koumpenas will step into the role of chief operations officer, where he will continue to supervise operations activities while adding the day-to-day oversight of operations in the Piraeus office to his responsibilities.

Following these changes, Celestyal has updated its executive committee, which now comprises Capt. George Koumpenas, Leslie Peden, Marios Theodosiou—who continues as CFO—and CEO Theophilides.