Sustainability Forum Speakers

Virginia is a Partner in the International Project & Structured Finance Group and Head of the Greek Law energy, corporate, projects and finance practice.

Virginia graduated in Law from Cambridge University in 1989 and practised as a barrister in London for five years before moving to Athens and qualifying as a Greek lawyer in 1998.

She joined Watson Farley & Williams in 2007 after ten years at a major Greek commercial law firm and specialises in acquisitions and financing in the infrastructure and energy sector, as well as real estate, corporate M&A, insurance and finance deals in Greece for Greek and foreign investors and banks. She is listed as a leading individual in the energy sector in most ranking publications and is a member of Legal500’s Hall of Fame for her many years’ top ranking as a Greek energy expert.

Virginia is widely recognised for her energy, infrastructure, finance and corporate/M&A expertise by legal directories Chambers Europe, Legal 500 EMEA and IFLR 1000, which describe her as “the perfect partner in a transaction, given her international background, language skills and local legal knowledge”, “very commercial and one of the best contract negotiators with whom I worked” and “widely admired for her transactional expertise…, especially on cross-border mandates.”

He was born in 1973. He holds an Electrical Engineering & Computer Technology diploma from the Technical University of Patras, and an International MBA from the Athens University of Economics and Business.

He has worked for 23 years, in multinational technology and telecommunications companies abroad (Siemens AG) and in Greece (Wind Hellas, Vodafone Hellas, Tellas, Forthnet).

As Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) and Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) in Wind Hellas, he played a decisive role in the company’s growth, broadening customer base and leading the investments in next-generation networks. As Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) in Tellas and Hellas On Line he designed and implemented successful Marketing & Brand strategies.

As an executive in the Research & Development department of Siemens AG in Austria and Germany, he actively participated in the development of innovative mobile network services at a global level.

During his service as the Secretary General for Telecommunications & Post of the Ministry of Digital Governance, he strongly contributed to the acceleration of the digital transformation of Greece.

Among others, the preparation of the auction for the 5G licenses was completed, while at the same time, the 13033 SMS service design & implementation during the covid-19 pandemic has received international recognition by the EC and the OECD.

He has served as a BoD member of the Association of Greek Information Technology and Telecommunications Companies (SEPE) and as a BoD member & Treasurer of the European Competitive Telecommunications Association (ECTA) in Brussels.

Fotis Panagiotopoulos is a Managing Director leading the Strategy & Consulting practice of Accenture in Greece. He has over 15 years of experience in shaping and delivering large scale transformation programs for companies across industries in Greece and abroad. Fotis holds an MBA with Highest Distinction from the Athens University of Economics & Business, a BSc and an MSc degree in Information Systems & Communication Networks from the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens.

He was born in Athens in 1966. He holds a Bachelor on Business Administration & Political Science from Connecticut College, U.S.A. and Insurance Science in the Greek Institute of Insurance Education.

In 1989 he was occupied in AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP (AIG), New York, in Marine & Cargo
Department and he attended regional congresses. He returned to Greece and for the period of 1993-
1998 he was appointed Customer Management Group Manager and HR Manager in AIG GREECE –
renamed to Chartis Greece. From 2008 he has been the Deputy General Manager and Executive Vice
Chairman of the Board of Directors in AIG GREECE.

He is a member of the Hellenic Association of Insurance Representatives and member of the Board of
Directors of the American-Hellenic Chamber.

Alexandros Kosmopoulos,
Managing Partner
AKL Law Firm
Alexandros Kosmopoulos leads the AKL banking and finance team and has had a key involvement in most of the firm’s major M&A mandates.

Bringing more than 25 years of dense practice experience, he enjoys being a hands-on lawyer.

His focus areas include leveraged and project finance, corporate acquisitions, privatizations, energy and infrastructure projects. Alexandros typically acts for banks, investors, corporations and governmental agencies.

A fundamental element of his service philosophy is balancing a keen understanding of the business context with expert legal technical knowledge.

Alexandros is consistently recognized as a leading transactional lawyer by Chambers and Partners, Legal500 and IFLR100, in the areas of banking and finance, corporate, real estate and project development.

Alexandros holds a law degree from the University of Athens Faculty of Laws and an LL.M. in International Business Law from the University of London.

Shannon Exarchou is the Head of ESG and Strategy Manager at AKTOR Group since 2024. Her responsibilities include designing and developing the Group’s ESG strategy, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and working closely with the Chief of Strategy on matters of general strategic decisions and investor relations.

Prior to joining the Group, she worked at PwC Greece, where she held the role of Senior Associate Tax & Legal ESG (2022-2024), focusing on the development of the Tax & Legal ESG department, where she coordinated significant cross-sector projects. Earlier, she worked as a Sustainability Policy Analyst at City University London and at the UK & GR law firm, ERI Law.

She studied Business Management and Law at the Universities of Westminster, Boston (SF), and City University London, and holds an LLM with Merit in Dispute Resolution & Regulatory Compliance from Queen Mary University of London. She is an LPC (Legal Practice Course for Solicitors in the UK) graduate from City University London.

Ioannis M. Emiris
He was born in Athens in 1963. He studied Economics and Business Administration at the Athens University of Economics and Business (former Athens School of Economics and Business) and holds an MBA from Columbia Business School, as well as a US Certified Public Accounting degree. He started his career as a certified public accountant in PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York. From 1991 to 2012 he worked for the Alpha Bank Group, initially as an Investment Banker in Alpha Finance and from 2004 as Head of the Investment Banking and Project Finance Division of Alpha Bank. From 2012 to 2014, he was the Chief Executive Officer of the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF). On 5.11.2014, he was appointed Executive General Manager of the Bank and on 19.11.2019 he was appointed General Manager-Wholesale Banking.

Η Σοφία Παπαϊωάννου είναι η παρουσιάστρια και παραγωγός της ενημερωτικής εκπομπής “360 Μοίρες» της τηλεόρασης του Alpha. Η εκπομπή ασχολείται με πολιτικά, οικονομικά, κοινωνικά και ιστορικά θέματα. Έχει ταξιδέψει σε πολλές χώρες του κόσμου για να καλύψει μεγάλα γεγονότα και έχει πάρει συνεντεύξεις από πολλούς ηγέτες κρατών και εξέχουσες προσωπικότητες. Έχει εργαστεί πάνω από 15 χρόνια σε ενημερωτικές εκπομπές ως αρχισυντάκτρια και παρουσιάστρια στην εκπομπή «Φάκελοι» στο Μέγκα και «Νέοι Φάκελοι» στον Σκάι και έχει υπάρξει συνεργάτης της «Καθημερινής» και του ραδιοφώνου του Σκάι.

Έχει σπουδάσει Αγγλική Φιλολογία στο Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο της Αθήνας και Ιστορία στο Deree College και έχει λάβει μεταπτυχιακό στην Τηλεοπτική ∆ημοσιογραφία από το New York Univeristy της Νέας Υόρκης.

Είναι η συγγραφέας του βιβλίου «Κρυμμένο στο Αιγαίο» (Εκδόσεις Πατάκη) – Η πραγματική ιστορία ενός ∆ωδεκανήσιου ήρωα

Chris Aesopos is the Chairman of The Hellenic Fund & Asset Management Association.

He is the Chief Executive Officer of ALPHA TRUST since 2015. He is also Executive Director of ALPHA TRUST Luxembourg S.a’.r.l. since 2017. Prior to ALPHA TRUST he served as Head of Asset Management at EFG Eurobank Ergasias S.A..

Furthermore, he serves as Board Member of the Hellenic Corporate Governance Council (HCGC) and as Vice Chairman, Independent Non Executive, of Trade Estates REIC.

He holds an MSc in Shipping, Trade and Finance from Cass Business School (University of London), an MSc in Economics from Birkbeck College (University of London) and a BSc in Economics from London School of Economics (University of London).

Ο Θοδωρής Μ. Κυριακού είναι μέτοχος και Πρόεδρος στην “K Group”, τον Όμιλο εταιριών που ανήκει στην Οικογένεια Κυριακού, και περιλαμβάνει μία ναυτιλιακή επιχείρηση με μεγάλη οικογενειακή παράδοση και παγκόσμια δραστηριότητα, τον Όμιλο ΑΝΤΕΝΝΑ, έναν διεθνή Όμιλο Μέσων Ενημέρωσης και Ψυχαγωγίας κι άλλες επενδύσεις.

O Θοδωρής Κυριακού έχει συμβάλει καθοριστικά στην ανάπτυξη του Ομίλου ΑΝΤΕΝΝΑ, προσδίδοντάς του μοναδική αξία μέσω οικονομικής πειθαρχίας και επενδυτικής διορατικότητας. Σήμερα ο Όμιλος ANTENNA δραστηριοποιείται στην Ευρώπη, την Αμερική και την Αυστραλία με επενδύσεις στην ελεύθερη και συνδρομητική τηλεόραση, τα ψηφιακά Media, το ηλεκτρονικό εμπόριο, τις τηλεοπτικές παραγωγές, το ραδιόφωνο και τη μουσική βιομηχανία.

Επίσης, ίδρυσε το Kyriakou Family Office στο Λονδίνο, όπου μια εξειδικευμένη επενδυτική ομάδα, διαχειρίζεται ένα ευρύ χαρτοφυλάκιο επενδύσεων.

Αξίζει να σημειωθεί ότι ο Όμιλος ΑΝΤΕΝΝΑ επένδυσε, στις εταιρείες Facebook, Twitter και Spotify, από το ξεκίνημά τους, πολύ προτού γίνουν γνωστές στο ευρύτερο κοινό.

Είναι αριστούχος απόφοιτος του Georgetown University με πτυχία στο International Business και Physics και βραβευμένος με το Treado Medal for Physics.

Ο Θοδωρής Μ. Κυριακού είναι μέτοχος και μέλος του Διοικητικού Συμβουλίου της παγκόσμιας επενδυτικής τράπεζας Raine Holdings, με έδρα τη Νέα Υόρκη, που επικεντρώνεται στους κλάδους της τεχνολογίας, των μέσων ενημέρωσης και των τηλεπικοινωνιών. Η Raine Holdings, στην οποία ο όμιλος Antenna είναι σημαντικός επενδυτής, διαχειρίζεται τα ιδιωτικά επενδυτικά κεφάλαια Raine Partners και Raine Venture Partners, που επενδύουν στις νέες τεχνολογίες, στα media, στη ψυχαγωγία, και στο τηλεοπτικό και κινηματογραφικό περιεχόμενο.

Επιπλέον, ο Θοδωρής Μ. Κυριακού είναι μέλος του Advisory Board of Cambridge University’s Center for International Business & Management (CIBAM) και μέλος του Business Advisory Council of the MBA International Program στο Οικονομικό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών.

Επίσης, είναι πιλότος ελικοπτέρων και αεροπλάνων.

Ο Θοδωρής Μ. Κυριακού γεννήθηκε το 1974. Είναι παντρεμένος με τη Δήμητρα Μπιθαρά και έχουν μία κόρη, τη Σοφιάννα.

International LLP Mr Karagiannis is an Operating Partner of Apollo, covering private equity, credit and
real estate investments. He has 25 years of professional experience in finance with a focus on
investment management and transaction execution, including 17 years in a principal investment
capacity. Mr. Karagiannis has served as Chairman of the Hellenic Association of Investment
Management Companies, and as Executive Director on the Board of the Hellenic – Securities Investor
Protection Fund (SIPF). Mr. Karagiannis received his MBA from The George Washington University,
where he was a Marvin L. Kay Fellow.

Mr. D. Dimitriou was born in Athens and received his architectural degree from the University of Rome (Italy). In the year 1981, he established his own architectural firm that is active up to today with main activity on the design of housing and commercial buildings. From 1988 he is president and CEO of D. DIMITRIOY ‘S.A.’ company that deals mainly with the development of private projects.

D. Dimitriou is an active member of the Technical Chamber of Greece and the Greek Architects Association, participating in several architectural and technical committees. He served as member at the bord of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

Since 2002 he is elected member of the board of directors of Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry and during the period 2006- 2011 he was president of the Industrial Department of the Chamber. From 2022-2024 he was the first vice President of the Chamber and actually he is the secretary general.

Since January 2012 he was consultant to General Secretariat of Public Property at the Ministry of Finance and since February 2013 he also Head the Hellinikon Office, established in the same Ministry, with the aim of coordinating the actions necessary for the realization of the investment at the old airport of Hellinikon.

During the year 2014 and 2015 he was appointed as President and CEO of the HELLENIC PUBLIC PROPERTIES CO. (HPPC) Among his other activities, he acts as project and development manager to many Greek and Foreign companies related to construction, tourism development and real Estate projects.

Prof. Spiros N. Pollalis is President of Athens College, a position he also held from 2010-2017. Prof. Pollalis focuses on maintaining the tradition of the emblematic institution while bring innovations as Athens College enters its second century. He has been instrumental in reinstituting the 1927 founding law in all school units of Athens College and empowering the academic programs by its implementation, in emphasizing skills and critical thinking by strengthening the IB Programs from Kindergarten to the Diploma. He encourages the use of technology in both education and administration, and in engaging Fulbright Fellows at various academic positions in the school.

Spiros N. Pollalis is Professor Emeritus of Design, Technology and Management at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. After graduating from the National Technical University of Athens, he continued his studies in the US and received his PhD from MIT and his MBA from Northeastern University. He has taught as a Visiting Professor at universities in Greece, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. His research has focused on urban planning, environment and regional development. He has developed Envision® for rating the sustainability of infrastructure, widely used in the US public works and all over the world.

Dika Agapitidou
Founder & Director
Athens Economics Ltd – JLL Alliance Partner

Dika Agapitidou MRICS, is the Founder and Director of Athens Economics Ltd – JLL Alliance Partner, set up in 1993. She is a Member of the RICS (Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors), a founding member of the Greek branch of the ICSC (International Council of Shopping Centres) and a member of the RICS Greek Sustainability Group.

Her background is in Economics, Planning & Econometrics and she has been professionally involved in commercial real estate since 1988, when she was appointed Head of Forecasting at Jones Lang Wootton in London.

Prior to that, she worked as a consultant for the Greek government (Home Office), international organisations (EU & OECD), and academic establishments (LSE) in Athens, Brussels, Paris, and London.

In her present role as director of Athens Economics Ltd – JLL Alliance Partner, and together with trusted colleagues from a multidisciplinary background, she provides commercial real estate and economic research/advice as well as valuation and agency services to domestic business and multinationals.

Moreover, since 2004, she is the Greek Branch Representative of Jones Lang LaSalle Services Ltd which provides facilities management to multinational HQs located in Greece.

She is the co-author of one book (IOVE, 1995), has written numerous articles, which have appeared in Greek and English newspapers and specialist periodicals and is a frequent panelist in real estate conferences and seminars in Greece and abroad.

Dika speaks English, French, and Spanish, is married and a mother of three.

Yianos Kontopoulos
CEO Athens Exchange Group

Mr. Kontopoulos has a long and successful international experience in global capital markets. He was a Partner, Chief Macro Strategist at CQS Fund in London, with previous service at UBS and Merrill
Lynch, and he was CEO at Eurobank Asset Management. He has worked in senior management positions in capital markets in New York, London and Athens. He started his career on Wall Street at Salomon Brothers. He was Managing Director at two of the largest international investment banks, UBS and Merrill Lynch,
where he created and led large teams of leading analysts, building an extensive international network of contacts with major and significant investment firms around the world. In Greece, he was Chief Investment Officer of Eurobank as well as CEO of Eurobank Asset Management, the largest mutual fund
management company in the country. He has also worked in key positions in hedge funds abroad with billions in investments in global markets.

Mr. Kontopoulos holds a Ph.D., M.Phil., and M.A. in Economics from Columbia University and an A.B., also in Economics, from Harvard University. He was born and raised in Thessaloniki.

Ο Πάκης Παπαδημητρίου εργάζεται στο χώρο της Ποιότητας από το 1995. Η σταδιοδρομία του ξεκίνησε από το χώρο των κατασκευών και της βιομηχανίας αλουμινίου όπου εργάστηκε σε θέματα διαχείρισης ποιότητας. Από το 1999 εργάζεται στον ∆ιεθνή Αερολιμένα Αθηνών με αντικείμενο την ανάπτυξη και εφαρμογή συστημάτων διαχείρισης Ποιότητας Υπηρεσιών, ∆ιεργασιών & Εγγράφων, και Εταιρικής Υπευθυνότητας. Σήμερα κατέχει τη θέση του ∆ιευθυντή Εταιρικής Ποιότητας.

Είναι Μηχανολόγος Μηχανικός με Μεταπτυχιακό Μηχανικού Παραγωγής και ∆ιοίκησης, απόφοιτος του University of Illinois at Chicago, ΗΠΑ. Είναι μέλος του ∆Σ του Ελληνικού ∆ικτύου για την ΕΚΕ και της ∆ιοικούσας Επιτροπής του Τομέα Εταιρικών Υποθέσεων ΕΕ∆Ε.

Βασίλης Γ. Αποστολόπουλος
Διευθύνων Σύμβουλος
Όμιλος Ιατρικού Αθήνων
Ο Βασίλης Αποστολόπουλος είναι αριστούχος πτυχιούχος του LSE (ΒSc Management), κάτοχος
μεταπτυχιακού τίτλου στη Διοίκηση Επιχειρήσεων (ΜΒΑ) από το Πανεπιστήμιο του Cambridge και
Διδάκτορας του Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών.
Ο Δρ. Αποστολόπουλος είναι Διευθύνων Σύμβουλος του Ομίλου Ιατρικού Αθηνών που αποτελεί την
ηγετική επιχείρηση του κλάδου υγείας στην Ελλάδα και τη Νοτιοανατολική Ευρώπη.
Οι δραστηριότητες του Ομίλου Γ. Αποστολόπουλου, στον οποίο ο Βασίλης Αποστολόπουλος είναι
Διευθύνων Σύμβουλος, εκτείνονται πέραν από την υγεία στις ασφάλειες, το real-estate και το εμπόριο.
Ο Δρ. Αποστολόπουλος είναι Πρόεδρος της Ελληνικής Ένωσης Επιχειρηματιών και μέλος στο Γενικό
Συμβούλιο του Συνδέσμου Επιχειρήσεων και Βιομηχανιών, στο Ελληνικό Συμβούλιο Ιατρικού Τουρισμού
και στο επιχειρηματικό Συμβούλιο Ελλάδας – Κατάρ.
Είναι μέλος του Advisory Board του Ελληνικού Παρατηρητηρίου του LSE και του διεθνούς
επιχειρηματικού κέντρου και management του Πανεπιστημίου Cambridge (CIBAM).

Regional Governor of Attica, Greece
Vice President and Head of the Greek Delegation – European Committee of the Regions
President of the Athens Medical Association
President of the National Hellenic Inter-Municipal Network of Healthy Cities
President of the International Centre for Health Tourism
President of the International Institute of Greek Doctors
President of ELITOUR
A’ Vice-President of the Greek Association of Regions

George Patoulis was born in Athens, Greece. He entered the Athens Medical School and specialized in Orthopaedic surgery at the Athens Laiko Hospital, where he also wrote a doctoral thesis. He is specialised in Health Economics and graduated from the National School of Public Health.

He was elected in the Board of the “LAIKO” Hospital, while at the same time he established the Association of the Trainee Doctors of Athens and Piraeus.

In 1997, he established the “Young Doctors” Pan-Hellenic Society and in 2002 the Association of the Freelance Doctors of Attica, where he still holds the position of the Honorary President.In 1998, he was elected municipal counsellor for the first time at the Municipality of Pefki, where he has formed the institution of Municipal Medical Centre.

In 2006, he was elected for the first time Mayor of Amaroussion in the Region of Attica. In 2010, he was re-elected with 57% and in 2014 he was again elected for the third time as a Mayor with 60%.

At the same time, he established the National Hellenic Inter-Municipal Network of Healthy Cities, while he also became the President of Association of Municipalities for the Protection and Restoration of Penteliko.

In June 2011, he was elected for the first time President of the Athens Medical Association. He was re-elected in the same post in 2014 and 2018. After his recent re-election in 2022, he became the longest-serving president of the Association. In January 2012, he became one of the founding members of the SOCIAL MISSION CLINIC.

In October 2014, he was elected President of Central Union of Municipalities of Greece, while in 2015 he was elected Vice President of the Council of Municipalities and Regions of Europe (CEMR), where he was elected again in December 2016.

In February 2018, he was elected President of ELITOUR.

In the Local Administration elections in 2019, he was elected Regional Governor of Attica with 66%. In October 2019, he was elected A’ Vice-President of the Association of Regions.

In February 2020, he was elected Vice-President of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) and Head of the Greek Delegation of the Committee of the Regions for the 2020-2025 term. His term lasted 2.5 years until July 2022 and he has been a Member ever since.

He has published various articles and other work in scientific medical magazines in Greece and globally.

He has a son, Alexandros.

Banking executive with over 33 years of experience in Retail Banking, Wealth Management, Corporate Finance, and Innovation. Proven track record of developing and executing retail strategies, leading large teams, and driving transformational change in banking operations. Having held every role across the retail banking hierarchy – from Relationship Manager to Senior Leader — brings a comprehensive understanding of the industry. Areas of expertise include Branch Network Management, ESG Integration in Digital Transformation, Small and Medium Business Lending, Agri-banking and the Integration of Innovation in Banking Transformation.

Andreas Taprantzis
CEO
AVIS Greece

Andreas Taprantzis is the CEO of Avis Greece, since November 2014. He led a massive turnaround of the company and concluded its successful divestment from the Piraeus Bank in 2017. Valued at €325 million, this was one the biggest transactions in the country. He continued in his role with the new shareholders. Today, Avis is the leading car rental company, with more than 500 people, a wide network of car rental stations, a fleet of 40,000 vehicles, a balance sheet of more than €500 million in assets, annual revenues in excess of €180 million and EBITDA at the range of €100 million.

Prior to his current position, he was the Executive Director of the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), since its inception in August 2011 until November 2014. He was responsible for all infrastructure and real estate assets, including airports, ports, marinas, hotels and numerous land plots and properties. During his term, the HRADF materialized contracts worth about €12.5 billion, such as the transactions of the old Athens Airport (Hellinikon), the Astir Palace in Vouliagmeni and the concession of 14 Regional Airports, attracting multiple derivative investments.

In 2009, he was the COO and Managing Director for Retail Banking of the Hellenic Postbank (TT) as well as BoD member and Chairman of the Audit Committee. In December 2010, he assumed the role of Deputy CEO of T Bank (an affiliate of the Hellenic Postbank).

From 2005 up to 2009, he was the CEO of the Hellenic Post Office (ELTA), while at the same time he was member of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Postbank (TT). During his term, ELTA were profitable with revenues exceeding €600 million and profits of about €50 million annually, as a result of a wide reorganization and investments in new technologies. His work at ELTA received international distinction and acknowledgement. In August 2008, he was elected, by the 192 Postal Operators of the world, as Chairman of the Postal Operations Council (POC) of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), a UN organization based in Bern, for the period 2008 to 2012.

Dr. Taprantzis holds a MSc Degree in Chemical Engineering and a PhD Degree in process control and artificial intelligence from the National Technical University of Athens, as well as an MBA and an Advanced Management Certificate (ALP) from INSEAD. He is 54 years old, married with 3 kids.

Ο Ανδρέας είναι Senior Partner στο γραφείο της Bain & Company στην Αθήνα, όπου ηγείται των δραστηριοτήτων της εταιρείας στους τομείς της Ενέργειας & Φυσικών Πόρων και της Βιομηχανίας στην Ελλάδα. Διαθέτει πάνω από 20 χρόνια εμπειρίας στη στρατηγική συμβουλευτική και σε ηγετικές θέσεις στη βιομηχανία, έχοντας εργαστεί και ζήσει στο Λονδίνο, το Ντουμπάι και τη Σιγκαπούρη.

Αποτελεί έμπιστο σύμβουλο διοικητικών συμβουλίων, διευθύνοντων συμβούλων, ανώτατων στελεχών και κυβερνητικών φορέων, επικεντρώνοντας τη δράση του σε σύνθετες και υψηλής προβολής πρωτοβουλίες με σημαντικό αντίκτυπο σε περιφερειακό και παγκόσμιο επίπεδο. Η εμπειρία του εκτείνεται σε όλο το φάσμα της αξιακής αλυσίδας της Ενέργειας και της Βιομηχανίας, περιλαμβάνοντας τη μετάβαση στην καθαρή ενέργεια, την εταιρική ανάπτυξη, τον ψηφιακό μετασχηματισμό, τον οργανωτικό σχεδιασμό και τη βελτίωση λειτουργιών.

Έχει επιτύχει ουσιαστική μεταστροφή εταιρικής κουλτούρας και αύξηση της κερδοφορίας μέσα από πολυγεωγραφικές μεταρρυθμίσεις και επιχειρησιακές βελτιώσεις για πολυεθνικές εταιρείες. Έχει επίσης συμβουλεύσει κυβερνήσεις σε καίριες ρυθμιστικές αποφάσεις για τη βελτιστοποίηση της εθνικής ενεργειακής και βιομηχανικής πολιτικής. Επιπλέον, έχει διατελέσει κύριος στρατηγικός σύμβουλος σε σημαντικές συναλλαγές εξαγορών και συγχωνεύσεων (M&A), δημόσιες εγγραφές (IPO), στρατηγικές συμμαχίες, καθώς και σε ευρείας κλίμακας ιδιωτικοποιήσεις στους τομείς της ενέργειας και της βιομηχανίας.

Τα τελευταία πέντε χρόνια, έχει συνεργαστεί στενά με κορυφαίους διεθνείς φορείς, στηρίζοντάς τους στον σχεδιασμό και την υλοποίηση στρατηγικών αποανθρακοποίησης και ανάπτυξης νέων επιχειρηματικών χαρτοφυλακίων ενέργειας.

Πριν ενταχθεί στη Bain, εργάστηκε για 13 χρόνια ως εταίρος και επικεφαλής του ενεργειακού τομέα για τη Μέση Ανατολή σε άλλη διεθνή συμβουλευτική εταιρεία. Είναι κάτοχος MBA από το INSEAD και διπλωματούχος πολιτικός μηχανικός του Εθνικού Μετσόβιου Πολυτεχνείου.

Ο Γρηγόρης Πελεκάνος είναι Senior Partner στη δικηγορική εταιρεία Μπάλλας, Πελεκάνος και Συνεργάτες ΑΕΔΕ. Γεννημένος το 1960 στο Λονδίνο, o Γρηγόρης σπούδασε νομικά στο ΕΚΠΑ και είναι κάτοχος διπλώματος Master of Laws (LL.M) του Πανεπιστημίου του Λονδίνου (University College London)στο Δίκαιο του Ανταγωνισμού, Δίκαιο Βιομηχανικής και Πνευματικής Ιδιοκτησίας, Δίκαιο Εταιρειών και Διεθνές Οικονομικό Δίκαιο.

Διετέλεσε Πρόεδρος της Επιτροπής Δικαίου και Πληροφορικής της Ελληνικής Εταιρείας Επιστημόνων Υ/Η και Πληροφορικής (ΕΠΥ), μέλος της επιτροπής συγγραφής των Κανονισμών του Χρηματιστηρίου Παραγώγων, συνεργάτης καθηγητής στο Αμερικάνικο Κολλέγιο Ελλάδος (Deree College), μέλος του ΔΣ των “ΕΚΟ Χημικά-Διυλιστήρια ΑΕ”, “ΕΡΓΟΣΕ ΑΕ” και “ΔΕΠ-ΕΚΥ ΑΕ”. Έχει εργαστεί με πάγια αντιμισθία στην “Mobil Oil Ελλάς ΑΕ” και έχει διατελέσει Γενικός Νομικός Σύμβουλος της TOYOTA ΕΛΛΑΣ ΑΕ».

Ο Γρηγόρης είναι μέλος του ΔΣΑ από το 1984 και είναι δικηγόρος στο Άρειο Πάγο και το Συμβούλιο Επικρατείας. Είναι Νομικός Σύμβουλος επιχειρήσεων της αυτοκινητοβιομηχανίας, ενέργειας, τεχνολογίας και άμυνας, με μεγάλη δικαστηριακή πρακτική και ευρεία εμπειρία και σε διεθνείς διαιτησίες (ICC, LCIA ) στο ενεργειακό και χρηματοπιστωτικό τομέα.

Ο Λέανδρος ήρθε στην BofA το 2019 και σήμερα είναι Director υπεύθυνος για την Ελλάδα και την Κύπρο. Κατά τη διάρκεια της θητείας του στην τράπεζα, έχει δουλέψει σε ορισμένες από τις σημαντικότερες συναλλαγές στην χώρα, συμπεριλαμβανομένων του IPO του Διεθνούς Αερολιμένα Αθηνών, της αποεπένδυσης του ΤΧΣ από την Τράπεζα Πειραιώς και την Εθνική Τράπεζα, της εξαγοράς της Axelos από την PeopleCert και της εξαγοράς του 50% της Enel Green Power Hellas από τη Macquarie. Πριν από την Bank of America, ήταν για 5 χρόνια στη Citi στο Λονδίνο όπου ήταν μέλος της ομάδας Central & Eastern Europe Middle East and Africa και αργότερα μετακινήθηκε στην ομάδα Consumer & Retail. Όσο ήταν στην Citi, ο Λέανδρος εργάστηκε σε μια σειρά συναλλαγών M&A σε Ελλάδα και Κύπρο, ιδιωτικοποιήσεων, ανακεφαλαιοποιήσεων τραπεζών και corporate sell-sides. Είναι κάτοχος πτυχίου στη Διοίκηση Επιχειρήσεων με ειδίκευση στα Χρηματοοικονομικά από το Babson College (Boston, USA) και MBA από το INSEAD (Singapore και France).

YANNIS STOURNARAS
Governor, Bank of Greece

Born in Athens, December 10th, 1956. He graduated from the Department of Economics, University of Athens in 1978. He obtained his post-graduate degrees (MPhil 1980, DPhil 1982) from Oxford University, specializing in Economic Theory and Policy. He was Research Fellow and Lecturer at St. Catherine’s College, University of Oxford, from 1982 to 1986. At the same time he worked at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, specializing in the petroleum market and the consequences of petroleum crises on the global economy. Following his return to Greece he worked as a Special Advisor to the Ministry of Economy and Finance (1986-1989) on Public Enterprises and Incomes Policy issues, and to the Bank of Greece (1989-1994) on Monetary Policy issues.

He is Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics, University of Athens, which he joined in 1989. He teaches Macroeconomics and Economic Policy. He has published articles in academic journals on Macroeconomics, Optimum Taxation Theory, Public Debt Dynamics, Economic and Monetary Union, Energy Economics, Monetary Policy, Distortions of Financial Systems. His academic and professional interests focus on the following fields: economic theory, economic policy, international economics, monetary economics, energy economics, public finance, banking, project evaluation and the effects of Economic and Monetary Union on the Greek economy.

From 1994 to July 2000 he was Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors at the Ministry of Economy and Finance and a member of the Monetary Committee (now Economic and Financial Committee) of the European Union.

From 1994 to 1997 he was Vice Chairman of the Public Gas Corporation and a member of the Board of Directors of the Public Debt Management Office (from 1998 until July 2000).

From 2000 to 2004 he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Emporiki Bank and Vice Chairman of the Association of Greek Banks.

From 2005 to August 2008 he was managing director of Kappa Securities, a private sector stockbroker and investment services provider.

From 2009 to 2012 he was Director General of the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE), a private sector think-tank.

In May 2012 he joined the then Interim Government as Minister of Development, Competitiveness and Shipping.

After the national elections in June 2012, he became Minister of Finance, until June 2014.

Since June 27th 2014 he is Governor of the Bank of Greece and Member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank. From February 2020 he is Chairman of the Audit Committee of the European Central Bank.

He is an honorary member of the board of directors of the Euterpe classical music group.

Professor Costas Th Grammenos
CBE, DSc, Chairman Costas Grammenos Centre for Shipping Trade & Finance
Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), City, University of London

Professor Costas Th Grammenos, Lloyd’s Register Foundation (LRF) Chair in Shipping, Trade and Finance, is Chairman of the Costas Grammenos Centre for Shipping, Trade and Finance, Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), City, University of London.
He joined City, University of London in 1982 as Visiting Professor and became Professor of Shipping, Trade and Finance in 1986. He was Pro Vice-Chancellor, City, University of London from 1998 to 2011, Acting Dean, Bayes Business School in 2000; Deputy Dean, Bayes Business School in 2001; and Deputy Dean (Undergraduate School) City, University of London from 2002 to 2010. He was the creator and Founding Director of the Bayes Business School Centre for Shipping, Trade and Finance in 1983 and became its Chairman in 2012. The Centre was renamed by City, University of London, the Costas Grammenos Centre for Shipping, Trade and Finance in April 2007.
He was responsible for the inception, creation and design of the world class MSc Shipping, Trade and Finance, founded in 1984, and its Director until 2003. The Centre introduced the MSc Trade, Transport and Finance in September 1997 (from 2008 to 2012 known as MSc Supply Chain, Trade and Finance); and the MSc Energy, Trade and Finance in 2003. More than 4,300 students, from over 150 countries, have graduated until 2020, many of them holding leading positions in international banking and finance, shipping, energy, trading and manufacturing sectors. In addition, the Centre has gained international recognition for its applied research in the areas of shipping finance, shipping and financial risk management, commodity trade, energy and finance, and is a major platform for international dialogue between senior business executives, government and academia.
Within this framework, the Centre organises on a regular basis the City of London Biennial Meetings (1999-date); the Athens Triennial Meetings (2004-date); and the Onassis Prizes, internationally very significant awards for leading academics in Shipping, in International Trade, and in Finance (2008-date).
Further events are taking place around the world on an ad hoc basis.

Professor Grammenos was born in 1944 and raised in Athens. He holds a BA in Politics and Economics, Panteion University, Athens (1971), and an MSc in Financial Economics, Bangor, Wales (1977). In 1999, he was awarded the highest academic accolade in the UK, the DSc in Shipping Finance, by City, University of London for creating – through his published research –”Shipping Finance” as a new academic subject, and for his “significant contribution to knowledge in Shipping, Trade and Finance”.
He began his career at the National Bank of Greece in 1962 and was financial shipping expert at its head office in Athens from 1973 to 1974. He was Independent Researcher and Advisor from 1977 to 1982. He joined City, University of London in 1982 as Visiting Professor and became Professor of Shipping, Trade and Finance in 1986. He teaches Shipping Investment and Finance since 1982. He introduced, through the MSc, a new approach in international business, “the spherical approach”.

He wrote the well-known seminal monograph on shipping finance “Bank Finance for Ship Purchase” (1979), published by the University of Wales Press in the Series of Bangor Occasional Papers in Economics, Number 16. His proposed credit analysis and policy in the monograph was adopted by many international and regional banks. It constituted the first academic study on the subject worldwide.
Overall, he has written papers and studies on Shipping Finance, published in refereed academic journals and specialist trade publications. Since the mid-1980s, through his research, class teaching and public presentations, he has brought to the attention of the shipping world the potential of public and private equity and debt markets as new sources for shipping finance.
He is the Editor of the major academic publication “The Handbook of Maritime Economics and Business” (2002, 20010), LLP, where 50 leading academics from 30 universities in 19 countries contributed 39 chapters. He has presented papers and given lectures in various parts of the world.

He was made OBE (Hon) by HM Queen Elizabeth in 1994 for his work in international shipping and finance; and was appointed CBE (Hon) in 2008 for “services to teaching and research”. In 2013, he was appointed “Commander of the Order of the Phoenix” by the Hellenic Republic for his world-leading teaching and research in the maritime industry; in 2017, he became an Honorary Fellow at Bangor University, Wales; and, in 2019, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of the Aegean.
He was 1998 Seatrade Personality of the Year presented at the London Guildhall by HRH The Duke of Edinburg; in 2008, he was awarded the prize of Distinguished Personality for his outstanding contribution to the shipping industry by the Association of Banking and Financial Executives of Hellenic Shipping; in 2008, he was awarded the ‘Achievement in Education or Training’ at the Lloyd’s List Greek Shipping Awards; in 2011 he was included in the Lloyd’s List Top 100 Most Influential People in the Shipping Industry; and, in 2017, he was presented with the Capital Link Greek Shipping Leadership Award.
He was the recipient of the “Personality of the year 2018” in the Lloyd’s List Global Awards where It was cited “…He is, however, best known as a leading global authority on shipping, trade and finance. Over 40 years he has made a unique contribution to the global shipping industry by sharing his scientific and academic thought leadership. Through educating, mentoring and inspiring multiple generations of shipping executives, Professor Grammenos has arguably shaped the modern shipping industry as we know it”. In the same year, he was appointed to the Maritime 2050 expert panel of the Department for Transport to advise the UK government on the country’s maritime strategy.
Since 1994, he is an Archon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. He is Member of the Board of Directors of the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (1995-date); Member of the American Bureau of Shipping (1996-date); Fellow of Royal Society of Arts (1996); Non-executive Member of the Board, Marfin Investment Group (MIG) (2007 to 2010); Freeman of the City of London (2000); Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights (2002); Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Bankers (2004). He is Visiting Professor at the University of Antwerp (2000 to date) and was President of the International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) (1998-2003); Honorary Fellow, Institute of Marine Engineers, Science and Technology (IMarEST 2008); First Deputy Chairman, Maria Tsakos Foundation, Greece (2014-date). He was Founding President of the Governing Body of the International Hellenic University, Greece (2006-2019).
In 2009 he was chairman of the first organised meeting of UNCTAD, United Nations, Geneva on “Maritime Transport and the Climate Change Challenge”, where 40 member countries took part in the three-day meeting.

Qualifications

DSc (City), City, University of London, United Kingdom, 1999
MSc (Bangor), University College of North Wales, United Kingdom, 1977
BA (Athens), Pantion University of Athens, Greece, 1971
Visiting appointments

Founding President, International Hellenic University, Governing Board, 2006 – present
Fellowships

Honorary Fellowship, University of Bangor, 2017 – present
Honorary Fellow, Institute of Marine Engineers, Science & Technology, Mar 2008 – present
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Bankers, Jan 2004 – present
Memberships of committees

Appointed to the Advisory Board – to advise the UK Government on issues of Maritime Policies., Maritime 2015 Panel of Experts, 2018 – present
Elected Honorary Member, Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, 2016 – present
Memberships of professional organisations

Member of Council, International Association of Maritime Economists, 2002 – 2006
Founding Trustee, Institute of Marine Engineers Memorial Fund, 2000 – present
President, International Association of Maritime Economists, 1998 – 2002
Fellow, Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA)
Awards

Capital Link Greek Shipping (2017) Leadership Award
Queen’s Awards (2008) Appointed CBE (Hon)
Appointed CBE (Hon) for ‘services to teaching and research’.
The Seatrade Organisation (1998) Seatrade Personality of the Year
Queen’s Awards (1994) Appointed OBE (Hon)
Appointed OBE (Hon) for ‘valuable contribution to International Shipping and Finance’

Nikos joined BC Partners, one of the leading international Private Equity firms, in London in 2005 and has 18 years experience in private equity having led a variety of private equity investments globally. He has been an active investor in the media, telecoms, consumer and retail industries. Prior to joining BC Partners, Nikos was a Partner at Apax Partners in London where he spent seven years working on large buy-out transactions in Europe. Prior to Apax he spent three years as a management consultant with the Boston Consulting Group in London.

Nikos is Chairman of the board of Com Hem (Sweden’s leading cable TV operator), Gruppo Coin (Italy’s leading apparel retailer), Mergermarket Group (a leading global financial information company) and Migros Turk (Turkey’s leading food retailer). Nikos is also Chairman of the BC Partners Foundation, member of the Harvard Business School European Advisory Board, the Advisory Board of the AUEB, the Board of Trustees of the Impetus-Private Equity Foundation, the Board of The Hellenic Initiative, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Nikos holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree in Business Administration from Athens University of Economics & Business (AUEB).

Panayotis Bernitsas’ active, broad-based commercial practice incorporates more than 35 years of experience in transactional, advisory and litigation work.

Mr. Bernitsas is an expert in advising on major development and inbound investment projects across a number of sectors, with a track record of playing a key role in many of the pioneering and groundbreaking transactions to have taken place in Greece.

He is one of Greece’s leading legal advisors on privatization and concession projects and his real estate practice is focused on large scale developments and real property asset portfolio investments.

Mr. Bernitsas is currently advising world leading companies and financial institutions in their investments and acquisitions in the healthcare and hospitality sectors and in concession projects and privatisations in infrastructure, energy and transport.

From 1983 to 2007 Mr. Bernitsas was an Associate Professor of International Economic Law, the Law of International Business Transactions and European

Community Law at the University of Thrace. He has been widely published in the legal journals, books and other publications in his areas of expertise.

Paschalis Bouchoris, Managing Director is a senior member of BlackRock’s Financial Markets Advisory group. Based in Athens, he leads the development of the group’s regional presence in Southern and Eastern Europe and oversees several advisory engagements with banks focusing on NPLs, asset quality reviews and transaction support.

Before joining BlackRock in May 2015, he was the CEO of Greece’s Privatization Fund (TAIPED), following a 9 year tenure at National Bank of Greece where he held a number of senior management roles including Head of Large Corporate Special Assets focusing on workouts and NPLs in Greece, Head of International Corporate overseeing the Group’s wholesale banking activities in South East Europe and co-Head of the mid-market buyout funds managed by the Group’s private equity arm (NBGI). Earlier in his career he had spent several years in strategy consulting and private equity investments working in the United States and Greece.

He earned a Diploma in Electrical & Computer Engineering at NTUA in 1991 and a MBA at Rotterdam School of Management in 1994.

Γεννήθηκε στην Αθήνα (Πλάκα). Φοίτησε στη Νομική Αθηνών και στη Faculte De Droite στο Παρίσι. Είναι Πρόεδρος του Πανελληνίου Συνδέσμου Εξαγωγέων (ΠΣΕ) και του ΔΣ της CPB ASSET MANAGEMENT, καθώς και μέλος του ευρωπαϊκού think tank EURO 50 GROUP. Μέχρι πρόσφατα διετέλεσε Πρόεδρος του Ελληνικού Οργανισμού Εξωτερικού Εμπορίου (ΟΠΕ) και επί 20ετία Πρόεδρος του Οργανισμού Ασφάλισης Εξαγωγικών Πιστώσεων (ΟΑΕΠ). Επίσης, Αντιπρόεδρος επί 8ετία στο Διεθνές Εμπορικό Επιμελητήριο, με έδρα το Παρίσι, μέλος ΔΣ της Τραπέζης της Ελλάδος και Αντιπρόεδρος του Εμπορικού και Βιομηχανικού Επιμελητηρίου Αθηνών (ΕΒΕΑ).

Στον επιχειρηματικό στίβο έχει καταφέρει σημαντικές επιτυχίες, τόσο ως Πρόεδρος της εξαγωγικής επιχείρησης “Χ. Γ. ΣΑΚΕΛΛΑΡΙΔΗ”, όσο και από τη θέση της Προέδρου και Δ/νουσας Συμβούλου της εταιρείας επενδύσεων χαρτοφυλακίου εισηγμένης στο Χρηματιστήριο Αθηνών “INTERINVEST ΔΙΕΘΝΗΣ ΕΠΕΝΔΥΤΙΚΗ ΑΕΕΕΧ”. Έχει διοργανώσει δεκάδες “Δεκαπενθήμερα Ελληνικών Προϊόντων” σε διεθνείς αλυσίδες του εξωτερικού.

Για το έργο και την προσφορά της, της έχουν απονεμηθεί, μεταξύ άλλων με “To διάσημο του Χρυσού Σταυρού του Τάγματος της Τιμής, από τον Πρόεδρο της Ελληνικής Δημοκρατίας, ΑΕ Κύριο Κάρολο Παπούλια, “Tα διάσημα του Ιππότη του Εθνικού Τάγματος Αξίας της Γαλλίας”, από τον Γάλλο Πρόεδρο Νικολά Σαρκοζί και τα βραβεία “Ευρώπη 2003”, “Γυναίκα της Ευρώπης”, “Αυτοδημιούργητου Επιχειρηματία” από το ΕΒΕΑ, για την προσφορά της στις εξαγωγές από το ICCI Διεθνές Εμπορικό Επιμελητήριο, κ.ά.

Stefanos Dianellos has the responsibility of Corporate Affairs for British American Tobacco for Greece, Cyprus, Malta and Israel. With an academic and professional background in Politics, Communication and Mass Media, he has undertaken senior roles of responsibility in Greece and abroad in the area of Corporate Affairs and Communication for multinational and Greek companies and, also, mass media. He has led the strategy and management of important projects in all aspects of Corporate Affairs.

John Koudounis assumed the position of Calamos Investments CEO in 2016 and has more than 35 years of experience on Wall Street. In 2008, he was recognized as the youngest CEO on Wall Street, serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of Mizuho Securities USA. During his tenure, he built the firm into a top 10 Global Investment Bank. Since joining Calamos, Mr. Koudounis has more than doubled the assets under management. He expanded Calamos’ executive talent with key hires in personnel and investment teams with innovative strategies to enable firm growth. Mr. Koudounis is often sought-after for speaking engagements at conferences worldwide and frequently appears on financial news programs such as CNN, Fox, Fox Business, CNBC, Bloomberg TV, TD Ameritrade, Yahoo Finance, and others. He graduated from Brown University, where he played football and earned degrees in International Diplomacy, Foreign Affairs and Economics. He is a devoted husband and father to his twin daughters.

P. Calamos, Sr. is Chairman and Global CIO of Calamos Investments, a firm he founded in 1977. With origins as an institutional convertible bond manager, the firm has grown into a global asset management firm with major institutional and individual clients around the world. The firm is headquartered in the Chicago metropolitan area with additional offices in New York, San Francisco, Milwaukee and the Miami area.

Mr. Calamos has established research and investment processes centered around a team-based approach designed to deliver superior risk-adjusted performance over full market cycles through a range of U.S. and global investment strategies including equity, fixed income, convertible and alternative investments.

With 50 years of industry experience, he is often quoted as an authority on risk-managed investment strategies, markets and the economy. He is a frequent speaker at investment seminars and conferences around the world and appears regularly on CNBC, Bloomberg TV and Fox Business Channel.

Mr. Calamos has written two books: Investing in Convertible Securities: Your Complete Guide to the Risks and Rewards and Convertible Securities: the Latest Instruments, Portfolio Strategies, and Valuation Analysis.

He received his B.A. in Economics and an M.B.A. in Finance from the Illinois Institute of Technology. He joined the United States Air Force after graduation where he served as a combat pilot during the Vietnam War and ultimately earned the rank of Major.

Γεννήθηκε το 1952 στην Αθήνα. Είναι γιος του Πτέραρχου Γεωργίου ∆ούκα, που διακρίθηκε ως διοικητής της περίφημης μοίρας καταδιωκτικών 335 «Σπιτφάιαρ» στη Β. Αφρική, και μετέπειτα Αρχηγού της Υπηρεσίας Πολιτικής Αεροπορίας.

Είναι διδάκτωρ των Οικονομικών του Πανεπιστημίου της Νέας Υόρκης (New York University). Σπούδασε Οικονομικά και ∆ιεθνείς Σχέσεις στο Πανεπιστήμιο George Washington (Bachelor of Arts), ∆ιοίκηση Επιχειρήσεων και Χρηματοοικονομικά στο Πανεπιστήμιο Columbia (ΜΒΑ) και Οικονομικά στο New York University (Master of Arts in Economics και Ρh.D).

Από το 1979 έως το 1985 εργάστηκε στη Citibank στη Νέα Υόρκη ως Economist και Currency Analyst, ως Foreign Exchange Exposure Management Advisor, ως Foreign Exchange Dealer και ως Money Market Dealer.

Το 1986 ανέλαβε Investment Banking Country Head (Γενικός ∆ιευθυντής) και Country Treasurer της Citibank για την Ελλάδα και το 1990 ανέλαβε Country Head και των τομέων Institutional και Corporate Banking. Από τον Αύγουστο του 1992 έως τον Οκτώβρη του 1993 διετέλεσε Υφυπουργός Οικονομικών στην κυβέρνηση του Κ. Μητσοτάκη με αρμοδιότητες, μεταξύ άλλων, το ∆ημόσιο Χρέος και τη ∆ημόσια Περιουσία.

Το 1994 επέστρεψε στη Citibank και το 1996 ίδρυσε την εταιρία Capital Partners Α.Ε. η οποία ασχολείται κυρίως με στρατηγικές συμμαχίες και με αγοραπωλησίες και συγχωνεύσεις επιχειρήσεων.

Το Μάρτιο του 2004 εξελέγη Βουλευτής της Περιφέρειας Αττικής και ορίστηκε Υφυπουργός Οικονομίας και Οικονομικών με αρμοδιότητες τις εργασίες του Γενικού Λογιστηρίου του Κράτους, όπως την κατάρτιση και την παρακολούθηση της εκτέλεσης του Προϋπολογισμού, το ∆ημόσιο Χρέος, τον Οργανισμό ∆ιαχείρισης του ∆ημόσιου Χρέους, την Κίνηση Κεφαλαίων, Εγγυήσεων, ∆ανείων και Αξιών, τη ∆ημόσια Επιχείρηση Κινητών Αξιών, τον Χρηματοδοτικό Προγραμματισμό και την ∆ιαχείριση των Κρατικών ∆ιαθεσίμων, τις Πληρωμές Μισθών και Συντάξεων, την Επιτροπή ∆ημοσιονομικού Ελέγχου, τις ∆ημοσιονομικές Σχέσεις με την Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση, τις Υπηρεσίες ∆ημοσιονομικών Ελέγχων στα Υπουργεία, τις Νομαρχιακές Αυτοδιοικήσεις και τα Ν.Π.∆.∆., τη ∆ημόσια Περιουσία, την Κτηματική Εταιρία του ∆ημοσίου, τα Εθνικά Κληροδοτήματα, τον Ο.∆.∆.Υ, το Μετοχικό Ταμείο των Πολιτικών Υπαλλήλων κ.α. Τον Σεπτέμβριο του 2007 επανεξελέγη στην Περιφέρεια Αττικής και ορίστηκε Υφυπουργός Εξωτερικών με αρμοδιότητα την Οικονομική ∆ιπλωματία της χώρας. Έχει διατελέσει:

• Πρόεδρος του ∆.Σ. της Netmed N.V. (Όμιλος Συνδρομητικής Τηλεόρασης Nova, Filmnet, Supersport)
• Πρόεδρος του ∆.Σ. της Ericsson Hellas Πρόεδρος του ∆.Σ. της ΑΓΕΤ Ηρακλής
• Πρόεδρος του ∆.Σ. της Capital Partners Α.Ε.
• Αναπληρωτής Πρόεδρος του ∆.Σ. (Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors) της Pepsico-Ivi Hellas
• Οικονομικός Σύμβουλος της EFG-Eurobank-Ergasias Bank, της Village Roadshow Hellas, της Merrill Lynch International (Λονδίνο) και της Sanwa Bank (Λονδίνο).

Είναι Μέλος της Ελληνικής Εταιρίας ∆ιοίκησης Επιχειρήσεων (Ε.Ε.∆.Ε.), Πρόεδρος της Ελληνικής Ομοσπονδίας Γκολφ, Μέλος του ∆.Σ. (Έφορος) του Anatolia College, Μέλος του ∆.Σ. και της Εκτελεστικής Επιτροπής του Ινστιτούτου ∆ημοκρατίας «Κωνσταντίνος Καραμανλής», Μέλος του Ελληνοαμερικανικού Εμπορικού Επιμελητηρίου.

Niki Kalogiratou serves as Chief Communications Officer at Capital Ship Management Corp. since 2007. She has the responsibility of corporate communications, including media, social media, brand reputation management, public relations, marketing, social and academic ESG initiatives, also meeting related needs for Nasdaq-listed Capital Product Partners L.P.

Since 2018, Niki Kalogiratou serves as editorial consultant at Alter Ego Media for Greek leading newspapers Ta Nea, To Vima, Mega Channel TV, in.gr, ot.gr.

Since 2002 she has been lecturing and researching on communication, philosophy and the mass media at various academic institutions, publishing peer reviewed papers in Greece, China, Russia, S.Africa, S.Korea, Spain, UK, USA.

Niki Kalogiratou holds a BSc (Hons) in ‘Philosophy & Economics’ from City University London, a PGDilp & MA in ‘Classics (Philosophy)’ from King’s College London and a PhD in ‘Mass Media and Communication’ from Aristotle University, Greece.

Before his current appointment as Citi Country Officer & Banking Head of Greece, Cyprus & Malta, Emilios has held various senior positions including Corporate Banking Head for Greece and Cyprus. Also, Emilios acted as Corporate Banking Head for Greece, Cyprus and Central Europe, the latter consisting of Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and the Balkan & Baltic NPCs.

Emilios joined the bank in 1990 and served various positions including Corporate Finance transactor, Relationship Management and Credit Analyst with Citi Greece. In his current capacity as Banking Head, he manages Citi’s portfolio of corporate and financial institutions clients and public sector for Greece, Cyprus and Malta across all industries. He has a depth of transactional experience having led a series of Greek Corporates to the international debt capital markets and introduced innovative financial solutions in the domestic market.

Emilios is President of the Board of Directors of Junior Achievement Greece and a member of the Board of Directors of Hellenic Banking Association, the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce. He also sits on the advisory councils of International MBA Program of the University of Athens and Denison University, in Granville Ohio.

He holds a Masters degree in Business Administration and Finance from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and International Relations from Denison University, USA.

He has completed the INSEAD Corporate Governance for Financial Institutions inaugural program. Emilios is married and has one daughter.

George Gazepis was born in Athens, in 1960. He graduated from Athens College and he is a Computer Scientist.

He has worked for major multinational technology companies in USA and UK, such as AT&T, IBM & Ingres.

Since 1993 he has participated in several successful entrepreneurial schemes in Greece and SE Europe, such as Information Dynamics and LogicDIS, holding C-level positions.

In 2005, he co-founded Cognity; Cognity has since grown dynamically to a leading Digital Systems Integrator in SE Europe, with presence in 10 countries and 50 enterprise and government customers.

He is married and he is the father of Markos and Silia.

He was born in Larissa in 1973. His parents are Fani and Xenofon Kantonias, the founder and managing director of BIOKARPET Group till his withdraw in 2006.

He studied Public and Business Administration in the University of Cyprus, with major in Marketing/Management. He graduated in 1996. In 1998 he completed his Master Degree in the University of Bridgeport, Connecticut, and acquired the title of MBA. He was awarded for his performance by the Business Honor Society ΔΜΔ (DMD).

Since 1999 he worked in BIOKARPET Group initially in the Purchase department and then as the Purchasing Manager. In 2001 he was the Purchase Manager of the entire Group, including the leading company EXALCO. In June 2006, along with the other members of Xenofon Kantonias’ s family he withdrew from BIOKARPET enterprises, to create their own industrial extrusion unit. In the Fall of 2008 a new company, COSMOS ALUMINIUM, was set up and since then he is the Vice President and Commercial Manager.

During his term of office as Commercial Manager, COSMOS ALUMINIUM which is a purely export company managed to increase its sales from 12,324 tn/year in 2010 to 42,232 tn/year in 2020, classifying it as the first Greek company in aluminium profile sales (in metric tons).

Yannis Kantonias is married to Athina Kyriazou and they have three children: Xenofon (2004), Miltiadis (2006) and Fani (2009).

Alexandra Palli was born in Athens on July 1967.

She holds BSc in Business Administration ans Marketing management and an MSc in International Business.
-From 1990 to 1995 she was the managing director “PALLIS” SA, leading stationery wholesale and retail business
-From 1996 she was the managing director “PALLIS Graphic Arts Industry”
-In July 2011 she became shareholder and acting vice president of “POLITY sa, Strategic Communication Consultants”
-Today, she is shareholder and President of the board of “Kitheron Farms”, a dairy product industry and shareholder and CEO, LGN sa, real estate and investments company.
-In June 2006 to November 2011, she was elected General Secretary, of the ACCI, the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry, where she was an elected member of the board since 1990.
-From 2016 to 2020, she was elected Vice President of the Athens Traders Assosiation , where she was an elected member of the board since 1996.
-From 2004 to 2009, she was a member of the board of the “Hellenic Foreign Trade Organisation “, HEPO
-From 2004-2010 she was secretary general of the ” Athens tourism and economic development agency”, appointed by the Mayor of Athens, in order to assist the
organisation of the Olympic Games in Greece.
-She is a member of the “European Union of the small and medium sized enterprises,” EUMU- Hellas, the organisation of SMEs in the EU.
-Since 2009, she is a member of the “National Chamber Network of Women Enterpreneurs”
-From 2010 to 2018, she was elected vice president , “EUROCOMMERCE”, the principal European organisation representing the retail and wholesale sectors in Europe.
It is based in Brussels.
-She was a member of Eurocommerce since 2005, representing the ACCI and ATA.
-She was an elected member of the Hellenic Network for Corporate Social Responsibility
-CSR HELLAS- since March 2009 , representing the ACCI, and on March 2012 she was re elected and became Secretary General of the CSR HELLAS Board with its new diversified activities.

Today, she is the Vice President of CSR Hellas.

-She is vice president of “XARA”, a non profit organisation for children with special needs, including autism, cerebral palsy and mental retardation.
-She is President of “Dojo Tatsuo Suzuki” karate assosiation in Athens, Greece
-She was elected as an honorary member of the board of directors of the Hellenic Olympic Committee , in September 2021 and was elected member of the International Olympic Academy
-She speaks English and French.
-She has served as a Member of the Central Committee of “New Democracy” political party between 2004 to 2007.
-In June 2009 she was a candidate of the European Parliament elections for the “New Democracy” political party, in an honorary position
-In June 2012 she was a candidate of the Hellenic Parliament elections for “New Democracy” political party.
-She is a certified open sea diver and skipper, and a black belted wado ryu karate athlete.
-She is married to Nino Giannakopoulos and mother of four children.

Kostis Rokas is a Managing Director at CVC and is based in Athens. Kostis has over 15 years of professional experience primarily in private equity as well as investment banking and strategic advisory. He is responsible for sourcing opportunities, monitoring investments and supporting managements to build better businesses with sustainable growth plans.

Kostis has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Yale University where he graduated magna cum laude and a Master in Business Administration from Harvard Business School.

CVC was established in 1981 and has become a leading global alternative investment manager focused on private equity, secondaries and credit with a global network of 25 local offices and €133 billion of assets under management.

CVC is one of the most active institutional investors in Greece, having invested circa €1.5bn of equity since 2017 across various sectors.
Today, CVC has six portfolio companies in Greece: Hellenic Healthcare Group, D-Marin, Skroutz, Vivartia, Ethniki Insurance and PPC.

Mr. Nicos Koulis
Chairman & CEO
DECA Investments AIFM Investment Manager Diorama
Email: nkoulis@decainvestments.eu

Nicos Koulis is the Chairman and Patner of DECA Investments AIFM, the investment manager of Diorama Investments Sicar, and Diorama Investments II, RAIF. These Luxembourg-based funds, which currently manage c EUR 330 million, take majority or large minority positions in attractive Greek SME and medium size companies. Deca Investments is an active shareholder seeking to improve significantly and grow its portfolio companies.
Mr. Koulis started his career in New York City where he spent 18 years working with McKinsey & Company, The First Boston Corporation (M&A Group), and Bear Stearns & Co. where he was a Senior Managing Director in Investment Banking. Later he established an M&A advisory firm, which provided advisory and fundraising services to several international companies.
He is a graduate of the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (MBA 1983) and Athens University, School of Law, (1979). He serves as a member of the BoD of several companies

Dimitris Koutsopoulos is the CEO of Deloitte Greece and Member of the Deloitte Central Mediterranean Executive Committee.

Dimitris joined Deloitte in 1998 and as the CEO, since 2015, he has contributed significantly to the development of new services, both in terms of scope and number, in the expansion of the company throughout Greece, and in its technological transformation. Under his leadership, Deloitte Greece has reached a headcount of 2,860 people, having quadrupled its workforce in just 6 years.

He is a Chartered Accountant ICAEW, a Fellow Certified Chartered Accountant (FCCA) and holds a BSc in Economics and two post graduate degrees in International Finance and Business & Management. Dimitris is a member of the Supervisory Committee of the Greek Registered Auditors and a Founding Member of the Council of Competitiveness of Greece.

Alexandros Bechrakis is the Managing Director of Digital Realty in Greece. He is responsible for broadening the reach of the company’s data center platform across Southeastern Europe, with a particular focus on Greece—including the recent development of the Heraklion Campus—as well as Cyprus, Albania, and Malta. A major focus of his role is to support Greece’s transformation into a digital hub and a key gateway to Europe, leveraging its strategic position at the crossroads of the Eastern Mediterranean, Africa, and the Middle East.

In May 2025, Alexandros was appointed Chairman of the Greek Data Center Association, a newly established non-profit organization aimed at advancing the data center industry in Greece and strengthening the country’s role in the digital economy.

Previously, Alexandros served for 11 years as Chief Commercial & Technology Officer at Lamda Hellix, where he played a pivotal role in driving strong revenue growth and customer satisfaction—successes that contributed to the company’s acquisition by Digital Realty.

Prior to Lamda Hellix, Alexandros spent over thirteen years at Cisco, where he held the position of Regional Sales Manager for the Enterprise, Financial, and Commercial sectors. He led teams across several Southeastern European countries, following earlier leadership roles in technical engineering management and marketing at the company.

He began his career at the Computer Technology Institute of Patras as a networking specialist, focusing on the emerging Internet and Intranet technologies of the time, as well as knowledge transfer initiatives bridging together academia and the enterprise sector.

Alexandros holds a degree in Computer Engineering and Informatics from the School of Engineering, University of Patras.

George has long standing experience in corporate law and corporate taxation.

He has been involved in a large number of corporate deals, including corporate transformations, acquisitions and IPOs.

In addition, George advises some of the leading investment services firms and credit institutions and has served as general counsel of the Greek branch of a major multinational bank for twenty odd years.

He has a solid background in issues of compliance, corporate governance and risk management.

He is a graduate of the Athens Law School and holds a masters degree from the London School of Economics.

Konstantinos Kollias was born in Larissa in 1976. He studied Economics at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Piraeus and a PhD on the same subject from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

He has served as Special Secretary for Privatizations at the Ministry of Finance, Director General at the Educational Center for Public Servants of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Alternate Governor of the Board of Governors of the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB), representing the Hellenic Republic, Vice-President of the Board of the Gas Supply Company Attica S.A, member of the Board of Directors of the Athens Urban Transport Organization, financial advisor to the Minister at the Ministry of Economy and Finance and visiting professor at the Athens University of Economics and Business.

Currently, he is a visiting professor at the Democritus University of Thrace, Department of Economics, member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Athens International Airport, Partner at Diadikasia Business Consulting S.A. and Financial Advisor – Business Development Consultant at KLC Law Firm.

In February 2014 he was elected President of the Economic Chamber of Greece and in February 2017 he was reelected. In January 2020 he renewed his term as President of the Economic Chamber of Greece for another four years.

Christos Balaskas joined Eldorado on October 9, 2017 as VP and General Manager, Greece.

Prior to joining Eldorado, Christos was the General Manager of the Athens Natural Gas Supply & Distribution Company, a position he held since 2009. Christos has over 25 years of experience in the Downstream Oil & Gas sector mostly with the Royal Dutch Shell Group of companies and BG Group where he held various managerial positions in Greece and in the UK.

Christos is a Naval Architect and Marine Engineer by training from the National Technical University of Athens. He also holds an MSc in Computer Science from the University of Birmingham and an MBA in Engineering Management from Cass Business School, City, University of London.

Takis is a co-founder of Elikonos Capital Partners, a Greece focused Private Equity Group with assets of approximately Euro 90 million (Elikonos 1 & Elikonos 2).

Takis has significant experience in Private Equity transactions and investments in Greece, the Balkans and the US markets and serves on the board of companies in technology, food processing, media, logistics and distribution.

He has also significant general management experience from his tenure as GM of a major logistics/distribution business and a media group while started his career in Accountancy with a big 4 accounting group in the UK. He is a graduate of the American College of Greece (Deree) and has an MBA in International Business & Finance from the Sheffield Business School (UK).

Marinos Giannopoulos is an experienced finance and academic professional with a Doctorate in Strategic Management. For several years he lived and was active in the UK where he worked in the City of London as a banking executive and business consultant. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the Management School, University of Liverpool, a master’s degree in international business economics from City University London, and a PhD from Brunel University London, with the thesis title: “Divesting assets and redeploying resources as predictors of the performance of acquisitions: The case of Greece.”

Prior to assuming his current duties as CEO of Enterprise Greece, he worked for more than a decade in the banking industry, both in Greece and abroad. He has extensive experience in managing credit risk in investment banking portfolios and participated in the management and consolidation of credit risk portfolios at financial institutions and companies in emerging Europe.

Upon returning to Greece, he led the team at one of Greece’s leading banks responsible for facilitating in the implementation of Greece’s National Recovery and Resilience Fund − Greece 2.0 − while also liaising with European development bodies and Greek government agencies.

He served as advisor to New Democracy’s Secretariat for International Relations & European Union from 2013 to 2019. He has been a member of various academic and professional committees and has been actively engaged in research and writing with numerous articles published in leading international journals, such as the Journal for Global Business Advancement and the International Journal of Business and Economic Sciences. At the same time, he also taught at Brunel University and the Hellenic Open University in the fields of Strategic Management and Business Economics.

Chara D. Zerva is Managing Partner of “Nicolas Kanellopoulos – Chara Zerva & Associates Law Firm” (NKLaw Firm) and member of Athens Bar Association since 2000, with a law degree from National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Law School and postgraduate studies in France. She is a Supreme Court Lawyer and an Accredited Mediator. She is also a GDPR Expert and a DPO Consultant in AI and Data protection matters in various public and private organizations.

She serves more than fifteen years as a General Legal Counsel and BoD Legal Advisor at Enterprise Greece SA and she is the Legal Advisor of the BoD of the Hellenic Development Bank of Investments. She has a significant experience in investment law, state aid, financial instruments, public law and public procurement as well as in complex cases of planning and implementing big scale projects and investments. She has also served as Legal Advisor to Ministries and governmental organizations, obtaining extensive experience in legislative and legal drafting. She has published articles in newspapers and scientific journals, and she has participated as a speaker in scientific workshops.

Alexandros Nousias is the Country Director of Envolve Entrepreneurship in Greece.

He manages program operations and implements the organization’s strategic support towards the startup community in Greece, through three main pillars: Education, Resources & Awards. In addition, he develops initiatives and new activities, while at the same time he oversees and supports the expansion of the annual award program’s winning businesses, in their effort to grow in Greece and abroad.

He started his career in shipping and in 2013 joined the Hellenic Entrepreneurship Award (current Envolve Award Greece) as Project Manager and Financial Analyst and later as Director. To date he has taken part in the evaluation of over 7,000 business plans from a wide range of commercial sectors.

Alexandros holds a M.Sc. in Shipping, Trade and Finance from Cass Business School in London and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Athens University of Economics and Business.

Associate Partner EOS Capital Partners

• 17 years of experience in investment banking, strategic advisory positions and private equity
• Associate Partner at EOS Capital Partner, a Greek Private Equity Fund with funds under management in excess of €100MM investing in Greek growth SMEs
• Senior Manager at Piraeus Bank at the Group Transformation Unit with the overall responsibility of several strategic restructuring projects
• Participated in the strategic transformation of Geniki Bank as Head of Corporate Planning of the Bank, responsible for the preparation of the Bank’s business plan and operational redesign. Member of the Executive Committees of the Bank
• Participated in the execution and project management of a number of strategic projects (M&A and capital raisings) at Piraeus Bank during the period 2009 to 2012
• Origination, project management and execution of a number of M&A and capital market transactions for public and private sector corporates in Greece as an Investment Banking Senior Associate at Morgan Stanley
• Participated in the execution of several M&A (Buy/Sell side/LBOs), privatizations and capital market (Capital raisings, High Yield) transactions across a very diversified universe of sectors in Greece, CEE and North Africa as an Associate at Citigroup Global Market, London
• Holds a Banking and International Finance Degree from City University Business School London and a MSc in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics, UK

Dimitra joined EOS Capital Partners as Partner in 2024, bringing over 25 years of experience in asset management and corporate financial analysis. She is a member of the Valuation and ESG Committees.

She previously served for 7 years, as Deputy CEO at Novalis Finance SA in Switzerland responsible for Strategic and Tactical asset Allocation and Risk Management. She also held the position of Investment Director at Attica Wealth Management in Athens for 16 years.

She has been actively involved in the implementation of MIFID II and FinSA regulations, focusing on compliance and AML functions within the EU and Switzerland, respectively. She has also contributed to corporate responsibility initiatives and the integration of ESG ratings into institutional investors’ portfolios.

Dimitra is a Certified Financial Analyst and Portfolio Manager by the Hellenic Capital Market Commission. She holds a degree in Economics from the Athens University of Economics and Business and an MBA in Finance from ESCEM, France.

Xenia Kazoli is an experienced international lawyer, admitted to the bars of New York Paris and Athens. She has advised on large and complex transactions in multinational environments, including for the governments of Greece, Italy, France, Spain and Portugal in privatisations and offerings, as well as advised clients on EU financial regulations and corporate governance.

For the last few years she has been advising on regulatory reform and corporate governance and served as a senior advisor with Nestor Advisors Ltd, a UK advisory firm specializing in corporate governance. Until 2015 Xenia was a counsel at Allen & Overy LLP, where she spent 15 years specializing in international debt and equity offerings and advising on privatisations and cross border transactions. Prior to this was, she was practicing with Skadden Arps LLP in their Paris and London offices in the international capital markets team.
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Xenia has also worked with the World Bank, conducting legal assessment, policy and regulatory reform and advising on judicial capacity building in Peru, Argentina, El Salvador and Venezuela, and more recently as an expert with the European Union in Georgia providing technical assistance and training to government officials on negotiation and drafting of international contracts.

Xenia is currently a member of the Supervisory Board of the Hellenic Company of Assets and Participations (Greece’s holding company of the state owned enterprises), a member of the Board of the Athens Exchange and Chair of its Nominations and Remuneration Committee, Vice Chair of the Board and member of the Committee of ESED (the Greek Corporate Governance Council), a member of the Board of the company Autohellas S.A, as well as a member of the Advisory Board of the NGO DESMOS. She is also the co-founder of Corporate Governance Hub 2020, a non profit promoting corporate governance and diversity in boards.

Konstantinos Vassiliou is Deputy CEO and an Executive Member of the Board of Directors of Eurobank, heading Group Corporate and Investment Banking (GCIB).

He is responsible for the Corporate Banking Units, as well as for the specialized units of Shipping, Structured Finance, Global Transaction Banking, Investment Banking, Loan Syndications and Global Markets on a group basis. Mr. Vassiliou is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of Eurobank Factors, Vice Chairman of the Boards of Directors of Eurolife FFH Insurance Group Holdings, Eurolife FFH Life Insurance and Eurolife FFH General Insurance, member of the Boards of Directors of Eurobank Equities and Athens Exchange Group and member of the General Council of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises.

Before joining Eurobank in late 2005, Mr. Vassiliou was Country Manager for Greece, Cyprus and the Balkans region at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, based in London. Having more than 20 years of experience in Corporate & Investment Banking, he has been actively involved in most M&A transactions and major Debt Financings completed in Greece and Southeastern Europe and has led some of the largest and most visible Debt Restructurings in Greece.

Mr. Vassiliou received an MBA from the Boston University Graduate School of Management in 1998 and a B.S. in Business Administration from the Economic University of Athens in 1994.

Michalis Vlastarakis is Group Chief Marketing Officer of Eurobank SA., Chairman of the Steering Committee of Eurobank’s Incubator/ Accelerator «egg – enter•grow•go» and member of the Advisory Boards of BigPi Ventures I, V.P. Velocity Fund, Uni.Fund I & Metavallon ΙΙ.

Before Eurobank, he has held managerial positions at Euromerchant Bank, Barclays Bank Plc in Greece and the U.K. and National Bank of Greece. During his career, Mr. Vlastarakis has played an important role in the development of Retail Banking in Greece and Southeastern Europe, having served as a Board Member in Banks Eurobank AD Beograd, Bancpost SA Romania & Eurobank Bulgaria AD.

Also, he has served as a member of the BoD at ERB Eurolife Life Insurance, ERB Eurolife General Insurance and at Eurobank Asset Management M.F.M.C. He holds an MBA in Financial Services from ALBA Graduate Business School, a Degree in Economics from Athens University and has attended various Executive Education Courses like Strategic Marketing at Harvard Business School and Leadership at IMD.

Ms Dziurman started working in Greece in 1979 in the tourism sector and changed career following an MBA. Her first contract with the EBRD was in 1991, setting up a training course for privatisation officials in St Petersburg, before becoming an expert for the development of viable commercial banking sectors in former USSR countries. She spent 12 years as a freelance consultant focussing on banking and SME credit lines for the EBRD, but also for DFID and World Bank. Sabina became a staff member of EBRD in 2004; she initially joined the Group for Small Business and later the Financial Institutions Group. She successfully led landmark transactions such as the rescue of Latvia’s Parex Bank and the EBRD’s first investment in Cyprus in the Bank of Cyprus. Ms. Dziurman was appointed Director for Greece and Cyprus in July 2015 and is based in Athens. A British citizen, she was educated at London University and London Business School.

Dimitra Papandreou is Principal Manager at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). She joined EBRD in the beginning of 2018 and she is leading the ‘Advice for Small Businesses Programme’ in Greece (www.ebrd.com/knowhow/greece), which aims at supporting small and medium enterprises grow by connecting them with local consultants and international advisors. Dimitra has more than 15 years of professional experience in the provision of advisory services to businesses and organisations in various industries on business strategy and operations. In the past she has worked as a management consultant for Deloitte and Planet SA in Greece.

Dimitra holds a BSc in Financial and Banking Management from the University of Piraeus and an MSc in International Development from the University of Bath (UK).

Apostolos Tzitzikostas was born on September 2, 1978. He studied Government and International Relations at Georgetown University, in Washington DC. After graduating in 2000, he had his first working experience at the Office of the President of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the United States Congress. In 2002 he obtained a Masters Degree on European Public Policy and Economics from the University College of London. Following his studies, he created his own company on the field of production, processing and standardization of dairy products, based on organic standards.

In 2007, he was elected Member of the Greek Parliament, in the First District of Thessaloniki. In the Regional Elections of November 2010 he was elected Vice-Governor of the Region of Central Macedonia and Head of the Metropolitan Area of Thessaloniki. On the Regional Elections of May 2014 he was elected Governor of the Region of Central Macedonia and on the Regional Elections of May 2019 he was re-elected Governor of the Region of Central Macedonia. On November 2019 he was elected President of the Association of Greek Regions

Since 2015 he is a Member of the European Committee of the Regions. In July 2017, he was elected Head of the Greek Delegation and Vice-President of the European Committee of the Regions. On February 2020 he was elected President of the European Committee of the Regions.

He fluently speaks English and French and his articles are regularly being published in Greek and foreign newspapers and magazines.

Rania has over 26 years of professional experience, including positions of high responsibility, across different sectors. She began her career at Texaco, in the oil and gas sector in the Caspian region. She has also worked for more than 10 years in Corporate and Investment Banking in London and in Athens, for Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas and Eurobank.

Important positions in her career include: CEO of the Hellenic Corporation of Assets and Participations (HCAP), Greece’s sovereign fund, with majority shareholdings in large state-owned enterprises and sole shareholder of the Privatization Fund (HRADF) and of the Public Properties Company (ETAD). Partner at Ernst & Young (EY) in Transaction Advisory Services and Energy Sector Leader for SE Europe. Deputy CEO and member of the Board of Public Power Corporation (PPC), the leading listed Greek electric utility.

Over the last years, Rania has taken the role of senior strategy and financial advisor to large corporates, while she serves as a board director in several boards, including ElvalHalcor S.A., Motor Oil S.A. and HEDNO S.A. (two of which are listed and part of the Athens Large Cap 25 Index). She is also Chair or member in various board committees, including Audit Committee, Nomination & Remuneration Committee and Sustainability Committee. In the board of HEDNO, Rania was nominated by Macquarie Asset Management (#1 infra fund globally) which has acquired an equity stake of 49%.

She is member of the Advisory Board of Dianeosis, the leading non-profit think tank institute in Greece on social, economic and policy reforms matters. She is also member of the Leadership Committee of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM). In the past, she served as member of the Hellenic Corporate Governance Council (HCGC) and of the Council of Competitiveness in Greece.

Rania participates in various international non-profit organizations for gender parity: she is the Athens Chair for 50/50 Women on Boards, co-chair of the Greek Chapter of WomenCorporateDirectors (WCD) and member of the European Network of Women in Leadership (WIL).

She has graduated from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki from the faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering. She holds an MBA from City University in London (Bayes Business School).

Matt Fairfield is a distinguished entrepreneur with 28 years of experience in the insurance and reinsurance sectors.

In 2011, he established ANV Holdings BV, a global specialty insurance group based in Amsterdam, with Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan as its lead LP. Under his direction, the firm grew organically and through the acquisition and revamping of three Lloyd’s of London syndicates 1861, 5820 and 779. By the time he stepped down from ANV in 2015, Matt had built an insurance and reinsurance business with annual gross managed premium of US$ 1bn, with offices in Barcelona, Kansas City, London, New Jersey and Rio de Janeiro.

Matt began his insurance career as an underwriter at AIG in 1989. After joining Aetna/Executive Risk in 1991 he founded and managed UAP Executive Partners, a joint venture between Union des Assurances de Paris (“UAP”) and Aetna/Executive Risk, providing financial lines liability insurance outside of the United States from their Paris based offices. After AXA’s merger with UAP the company was later renamed AXA Global Risk.

In 1999, Matt co-founded MAG Global Financial Products, a Barcelona based underwriting agency specializing in financial lines liability insurance. In 2002, while he was Chairman and CEO of MAG, the company was acquired by HCC Insurance Holdings to underwrite financial lines and related products globally and went on to become their most profitable subsidiary. Matt is a sought after public speaker and has appeared frequently at numerous industry events.

George, started his professional career with Arthur Andersen in 2000 in Financial Risk Advisory practice.

He joined EY in 2002 and was accepted in partnership in 2007.

Currently he leads the Financial Services Industry Sector (FSI), of EY in Central and Southeast Europe and the Advisory practice of EY in Southeast Europe cluster which consists of 10 countries including Greece, Romania, Cyprus and Malta.

He has worked with most Banks and Regulators in the region, focusing on Risk Strategy and Risk Management, Troubled Assets Management and Regulation.

George is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), a certified Professional Risk Manager (PRM), a certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM) and certified Financial Services Auditor (CFSA).

He is a graduate of the Athens University of Economics and Business, has received his Master’s degree in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics (LSE) and has followed a number of executive education programs from leading global business schools.

Mr. Tassos Iossiphides has been a Partner in EY since 2005 and Head of the Strategy & Transaction Services in Greece. He also leads the Strategy & Transaction Practice for the South Cluster of Central, Southeast Europe & Central Asia (CESA). Tassos has more than 27 years of experience of providing Financial, Strategy and Transaction Advisory services in various industries and he has led very important projects and corporate transactions in Greece and Central Southeast Europe countries, including Valuations & Business Planning, Mergers & Acquisitions, Privatizations, PPPs, as well as Investment Advisory Assignments related to raising Corporate & Project Finance including RRF & EU funding.

Mr. Iossiphides has also served as an Advisor to organizations and associations that support entrepreneurship, such as ACCI and SEV, on issues related to SMEs, including the need of scale up, financing & exports related initiatives, as well as a consultant to Endeavor and THEA, advising newly established and dynamically growing businesses.

He is an elected member of the Board of Directors of ACCI, he holds a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Patras, and an MBA from the University of Stirling, United Kingdom. He has also received professional training in Corporate Strategy at Harvard Business School, Corporate Finance Training from INSEAD, Paris and a Mergers & Acquisitions at the Andersen Training Center of Chicago.

Panos Papazoglou is the Managing Partner in Greece since July 2010. Effective January 2011 he became the CSE South Cluster Leader and effective January 2015 the Central and South Eastern Markets Leader as well. Following the Central Eastern Southeastern and Central Asia (CESA) integration in July 2018 he was the CESA Accounts Leader till December 2020.

He has served as Head of Assurance in Ernst Young Romania for two years and focused on the energy and technology sectors. He has also served as CMP and Head of Assurance in Bulgaria for three years.

Panos joined Ernst & Young in 1988 and is based in the Athens office. Panos is a Qualified Accountant in Greece and Romana.

Experience:

He has extensive exposure to the international environment. Managed cross – cultural teams, in a number of sizeable assurance and advisory projects.

He has sound management experience and supervisory skills gained over the 34 years of being involved in the accounting and audit profession.

His technical experience is a combination of engagements across a wide range of services including financial audits, privatizations, initial public offerings and offerings of shares. He has participated in numerous engagements involving / leading multicultural teams as well.

Other

He is a member of the BoD of the American Hellenic Chamber of Commerce, member of the Executive Committee and BoD of the Institute of Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE) and also member at the CEO Clubs and Endeavor.

Kiara Konti is a Partner at EY in Greece, leading EY’s Climate Change and Sustainability Services (CCaSS) practice in Greece and the EY Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe and Central Asia (CESA) region. She has subject-matter knowledge and 19 years of experience in sustainability consulting and assurance services, across a series of ESG aspects, including decarbonization, the circular economy, social impact and sustainable finance.

Kiara has led more than 300 engagements on climate change and sustainability services, for more than 100 companies, across 25 sectors/subsectors.

She has deep knowledge and consulting experience in sustainability strategy and target setting, sustainability governance and management systems, ESG risk and opportunities identification and assessment (including impact analysis/double materiality methodologies), stakeholder engagement, community investment, measurement of non-financial KPIs, socioeconomic outcomes measurement, measurement of social return on investment (SROI), climate/green and sustainability-linked bond/loan frameworks, ESG reporting, ESG training and non-financial assurance services.

Kiara holds an MSc in Business and Community (University of Bath, UK) and a BSc in Business Administration (Deree College, Greece)

She is a GRI Certified Sustainability Professional, a GRI Certified Trainer, an AccountAbility Certified Sustainability Assurance Practitioner, she holds the ACCA Certificate in Integrated Reporting, and has successfully completed the Social Value UK SROI training.

Kiara is a BoD Member of the UNGC Network in Greece, a member of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce’s (AmCham) Sustainability Committee, as well as a member of AmCham’s Circular Economy Committee. She also represents EY as a founding member of the Climate Governance Initiative Greek Chapter.

Since 2006, Kiara has published a number of articles on ESG in Greek magazines and newspapers, has contributed to international book publications on sustainability, is a regular speaker in sustainability conferences and events, and has provided a series of open and in-house training courses on the subject.

Margarita Gamaletsou is the Director of Communications and Corporate Relations at EYDAP. Her professional career pathway includes mainly positions in the field of Corporate Communications, with experience in corporate image and reputation transformation, sustainable development and ESG, corporate responsibility, etc.

She holds a ΒΑ in Market Research and Marketing from Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB), she is an AUEB MBA International graduate, she holds an MA in Strategic Communication from Washington State University and an MSc in Quantitative Investments from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

Mr. Sachinis is the Chief Executive Officer of EYDAP, the largest water and wastewater company in Greece. He has negotiated a new favorable €6 billion 20-year concession agreement with the Greek State. He is also focusing on executing a €1.6 billion 10-year investment plan, transforming the company to achieve operational excellence and become a leader in ESG ratings.

He previously held the position of Business Development Officer at Aegean Airlines.

He has been involved in private equity as a Partner at Global Finance, as an Operating Partner at Advent International and independently.

Earlier he was the Chairman and CEO of DEPA Group, where he significantly improved profitability, negotiated and completed major supply contracts worth $20 billion and contributed in the shaping of alternative gas supply routes to Europe.

He has also served as President of the McGraw-Hill Companies’ Business Information Group, which he made into one of the top global business-to-business information companies, specializing in the energy, construction, aviation, aerospace and defense industries.

Prior to this, he was President of Platts, which he built into the world’s largest energy and commodities price and information provider, and at the same time he actively promoted transparency and integrity in the global energy markets.

He was also Group Vice President of Standard & Poor’s, where he grew key strategic businesses in the financial information sector.

He has served as Vice Chairman of ATHEXClear and as a Member of the Boards of Directors of ENEXClear.

He is a Member of the Boards of Directors of the Atlantic Council and οf the Investment Committee of CNL Capital.

He holds an engineering degree from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

George Mylonogiannis was born in Athens in 1963. He studied both Economics (BS) and Law (LLB) at the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens.

He has worked as a plenipotentiary attorney at law of major international companies before the Greek courts. He has worked as advisor to the Prime Minister in the period 1991-1993 and Legal Advisor to the Prime Minister in the period 2019-2021. His practice focuses on Commercial law, tax law, EU law, public contracts and arbitration. Some of his recent highlights of his work include working as an advisor as well as legal counsel for: OTE, Airbus Group, Airbus Hellas SA and Athens Gas Corporation (EDA SA).

He is founding partner of the law firm Fortsakis, Diakopoulos, Mylonogiannis & Associates (FDMA Law Firm) since 2001.

Constantine (“Dean”) M. Dakolias is the Co-Chief Investment Officer of the Credit Funds at Fortress Investment Group LLC. Mr. Dakolias is also a member of the Management Committee of Fortress.

Prior to joining Fortress in August 2001, Mr. Dakolias was a managing director, Chief Credit Officer and co-founder of American Commercial Capital LLC and Coronado Advisors, which were sold to Wells Fargo Bank NA in 2001. Mr. Dakolias was previously a director at RER Financial Group (“RER”) where he was responsible for the firm’s acquisition efforts as a principal and as a provider of third party due diligence and asset management.

Mr. Dakolias received a B.S. in Physics from Columbia University.

Mr. Mehiel is the Principal Shareholder and Chairman of U. S. Corrugated, Inc., formerly the Nation’s largest independent manufacturer of corrugated packaging until a recent transaction in which a substantial portion of USC was acquired by Kapstone Paper and Packaging Corporation. U. S. Corrugated divested 14 converting facilities and a recycled containerboard mill; it continues to operate 7 manufacturing plants located in the Midwest and Southern United States. Mr. Mehiel is the Managing Member of Four M Capital, LLC, a Buffalo Wild Wings Franchisee developing the New York Metropolitan region in behalf of the Brand. The company owns and operates 16 BWW Sit Down Restaurants with additional sites under development. In 2012 New York Governor Andrew Cuomo appointed

Mr. Mehiel Chairman and C.E.O. of the Battery Park City Authority. BPCA operates a 92 Acre property created when the World Trade Center was constructed 40 years ago at the south end of Manhattan. The site contains ten million square feet of commercial space, residential properties with a population of 14,000 along with parks and other public spaces.

Mr. Mehiel is the former Chairman, CEO and Principal Shareholder of Box USA, which he founded in 1966. The Company was built primarily through the acquisition of financially troubled competitors, many in Chapter 11. When sold to International Paper in 2004, Box USA was also then the Nation’s largest independent producer of corrugated shipping containers operating 22 corrugated packaging facilities and two containerboard mills, all located within the continental United States. Mr. Mehiel is also the former Chairman, CEO, and Principal Shareholder of Sweetheart Cup Company, which was North America’s largest producer of disposable table top products for the away-from-home dining market. Sweetheart was rescued from insolvency when acquired by Mr. Mehiel in 1998. The company was acquired by its principal competitor, Solo Cup Company in 2004.

Mr. Mehiel is an Investor in and an Independent Director of Sober Steering Sensors, a development stage company commercializing a passive interdiction technology which prevents the operation of a motor vehicle when alcohol is present. He is also an Investor in and an Independent Director of Mineral Separation Technologies, Inc., a development stage company commercializing a revolutionary new environmentally benign process for the preparation of coal for market. He is a former Member of the Board of The Milano School for Management and Urban Policy at the New School, a Member of Business Executives for National Security and a former Trustee of the Westchester Medical Center. During 2011 he served as Vice-Chair and a Director of the Empire State Development Corporation, an instrumentality of the New York State Government focused on Economic Development and Job Creation. From 1989 until 1993 he was a Trustee of the Windward School in White Plains, one of the region’s premier providers of education for learning disabled children. He also served for ten years as a Trustee of the Purnell School in Pottersville, N.J., an independent high school for girls who have not succeeded in a traditional competitive academic setting.

Mr. Mehiel was the first person not of the Jewish faith ever elected to the Board of Governors of Yeshiva University’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work where he served from 1989 until 1996.

Mr. Mehiel is the Founder and Financial Supporter of the All The Way Foundation. ATW sponsors an educational support pilot program in the Northern Manhattan neighborhood of Washington Heights where he was born and spent his childhood. The Program admitted seven consecutive classes of First Graders commencing in 1996. To date, ninety five percent of its students are graduating High School and gaining admittance to college.

Mr. Mehiel has long been active in New York State political life. He served for 12 years as a member of the Democratic National Committee and is a former Chairman of the Westchester County Democratic Committee. For eight years he served as an Officer and Director of the New York League of Conservation Voters. He was the New York State Chair of the Kerry Presidential Campaign in 2004 and was the Democratic Nominee for New York State Lt. Governor in 2002.

Mr. Mehiel is a member of the Holy Trinity Cathedral in New York City. He is a former member of the Archdiocesan Council, the Lay Leadership of the Greek Orthodox Church of the Americas, and continues as a member of its Leadership 100 Group and Faith: An Endowment for Orthodoxy and Hellenism. He is an Archon of The Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle, the world’s oldest Lay Religious Organization and a recipient of the Medal of St. Paul, the Highest Honor a lay person may receive from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.

Mrs. Lazaridou is a graduate of Athens University of Economics and Business and holds a M.Sc. in Finance from the University of Strathclyde UK.

Ms. Lazaridou has more than 25 years of previous experience in the banking sector, having held the position of the General Manager in Corporate & Investment Banking in the Banking sector for over 10 years. At the same time – and in the context of her above responsibilities – she has served successfully as Chairman of the Board of Directors to subsidiaries of Banks, as well as an executive member of Bank’s senior committees. Through this role, she has acquired a deep knowledge of the country’s infrastructure and energy sectors, contributing strongly to their rapid growth.

In 2017, joined GEK TERNA Group, assuming the position of General Financial Manager with focus on defining financial policy and management. Since December 2019, Mrs. Lazaridou is Executive Board Member of GEK TERNA S.A. listed company.

She is also member of the ExCo Committee of the ICC (Hellas international Chamber of Commerce) women and participates in an international network of “Women on Board” at Harvard Business School.

Mrs. Gerekou since August 2019 has been appointed, President of the Greek National Tourism Organization, by decision of the Greek Government and the Ministry for Tourism.

Angela Gerekou was born in the island of Corfu. She holds a degree from the School of Architecture of the University Of Rome, Italy. She has worked as an Architect for the Hellenic Ministry of Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works, on special programs for the renovation of underdeveloped areas of Athens and she has also worked out a great number of architectural projects for the island of Corfu.

She has served the Greek Government from the positions of Deputy Minister for Culture and Tourism (2009-2010) and Deputy Minister for Culture (2014-2015). She was elected Member of the Greek Parliament, for Corfu, in the 2004, 2007, 2009 and 2012 national elections.

Angela Gerekou, also has a significant career in acting. She studied in Derek Jakoby’s “London Academy of Performing Art” in London, UK and she was a member of Federico Fellini’s student group in Italy. She held the main role in the British-Greek production “The Girl of Mani”, which was presented in the International Film Festival of Cannes. She has acted in many plays for cinema, theater and television and she has worked with many distinguished Greek directors. During the years 1987-1988, she was amongst the founding members of the “Cultural Movement for the Ionian Islands” – a cultural group whose aim was the revival of the traditional genre of the Ionian Theater, through collaborating with many notable political and cultural personalities. Since 2011 she’s President of the Board of Directors of the Ionian Cultural Center which hosts since then the Corfu Festival of Arts.

She is a volunteer participant in various social initiatives for environmental protection, youth culture and sensitive social groups. During 2005-2006 she was appointed as the National Representative on Global Progressive Forum’s campaign against AIDS. At the same time period she served as Volunteerism Sector Manager while she was an MP for PASOK political party.

She is married and the mother of a daughter.

She speaks Italian, English and French.

Ο ∆ρ. Ανδρέας Ανδρεάδης γεννήθηκε το 1953 στη Θεσσαλονίκη, σπούδασε Πολιτικός Μηχανικός στο Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήµιο και συνέχισε τις σπουδές του στο University of London απ’ όπου απέκτησε το διδακτορικό του.
Σήµερα είναι ∆ιευθύνων Σύµβουλος της ΣΑΝΗ ΑΕ στην οποία ανήκει το Sani Resort στην Κασσάνδρα Χαλκιδικής και της Ανδρεάδης-Ζησιάδης ΑΕ, κατασκευαστικής εταιρείας, η οποία αναλαµβάνει δηµόσια και ιδιωτικά έργα.
∆ιετέλεσε για πέντε έτη (2006 – 2011) Πρόεδρος της Πανελλήνιας Οµοσπονδίας Ξενοδόχων (ΠΟΞ). Από το 2011 είναι Πρόεδρος του Συνδέσµου Ελληνικών Τουριστικών Επιχειρήσεων (ΣΕΤΕ), θεσµικού κοινωνικού εταίρου, που εκπροσωπεί 14 πανελλήνιες κλαδικές ενώσεις τουριστικών επιχειρήσεων καθώς και περίπου 500 µεµονωµένες επιχειρήσεις που δραστηριοποιούνται ευρύτερα στην τουριστική οικονοµία. Στο σύνολο τα Μέλη του ΣΕΤΕ προσφέρουν 350.000 θέσεις απασχόλησης σε 50.000 επιχειρήσεις.
Επίσης, είναι Πρόεδρος της Marketing Greece AE, που έχει συσταθεί πρόσφατα, µε στόχο την ενιαία, σταθερή και αποτελεσµατική οργάνωση της ταυτότητας και προώθησης του Ελληνικού τουριστικού προϊόντος όπως και Πρόεδρος του ΙΝΣΕΤΕ, του ινστιτούτου του ΣΕΤΕ, που στόχο έχει την υποστήριξη του Ελληνικού τουρισµού, όσον αφορά στις έρευνες, στις µελέτες και στα στοιχεία που ο Σύνδεσµος αναλύει και παρουσιάζει, καθώς και στα πρότυπα, στις προδιαγραφές ποιότητας, τις δεξιότητες, την εκπαίδευση και τη κατάρτιση. Από το 2013 o ∆ρ. Ανδρεάδης είναι Μέλος του Γενικού Συµβουλίου της Τράπεζας της Ελλάδας.
Ο ∆ρ. Ανδρεάδης έχει τρία παιδιά την Αθηνά, την Ελένη και τον Κίµωνα.

Professor Charikleia Apalagaki, born in Crete in 1959, holds, since March 2017, the position of the Secretary General of the Hellenic Bank Association and since July 2022 is appointed as acting General Director of the association. She is also full Professor in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, since 2004, and Member of the Thessaloniki Bar Association since 1984.

Professor Apalagaki joined Piraeus Bank in 2001, and hold the following positions: Management Consultant in Legal Issues, Chief Legal Counsel, Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors, Member of the Audit Committee, Executive Member of the Board of Directors, and interim Chairperson.

Her studies in law (Civil, Commercial, Banking, European Financial, and Criminal) were undertaken at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, where she was awarded her PhD in Civil Procedure Law. She has intensive course and longer research stay in Germany (Hannover Law Faculty) for a period of three years and she still cooperates with the German Law Faculty, as well with other European Law Faculties (Erasmus teaching programs).

Ms. Apalagaki is specialized in enforcement law (and in insolvency proceedings) and has also extensive legislative drafting experience, as she has been appointed Member in various committees of the Ministry of Justice, for law amendments in civil procedure, and banking law. She has participated in numerous congresses, as Speaker, and has published a remarkable number of scientific working papers.

Ms. Apalagaki has a long experience, both on theoretical and practicable basis on Civil Law, Commercial Law, Banking Law, European Financial Law and Criminal Law (Financial Offences). She has also obtained a remarkable business intelligence due to her long experience in banking.

She is fluent in German and English and furthermore working knowledge of Italian.

Chair of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission (HCMC)
Member of the Board of Supervisors and the Management Board of ESMA
Member of theBoard of Directors of IOSCO
Member of the Bureau of the OECD Corporate Governance Committee;
Chair of the ESAs Joint Sub-Committee on Securitizations.

Vassiliki Lazarakou is currently the Chair of the Hellenic Capital Markets Commission (HCMC) and Member of the Board of Supervisors as well as the Management Board of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). She is also the Chair of ESAs Joint Sub- Committee on Securitizations.

Recently, HCMC was elected as the Representative of the European Regional Committee (ERC) to the IOSCO Board for a two year term since October 2022 and Vassiliki Lazarakou is representing HCMC as a member of IOSCO Board.

She has been also elected as a member of the Bureau of the Corporate Governance Committee of the OECD for the year 2023.

Vassiliki is a lawyer, admitted to both Athens Bar (Supreme Court Lawyer) and New York Bar, USA. She is an expert in capital markets, banking and finance law as well as in M&As and has led a large number of international and domestic business transactions.

She was the first Vice-Chair of the Hellenic Capital Markets Commission (HCMC) from September 2012 until end of December 2015. During her term, she achieved the political agreement for the adoption of the Regulation and Directive on “Markets in Financial Instruments” (MiFID II/ MIFIR) as Chair of the relevant Working Group of the Council in 2014. She continued to work on the regulatory framework of MIFID II / MIFIR, by chairing, until May 2016, the Committee appointed by the Ministry of Finance in Greece for the transposition of MiFID II into Greek law. Also, she chaired the Council Working Group for the draft Regulation on European Long Term Investment Funds (ELTIFs) and managed to achieve the general approach by the Council in June 2014.

She has worked for more than 20 years as a Partner at several prominent law firms and for more than 10 years she was heading the relevant Banking, Capital Markets and Finance Department of such Firms. In 2000 and for one year she worked at the legal department of the Athens Stock Exchange.

She has a Doctorate in Law (JSD) from New York University School of Law, New York, U.S.A. and her Doctoral thesis was on “Greek privatizations in International Perspective”. She also has an LLM in International Legal Studies from New York University School of Law and Bachelor in Law from the Athens University, School of Law.

Vassiliki Lazarakou has participated in a large number of Seminars by teaching several capital markets and banking issues (indicatively, corporate governance issues of financial institutions, MIFID II/ MIFIR, AML, etc.).

She is the author of a large number of articles in newspapers relating to capital markets issues (such as, implementation of MiFID II issues, SMEs, ELTIFs, Power Market in Greece, etc.) and co-author of several legal publications (on issues such as takeover bids, obligations of listed entities, etc.).

Since 2009, Vassilis Korkidis has been serving as the President of the Hellenic Confederation of Commerce and Entrepreneurship (ESEE) and since 2013 as the President of Piraeus Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He has also become the President of the Committee for Industry and Shipping of the Association of Mediterranean Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ASCAME) and the VicePresident of the European Association of Craft, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (UEAPME), while he is a member of the Board of Directors of EuroCommerce, the Piraeus Port Authority Board of Administrators and the Board of Directors of ENTERPRISE GREECE.

Previously, he has held various positions such as the President of the Traders Association of Piraeus and the Vice-Chairman of the Hellenic Institute for Health and Safety at Work. During his university studies, he specialized in shipbuilding and ship management as well as maritime law and international commerce and transport. He is the manager of two family-owned commercial enterprises active in import-export of electrical equipment and procurements for shipping and manufacturing.

Η κα Σοφία Κουνενάκη-Εφραίμογλου έχει διαδραματίσει ενεργό ρόλο στη διοίκηση εταιρειών που δραστηριοποιούνται στους τομείς της Επικοινωνίας, του Εμπορίου, της Βιομηχανίας και του Portfolio Management. Το 2001 ίδρυσε την εταιρεία τηλεπικοινωνιών Vivodi Telecom. Είναι Πρόεδρος και ∆ιευθύνουσα Σύμβουλος της εταιρείας γραφικών τεχνών Βιβλιοσυνεργατική ΑΕΠΕΕ.

Παράλληλα, η κα Σοφία Κουνενάκη–Εφραίμογλου είναι Ταμίας στο ∆ιοικητικό Συμβούλιο του ΣΕΒ και μέλος του ∆ιοικητικού Συμβουλίου του Ομίλου Ελληνικά Χρηματιστήρια. Είναι Πρόεδρος του Ελληνικού Συμβουλίου Εταιρικής ∆ιακυβέρνησης, μια κοινή πρωτοβουλία της ΕΧΑΕ και του ΣΕΒ. Στο ΕΒΕΑ είναι εκλεγμένο μέλος στο ∆ιοικητικό Συμβούλιο και Υπεύθυνη για την Τουρκία στο Τμήμα ∆ιεθνών Σχέσεων. Είναι επίσης, Αντιπρόεδρος της εταιρείας «Τεχνόπολη–Ακρόπολις Α.Ε.» (Τεχνολογικό Πάρκο) και Tαμίας στο ∆.Σ. του ΑLBA (Athens Laboratory of Business Administration). Ακόμα, είναι Μέλος της Συμβουλευτικής Επιτροπής του Ινστιτούτου Οικονομικής Πολιτικής και ∆ημόσιας ∆ιακυβέρνησης του Ελληνο-Αμερικανικού Εμπορικού Επιμελητηρίου. Mε γνήσιο ενδιαφέρον για τον ελληνικό πολιτισμό και ως Αντιπρόεδρος του ∆ιοικητικού Συμβουλίου του Ιδρύματος Μείζονος Ελληνισμού & Επικεφαλής του Κέντρου Πολιτισμού «ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟΣ ΚΟΣΜΟΣ», η κα Κουνενάκη-Εφραίμογλου διαδραματίζει σημαντικό ρόλο στη διατήρηση και διάδοση της πολιτιστικής μας κληρονομιάς.

Είναι κάτοχος πανεπιστημιακών πτυχίων και μεταπτυχιακών τίτλων στη Φιλοσοφία, την Ψυχολογία, τη ∆ιοίκηση Επιχειρήσεων και τον Προγραμματισμό Η/Υ και μιλά αγγλικά, γαλλικά και ιταλικά. Η κα Σοφία Κουνενάκη-Εφραίμογλου είναι παντρεμένη με τον κ. ∆ημήτρη Λ. Εφραίμογλου και είναι μητέρα τριών παιδιών.

Athina Chatzipetrou is an experienced CFO skilled in Strategy, Cash Flow, Business Planning, Risk and Internal Audit, ERP and Accounting.

Before managing the newly established Hellenic Development Bank she was President of the Board of Directors and CEO of the Fund of Archaelogical Proceeds (TAΠ).

She was Finance Advisor consulting with UNECE and RvO on Trade Facilitation. From 2007 to 2011 she has served as Group CFO for Inchcape Toyota Hellas. Before that she was Finance Director for BDF Hellas (Beiersdorf Hellas ) and Region Finance Manager for Coca-Cola HBC.

Her academic skills focus in Finance and Operation Research.

Antigoni Lymperopoulou is a seasoned Investments professional. Having started her career working for the Hellenic Ministry of Finance from 1999 to 2001, she moved on to work for HDBI (previously TANEO). Since July 2020, she is appointed as Chief Executive Officer of HDBI. She has been actively involved with the development of the organization’s as well as the industry’s operations and has served as an Investment Manager since 2001. Parallel to her tasks with the HDBI, she has served as an advisor to the European Commission for subjects related to her field of knowledge for a number of years (Venture Capital, Private Equity, Access to Risk Finance etc) and has actively participated in the formation of pan European collaborations, such as the Scale-Up Initiative.

She holds an i-MBA and MSc in Decision Sciences, as well as a BSc in Statistics and Economy, all awarded by the Athens University of Economy and Business. She is an Accredited Investment Manager by the Chartered Institute of Securities & Investments and also holds the equivalent accreditation (Level C) by the Hellenic Capital Markets Commission (HCMC). Member in Advisory Boards and Investment Committees in a number of VC/PE Funds. Chairman of EVFIN (European Venture Fund Investors Network) (2022-2023) and currently Vice Chairman (since 2023)

Vice Chairman of Athens branch CISI (Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment) (2008- to date).

She is fluent in Greek and English and also speaks Italian and French.

He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the London School of Economics (Ph.D. econ. LSE). He is elected faculty member (Assistant Professor with tenure) at the University of Patras. He is Counsellor elected (member of the Board of Directors) of the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), actively participating in a variety of activities to promote entrepreneurship, innovation, and business and human resources development. Also, he is President of the Institute of Research & Studies of the Union of Hellenic Chambers (UHC), Chief Counsel, Mentor and Coach of The Athens Startup Business Incubator (THEA), Secretary General of ICC (Hellas), Member of the Attica Regional Research & Innovation Council, Member of the Board of Directors of the Arab-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce and Development etc.

He has acted as Principal Consultant of the World Bank; Adviser to the Ministers of -Education, -Tourism Development and -Health & Social Solidarity, as well as, served as top executive, member of the Board of Directors and advisor in various companies, funds, organisations, and foundations in the private and the public sector in Greece and abroad. Ηe has participated in official missions abroad as well as in various committees on a national, European, and international level; recipient of various distinctions and scholarships, having extensive voluntary social work and active involvement in public affairs.

Fotis Kourmousis is an executive member of the Board of Directors at the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF), since April 2022. HFSF is an independent agency investing in the Greek banking system, under the supervision of the Ministry of Finance.

Since 2019 Fotis holds non-executive roles in 3 State-owned funds: member of the Board of Directors at the Hellenic Development Bank, Deputy Head at the Council of EquiFund as well as member of the Investment Council at the Hellenic Guarantee Fund for Small and Medium Enterprises. These organizations focus on promoting financing by utilizing EU funds, under the supervision of the Ministry of Development and Investments.

He is a permanent Lecturer in the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA).

In 2016 he created the Special Secretariat for Private Debt Management, as an autonomous agency, under the supervision of the Ministry of Finance and served as its Special Secretary for 5.5 years. He was responsible for design and implementation of the regulatory framework for debt restructuring (focusing on non-performing loans) as well as support programs providing State subsidy of loans (primary residence and SMEs). He also served as a founding member of the Liquidity Council (2020-2022), focusing on new financing, under the supervision of the Ministry of Finance.

He has also served as Special Advisor for Sustainable Development issues in International Organizations, such as the European Commission (1999-2002) and United Nations (2004-2010), focusing on integrating ESG criteria into financial products of banks and insurances (UNEP FI).

He has served as Special Advisor to various Ministries:

• Ministry of Finance focusing on Tax and Customs Administration issues as well as Information Systems (2012-2015)
• Ministry of Economy and Development focusing on Investment issues (2011-2012)
• Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change focusing on sustainability issues (2009-2011)
• Ministry of Agriculture focusing on the Common Agricultural Policy during the Greek Presidency of the EU (2003).

In the private sector he worked:

• as an advisor, designing and implementing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Strategy in large organizations (including banks, insurances, industries, shipping, etc)
• as a consultant, supporting small and medium enterprises to modernize and implement investments, by utilizing EU structural funds
• as an auditor on Management Systems, according to international standards (ISO on quality, risk, environment, health – safety etc), on behalf of International Certification Bodies (TUV, DNV).

Postgraduate studies in Banking Governance and Strategic Leadership at Oxford University (SAID Business School), Corporate Governance at INSEAD Business School as well as Executive Master’s in Business Administration at The American College of Greece (ALBA Graduate Business School). He holds a PhD in Engineering from NTUA. He has published numerous scientific articles in international research journals and has participated as a speaker at national, European and international conferences. Graduate in Environmental Management at the Aegean University.

He is responsible for strategic planning, new business development, the Group’s gas & power, renewables, upstream and engineering businesses, and the Group’s representation in international organizations.  He has represented Hellenic Petroleum on the Board of the European Petroleum Refiners Association as a Principal or Alternate Director since 2012.  He joined Hellenic Petroleum in 2007.

George Alexopoulos was Director of Business Planning & Development at an international, diversified business group (SETE S.A.), based in Geneva, Switzerland, from 1998 to 2006, while at the same timebeing responsible for the Group’s energy portfolio.

He had previously worked in various technical and business development positions at Stone & Webster, Molten Metal Technology, Merck, Dow Corning, and Dow Chemical in the United States between 1993 and 1997. 

He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School (1998) and M. Sc. (1993) and B. Sc. (1992) degrees in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

He is married to Elizabeth Spada and they have 3 children.

Alex Patelis
Chief Economic Adviser to the Prime Minister of Greece
Hellenic Republic

Alex Patelis is chief economic adviser to Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. He has over three decades of experience as an economist, analyst and strategist, working in a variety of positions in New York, London and Athens.

Alex started his career with the US economics research team at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in New York, where he worked under Bill Dudley, Chief US economist as well as a proprietary FICC trader in the same firm. In London, he joined Citigroup Asset Management as a quantitative economist. At Merrill Lynch, he held a variety of positions, including Global head of FX & Debt strategy, as well as Managing Director of Global Research, Head of International Economics. In this capacity, Alex managed the research teams responsible for the firm’s outlook on all economies outside North America, including developed and emerging countries in EMEA, the Pacific Rim region and Latin America, as well as foreign exchange, local currency and external debt bonds. For their research, Alex and his team won a variety of awards, including from Extel and Institutional Investor. He was also Chief Economist at PSQR, a global discretionary macro hedge fund.

More recently, Alex was President of Patelis Macro, an independent research boutique he launched in 2010, which focused on global macroeconomic analysis to select clients around the world.

Alex earned a Ph.D. in Economics in 1997 from Princeton University, USA, where his thesis advisor was Professor Ben Bernanke. Titled “Asset returns and monetary policy”, part of his thesis was published in the Journal of Finance. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Mathematics from Sussex University, UK.

Theodore Skylakakis
Minister of Environment & Energy
Hellenic Republic

He was born in 1959 in Athens. He is an economist. Member of Parliament for New Democracy (2022-2023). Minister of Environment and Energy from June 2023. Alternate Minister of Finance, responsible for Fiscal Policy and responsible for preparing and coordinating the implementation of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan “Greece 2.0” (2020-2023). Deputy Minister of Fiscal Policy (2019-2020), Member of the European Parliament (2009-2014), Secretary General for International Economic Relations and Development Cooperation (2006-2009), Municipal Councilor, Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Athens (2003-2006), responsible for preparing for the 2004 Olympic Games. From 1990 to 1993 he served as Advisor to Prime Minister Konstantinos Mitsotakis and Head of the Prime Minister’s Planning and Communication Office.

He also served as President and Director General of the E21 Research Centre (1994-2001). He was the last President of Drasi (2014-2019), which suspended its activity to support New Democracy.

He has worked in advertising and communication since 1985 and he has founded four companies in the fields of communication (1994-1999), crisis management (2000-2006) and agricultural production & processing (2014-2019).

He studied economics in Greece (University of Athens) and business administration (MBA) in England (City University, London) and received a master’s degree from the British Market Research Society in Market Research. He has received a PhD from the Department of History and Philosophy of Science of the University of Athens, entitled: “Social tolerance to corruption”.

He is married to Eleni Papapanou, has two daughters, Marianna and Irene and four granddaughters.

H.E. Konstantinos Skrekas
Minister of Environment & Energy
Greece

Konstantinos Skrekas comes from Megarhi, Trikala. He is married to Eirini Karagouni and has two daughters, Alexandra and Sophia.

He holds a Degree in Civil Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Technology), and an M.Sc. in Construction Management from the University of Birmingham, UK.
After completing his studies, he worked in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods sector in managerial positions. He is the co-founder of a company operating in the FMCG sector and held the position of CEO for 15 years.

In the general election of May 6, 2012 he was elected Member of the Greek Parliament (MP) for the Constituency of Trikala with the New Democracy Party. He was re-elected on June 17 of the same year.
On the 25th of January 2015 he was elected Member of the Greek Parliament (MP), receiving the largest number of electoral votes among candidates from all political parties in the Constituency of Trikala. He was re-elected in the elections on 20th September of the same year.

In the general election on July 7, 2019 he was elected Member of the Greek Parliament for the Constituency of Trikala.
He was appointed Minister of Development and Competitiveness from October 2014 until February 2015.

On the July 9, 2019 he was appointed Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Food, being specifically responsible for the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP).

On the 5th of January 2021 he was appointed Minister of Environment and Energy.
He speaks English and French.

Sofia Zacharaki was elected as a member of the Hellenic Parliament for Nea Demokratia in the June 2023 Greek Legislative Election, representing the East Attica constituency.

On March 14, 2025 she was appointed Minister of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports.

On June 27, 2023, she was appointed Minister of Social Cohesion and Family Affairs in the Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

She was appointed Deputy Minister for Tourism Education and Special forms of Tourism on January 2021 and served until May 2023.

She previously held the office of Deputy Minister of Education and Religious Affairs from July 2019 to January 2021.

Before her appointment, she served as the spokesperson for Nea Demokratia, the then leading opposition Centre-right party in Greece, an EPP member party.

Previous to that and for more than 2 years, Sofia was the party’s deputy spokesperson. Prior to that, in 2012 until 2014 she was the European and International Affairs advisor to the Minister of Development and participated in the preparation of the Greek Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

She is a State Department programme alumna. In 2015 she represented Greece in the International Leadership Visitor Programme in the USA in the field of “The role of Private Public Partnerships in restructuring economies”.

Minister of Economy and Finance of the Hellenic Republic, a Member of the Hellenic Parliament, and Vice President of the New Democracy Party.

Kostis Hatzidakis is the Minister of Economy and Finance of the Hellenic Republic, a Member of the Hellenic Parliament, and Vice President of the New Democracy Party.

He was born in Rethymno, Crete, in 1965. He is a lawyer.

He was a Member of the European Parliament from 1994 to 2007. He has been a Member of the Hellenic Parliament since 2007, representing Athens B1 Constituency (North).

He has served as President of the Youth Organization of New Democracy (1992-1994), Member of the European Parliament (1994-2007), Minister of Transport (2007-2009), Minister of Development (2012-2014), Minister of Environment and Energy (2019-2021), Minister of Labour and Social Affairs (2021-2023).

Political Career 9/7/2019 Ministry of Health Minister 10/2017 – 7/2019 Nea Demokratia Head of National Defense Sector 11/2016 – 10/2017 Nea Demokratia Spokesman 2012 – Hellenic Parliament Elected MP in the 1st Constituency of Athens for Nea Democratia 2007 – Nea Demokratia Member of Political Planning Committee 1/2016 – 11/2016 Nea Demokratia Special Coordinator of Immigration Policy 2014 – 2015 Ministry of Public Order & Citizen Protection Minister 2011 – 2012 Nea Demokratia Deputy Program Secretary 2010 – 2012 Attica Region Head of the opposition party 2010 Nea Demokratia Head of Sports Secretariat 2009 Nea Demokratia National Elections – MP candidate for 1st Constituency of Athens 2007 – 2010 Athens Youth and Sports Organization President 2007 – 2010 Municipality of Athens Elected Counselor Parliamentary Activities 2017 – Member of Standing Committee on National Defense and Foreign Affairs 2017 – Member of Committee on Armament Programs and Contracts 2012 – 2017 Member of Standing Committee on Public Administration, Public Order and Justice 2012 – 2014 Member of Standing Committee on Social Affairs 2012 – 2014 Member of Special Permanent Committee on Equality, Youth and Human Rights 2012 – 2014 Member of Subcommittee on People with Disabilities VASILEIOS KIKILIAS Page 2 Professional Career 2012 – “Lefkos Stavros” and “Metropolitan” Hospitals Orthopaedic Surgeon 1999 – 2003 A.E.K. Basketball Team Professional Player 1981 – 1999 Panionios Basketball Team Professional Player Education & Professional Development 2006 – 2012 251 Air Force General Hospital Specialization in Orthopedic Surgery 2008 – 2011 Faculty of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens PhD in Medicine (Magna Cum Laude) 2007 – 2008 National School of Public Health MSc in Health Care Services Management 1996 – 2002 Faculty of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Degree in Medicine 1986 – 1992 Lycee Leonin (Athens, Greece) High School Foreign Languages Fluent in English and French Awards & Publications 2012 Published book titled: “E.E.Z (Exclusive Economic Zone): From a strategic move to an economical solution”, authors: Kassinis S., Kariotis T. and Lygeros N. (Kastaniotis Editions) 2011 Organized Conference on E.E.Z as a national strategic, economical and developmental solution 1990 – 2004 Member of the Greek National Basketball Team 2002 Champion, Professional Basketball Division A1, Greece 2000 Champion, “Saporta” European Basketball Cup, Lausanne, Switzerland

Dimitris Papastergiou was born in 1973 in Trikala.

He graduated from the Polycladic Lyceum of Trikala and the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of NTUA (National Technical University of Athens). At the same time, he attended journalism courses, while he maintains strong ties with technology and the internet, a relationship that was strengthened at the Multimedia Laboratory of NTUA.

In 2001 he built and presented, together with a group of his colleagues, the first integrated website for the Prefecture of Trikala, 3kala.gr.

Since 2002 he has been practicing the profession of Electrical and Computer Engineer in the city of Trikala. He was involved in studies and construction of private electromechanical projects and the creation of software programs. In 2007 he entered the field of renewable energy and has constructed more than 300 private renewable energy projects.

His involvement in the community began in 2002, with his election to the City Council. He was re-elected in 2006, and in 2014 he was elected Mayor of Trikkaion and member of the Board of Directors of KEDE. He was re-elected Mayor in 2019 and, in the same year, he was elected President of the KEDE.

He is married to the engineer Soula Brakis and is the happy father of Faye, Kostas and Nikos.

From June 2023, he is Minister of Digital Governance in the government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

Kyriakos Pierrakakis is the Minister of State and Digital Governance in the Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis. He is a Greek computer and political scientist and politician.

In 2007 he earned a Master in Public Policy from John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University and in 2009 he earned a Master of Science in Technology and Policy from MIT. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Athens University of Economics and Business.

He served as Director of Research at Dianeosis, an independent non-profit think tank. He produced an array of research papers with a strong focus on economic growth and understanding the prevailing perceptions and beliefs among Greeks.

He has also worked on technology policy for various research institutes in Greece and abroad and headed Youth Foundation as president.

He was born on 1983 in Athens.

He speaks English and French.

Η Έλενα Κουντουρά είναι υπουργός Τουρισμού της Ελλάδας. Γεννήθηκε στην Αθήνα. Μέλος της Εθνικής Ομάδας Στίβου επί σειρά ετών, υπήρξε Πρωταθλήτρια Ελλάδος στο άλμα εις ύψος και στα 100μ. με εμπόδια, με Πανελλήνια ρεκόρ, Πανελλήνιες νίκες και Διεθνείς διακρίσεις. Είναι Πτυχιούχος της Επιστήμης Φυσικής Αγωγής και Αθλητισμού (Τ.Ε.Φ.Α.Α) στο Εθνικό Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, και μιλάει τρεις ξένες γλώσσες: Αγγλικά, Γαλλικά και Ισπανικά. Διακρίθηκε στην παγκόσμια βιομηχανία της μόδας με πολυετή διεθνή καριέρα από το 1984 έως το 1996 και στη συνέχεια και μέχρι το 2003, στο χώρο των εγχώριων εκδόσεων περιοδικών στην Ελλάδα με έμφαση στα κοινωνικά θέματα, στη γυναίκα και στην οικογένεια Εξελέγη Βουλευτής στην Α’ Περιφέρεια της Αθήνας το 2004.

Έχει εκλεγεί βουλευτής σε 6 εκλογικές αναμετρήσεις. Επανεξελέγη πρώτη στην Α Περιφέρεια Αθήνας με τους Ανεξάρτητους Έλληνες στις τέσσερις τελευταίες εθνικές εκλογές, δύο το 2012 και δύο το 2015. Με τη σύνθεση της κυβέρνησης ΣΥΡΙΖΑ-ΑΝΕΛ τον Ιανουάριο του 2015, υπό τον πρωθυπουργό κ. Αλέξη Τσίπρα, της ανατέθηκε το χαρτοφυλάκιο του τουρισμού ως Αν. Υπουργός Οικονομίας Ανάπτυξης και Τουρισμού και από το Νοέμβριο του 2016 ορίστηκε Υπουργός Τουρισμού. Έχει αναπτύξει πολυετή κοινωνική, φιλανθρωπική δράση στην Ελλάδα και το εξωτερικό. Είναι πρόεδρος της μη κερδοσκοπικής οργάνωσης «Europa Donna Hellas», η οποία ασχολείται με την πρόληψη και ενημέρωση για τον καρκίνο του μαστού, και τη διεκδίκηση δικαιωμάτων για καλύτερες υπηρεσίες σε ασθενείς με καρκίνο. Επίσης, έχει τιμηθεί για την υποστήριξή της στη διάδοση του Ελληνικού Παραολυμπιακού Εθελοντισμού, και τιμήθηκε από την Ελληνική Πολιτεία ως Πρέσβειρα Καλής Θέλησης για τον Κοινωνικό Εθελοντισμό.

Kostas Karamanlis was born in Athens in 1974.

He has studied History and Economics at Hamilton College and earned an MA in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Tufts University.
In January 2015 Kostas Karamanalis was elected to parliament with the party of New Democracy, and was re-elected in September 2015 and in July 2019.

From January 2016 since June 2019 he was the shadow minister of the New Democracy Party for Infrastructure and Transport.

After the 2019 election, Mr Karamanlis was appointed Minister for Infrastructure and Transport in the Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

Before getting into politics, he worked from 2002 until 2004 in London for the UBS Warburg Bank. In 2004 he returned to Greece and started working as a chief executive at Mantinia Shipping Company.

He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the “Konstantinos G. Karamanlis” Foundation
and of the Board of Overseers of the Fletcher School.

Μr. Zavvos is the Deputy Minister of Finance in charge of the banking, securities and private insurance sectors. Being in charge of the reforms in these areas he launched and implemented the Hercules Asset Protection Scheme, a systemic solution for the reduction of NPLs. He also introduced the reforms on corporate governance and the capital markets.

George Zavvos served at the European institutions for over 30 years as a Member of the European Parliament (M.E.P.), European Commission Ambassador and Legal Adviser at the Legal Service of the European Commission.

Between 1990 – 1994 he was elected as Member of the European Parliament (M.E.P.) where he was member of the Legal and Citizens’ Rights Committee [Rapporteur on the Directive on capital adequacy of banks and investment firms and on the Directive on the freedom of management and investment of funds held by institutions for retirement provision] and the Budgetary Control Committee [EP Rapporteur on EIB and EBRD; member of the Joint Committee of the EU Parliament and the US Congress. He was also Chairman of the Committee for the Reform of the Greek Banking System which introduced the Greek Banking Law of 1992 (1991-1993).

Between 1994-1997, Mr. Zavvos was appointed the first European Commission Ambassador and Head of Delegation to the Slovak Republic.

Between 2002 and 2017, Mr. Zavvos was a Legal Adviser at the Legal Service of the European Commission involved in banking and capital markets regulation and reform. He has pled in the EU Court of Justice (EU Supreme Court) over hundred cases. In the 1980s, he worked at the European Commission’s DG for Financial Institutions and Company Law where he was in charge of drafting and negotiating the Second Banking Directive that introduced the passporting for banks in the EU, the cornerstone of EU banking legislation.

The period between 2018 – 2019 Mr Zavvos was Senior Advisor on Economy and Finance at the Center for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels.

Mr. Zavvos was Professor at the Solvay Business School (ULB) (1991-1993) and Visiting Professor at Queen Mary, University of London (2004-2007). He holds a Bachelor of Laws from Athens University and a postgraduate Degree on EU Law from the College of Europe (Bruges). He has written and lectured extensively on EU banking and financial services law matters. He is Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Economics in Bratislava (2004) and has been awarded the Double Cross of the Slovak Republic.

Ο Στέργιος Πιτσιόρλας γεννήθηκε στη Θεσσαλονίκη το 1955. Είναι απόφοιτος της Νομικής Σχολής του ΑΠΘ. Ανέλαβε τα καθήκοντα του Υφυπουργού Οικονομίας και Ανάπτυξης τον Νοέμβριο του 2016, αφήνοντας τη θέση του Προέδρου του ΤΑΙΠΕΔ που κατείχε από τον Μάρτιο του 2015. Άσκησε δικηγορία από το 1982 έως το 2004. Δραστηριοποιήθηκε από το 2010 στον κλάδο των ΑΠΕ ως μέλος ΔΣ και Πρόεδρος των εταιρειών «Αιολικό Πάρκο Μαυροβούνι ΑΕ» και «Αιολική ΖΑΡΑΚΑ ΚΟΥΠΙΑ ΑΕ» αντίστοιχα. Τα έτη 2011-2014 διετέλεσε πρόεδρος της κατασκευαστικής εταιρείας Stroicentre Real Estate Construction Company AE, ενώ από το 2008 ήταν πρόεδρος των MED SEA HEALTH AE και ΜΑRE VILLAGE AE με αντικείμενο το σχεδιασμό και την υλοποίηση τουριστικού επενδυτικού σχεδίου στην Κασσάνδρα Χαλκιδικής.

Yannis Tsakiris holds a BSc and an MSc in Mining Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens and an MBA degree from the Management School of the Imperial College in London.

He started his career in 1995 in S&B Industrial Minerals S.A. From 2000 to 2006, he was partner in Vectis Capital. He joined European Investment Fund as a principal involved in certain European venture capital markets that were under development phase. He later was appointed Head of Division for South-eastern Europe and EU Neighbouring Countries in the Mandate Management Department and he continued as Head of Division for Business Development.

He has set-up and developed several investment and SME financing initiatives and platforms. He is also an adjunct professor in Venture Capital in the Luxembourg School of Finance of the University of Luxembourg.

Nikos Papathanassis has received a B.A.Sc in Mechanical Engineer and a M.A.Sc in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Toronto and a Master’s Degree in Management at the University of Waterloo in Canada.

Member of the Technical Chamber of Greece commenced his career in 1984 at DeHavilland Aerospace company in Canada. Served as a member of the BoD of Hellenic Aerospace Industry and executive vice president of Olympic Aviation airline co. His work experience includes C level positions in the private sector in Industry and construction as well as companies of State interest. As a CEO of Metro and light rail companies, as ISAP SA and STASY SA, with more than 2500 employees succeeded in turning around the balance sheets to positive outcome. He also served as a President elect at the National section of the European Center of Employers and Enterprises (CEEP). Throughout his thirty-five years’ career he has developed business reform plans that successfully restructured companies.

In July 2019 Prime Minister K. Mitsotakis appointed him Deputy Minister of Development and Investments responsible for Industry, Commerce and Consumer affairs.

Zetta (Zoe) M. Makri was born in Thessaloniki, graduated from the Greek-French School of Volos “Saint Joseph” and studied, with a scholarship, at the Law School of the National Kapodistrian University of Athens, from which she graduated with honors. She continued her postgraduate studies in European and Community law at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.

She is a lawyer at the Supreme Court and a member of the Volos Bar Association. From the beginning of her professional career as a lawyer, she developed intense trade union activity and was constantly elected, first in votes, advisor to the Management of the Volos Bar Association. She served as Secretary of the Bar Association of Volos, from 1996 to 1999.

In the Parliamentary elections of 2000, she was elected as a member of the Greek Parliament from the district of Magnesia, with the party of New Democracy. She was re-elected in the 2004 parliamentary elections, was sworn in in April 2013 as a member of the Greek Parliament and re-elected in 2019. She served as Deputy Minister of Health from June 2013 to June 2014.

In July 2019, she was elected as Chairman of the Special Standing Committee on Regions and Chairman of the Subcommittee on Island and Mountain Areas of the Greek Parliament, while she was a member of the Standing Committee on Economic Affairs and the Standing Committee on Educational Affairs. Also, from July to December 2019, she participated as a member in the Committee for the Revision of the Constitution of Greece. She is also the Chairman of the Parliamentary Group of Friendship among Greece and Mexico and a Member of the Parliamentary Group of Friendship among Greece and Japan.

During the period 2004-2007, she was Chairman of the Committee on Public Administration, Public Order and Justice. At the same time, she was a member of the Parliamentary Committee on Educational Affairs, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and the Committee of Inquiry into Armaments Programs TORMI I.

She was General Secretary of Gender Equality from August 2012 to March 2013. In November 2010, she participated as head of the Association “NEW MUNICIPALITY, NEW BEGINNING”, in the municipal elections of the Municipality of Volos, and from January 1, 2011 , was the leader of the major Minority in the specific Municipality. In 2009, she was appointed Deputy Secretary of the Agricultural Sector in the party of New Democracy and, subsequently, Deputy Secretary of Political Planning in the party.

In April 2015, she was elected President of the cross-party and pan-Hellenic Women’s Association of Greece, a position she held for three years. At the same time, in the same year, she was appointed General Secretary of the Board of Directors of the “Konstantinos Karamanlis” Foundation for Democracy.

She has strong social, voluntary and charitable activities. She has dealt with issues related to improving the quality of life of women, violence against women and trafficking in human beings. She was a founding member of the club of friends of the General Hospital of Volos, named “Achillopouleio”, a member of the Soroptimistic Club of Volos, “THETIS”, while she is the coordinator of the Volos branch of the Panhellenic Sports Association “Kallipateira”.

Since January 5, 2021, she is Deputy Minister of Education and Religious Affairs, responsible for primary and secondary education as well as special needs education and training.

She has two sons, Michalis Theofilou – Makri, Mechanical Engineer, and Konstantinos Theofilou – Makri, Chemical Engineer – Economist, a granddaughter and a newborn grandson.

Vassilis Kontozamanis, former Alternate Minister of Health, is the Advisor to the Prime Minister of Greece for health affairs. He represents Greece at the Management Board of the European Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA).

He embraces a profound record in the fields of international healthcare environment, policy and management, human resources, economics, strategic planning, financing and outcomes measurement.

From July 2019 until September 2021, with the oversight of the health care system as Deputy and Alternate Minister, he played a catalytic role in successfully managing the pandemic crisis in the country. He led the way in the design and implementation of structural reforms, while addressing the challenges of a modern and resilient healthcare system.

Vassilis has managed the pharmaceutical sector as Executive Vice President and President of the National Medicines Organization (EOF) and as member of the Management Board of the European Medicines Agency (EMA). Also, he served as Chief Executive Officer of the 1st Regional Health Authority (Attica) and as Secretary General of the Ministry of Health.

Ioannis Smyrlis is a political scientist, graduate of the Department of Political Sciences and Public Administration with a Postgraduate Diploma in International and European Relations from the University of Athens (EKPA).

He represented the Ministry of Interior during the rotating Greek Presidency of the EU in 2013-2014. He was Press and Public Relations Consultant of ODIE SA. in 2009-2010, Adviser to the General Secretary of the Ministry of Shipping in 2007-2009 and Adviser to the General Secretary of S.E.P.E. in 2005-2007.

He was elected as the 1st President from Greece of the Youth Organization of the European People’s Party (YEPP) 2007-2009, the largest political Youth Organization in Europe.

He served as Secretary of International and EU Relations of Nea Demokratia Party and a Member of the Political Bureau of the European People’s Party (EPP) in 2013-2019. During that time, he cultivated personal relationships with major stakeholders in Brussels and other European capitals.

He was a European fellow of the German Marshall Foundation of the USA and a member of the EU Youth Assembly for the European Constitution (2003), the Hellenic Society of Political Science (E.E.P.E.) and the Hellenic Society of International Law and International Relations of the Aegean Institute for the Law of the Sea and Navigation.

He has been a freelancer since 2009 in activities related to catering, trade and import-export.

He speaks English and French.

Prof. John Chrysoulakis is a graduate of the School of Civil Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens, was awarded a Master’s degree from a US university and a PhD from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He currently holds the title of Professor Emeritus. He has taught at academic institutions in Greece as well as abroad.

He has worked as manager in the public and private sector, has been in charge of large European joint ventures for the production of new technologies, and has a significant International Administrative and Scientific work.

He was elected Vice-President of the International Association of Schools and Institutes of Administration and appointed as President of the National Centre for Public Administration and Local Government.

He has worked in many European countries and the USA, collaborating and communicating with many organizations and councils of local Greek communities. He has collaborated with many International Organizations and has participated in a large number of Councils, Committees and Conventions both in Greece as well as abroad.

He has a large number of publications and a significant work as an author.

Alexandra Sdoukou is a lawyer, permanent employee at the Management Organisation Unit of Development Programmes (MOU S.A.) under the Ministry of Economy and Development. Since 2004, she is working as legal advisor in the public administration in various positions at the Ministries of Economy, Development and Environment, Energy & Climate Change.

She has been specialised as energy policymaker, working with all Energy Ministers from 2007 to 2015. From 2012 to 2015, she was Head of Cabinet at the Minister of Environment, Energy & Climate Change, competent to develop policy formulation, implementation and monitoring on a wide range of energy and environmental projects.

From October 2017, she was Advisor to the President of Nea Dimokratia on energy and natural resources. Alexandra holds a Bachelor of Law degree from Democritus University of Thrace, a Master’s Degree LLM in European Commercial Law from the University of Bristol U.K., and a M.Sc. in International & Economic studies from the Athens University of Economics & Business.

Orestis Kavalakis since August 2023 serves as Governor of the Recovery and Resilience Facility Coordination Agency (RRFA). The RRFA constitutes the lead national body tasked with the overall coordination and monitoring of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan and serves as the responsible body for the efficient use of the EU recovery funds deriving from the Next Generation EU and its key instrument, the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF).

Prior to this position he was appointed as the Secretary General for Private Investments and PPPs (Ministry of Development and Investments), since September 2020. The portfolio of the General Secretariat of Private Investments & PPPs included private and strategic investments as well as PPPs. Since his appointment as Secretary General in September 2020, 31 PPP projects of approximately EUR 5 bn. development cost have been approved by the inter-Ministerial Committee for PPPs. Moreover 31 strategic investments in numerous sectors have been approved by the inter-Ministerial Committee for Strategic Investments amounting up to approximately EUR 7.5 bn. At the same time, during his tenure, significant legislative measures were voted in the strategic and private investments legal framework (l. 4864/2021 for the strategic investments and l. 4887/2022 new development law), while the administrative procedure for the implementation of investments has been accelerated and simplified.

Orestis is a lawyer, holds degrees from both National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and from Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London and has gained extensive experience in commercial law, corporate restructurings and insolvency procedures, while he has also held the position of Chief Compliance Officer for a large advisory firm.

• Born in 1962
• 1984: Traineeship at the European Commission (General Secretariat, in charge of monitoring the work of the European Parliament)
• 1985-86: Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 1986-88: Department of the European Communities of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, responsible for E.C-Turkey and E.C- Cyprus relations
• 1988-89: for the needs of the Greek Presidency (2nd semester 1988), Permanent Representation of Greece in Brussels, as national representative of the Mediterranean working group
• 1989-91: Diplomatic Office of the Minister
• 1992-96: Permanent Representation of Greece to the United Nations, responsible, among other things, for monitoring the work of the Security Council (as well as for the coordination of the local Greek Presidency during the first semester of 1994)
• 1996-99: Embassy Advisor at the Greek Embassy in Tehran
• 1999-2003: European Correspondent at the A11 PESC Directorate at the time, responsible, among other things, for questions related to the participation of Greece in the Troika (2nd semester 2002) and of the Greek Presidency of the first semester 2003
• 2004-09: Permanent Representations of Greece to WEU and the EU, first as Deputy Representative to the Political and Security Committee, then as Coordinator for External Relations at the Permanent Representation of Greece to the EU
• 2009-11: Minister-Counselor at the Embassy of Greece in Washington
• 2011-16: appointed by the European External Action Service (EEAS) to the position of Deputy Permanent Representative of the European Union in New York
• 2016-17: seconded by the EEAS to the post of Diplomatic Advisor to the President of the UN General Assembly
• 2017-2019: Permanent Representative of the European Union to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
• 10.01.2020: Permanent Representative of Greece to the European Union

He holds a degree in Economics from the University of Athens and a Postgraduate Diploma in European Studies from the Free University of Brussels. Married, three children.

AMBASSADOR LOUCAS TSILAS is currently Professor of History at Queens College New York, NY.

From 2000 and until the end of 2014 he was the Executive Director of the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA) and member of the board of the Parent Onassis Foundation ( since 2003 ). He holds degrees in law and economics from the University of Athens, and a master’s degree in political science from the State University of Louisiana, New Orleans. He was an attorney in Athens, Greece (1963-1965), then entered the Greek Foreign Ministry (1965), serving in Athens until 1968 in the Department of Balkan States. His roles at home and abroad have included: First Secretary, Embassy of Greece in Bucharest (19681972); Consul of Greece in New Orleans, Louisiana (1972-1975); Counselor at the Greek Embassy, Washington, D.C. (1975-1979); Deputy Director, Department of NATO and European Security Affairs in the Greek Foreign Ministry in Athens (1979-1980); Deputy Director of the Diplomatic Office of the Foreign Minister (1980-1981); Consul General of Greece in Paris (1981-1987); Ambassador of Greece to South Africa (1987-1990); and Director of the Diplomatic Office of the Prime Minister of Greece (1991-1993). From 19931998, Ambassador Tsilas was appointed Ambassador of Greece to the U.S. and Ambassador of Greece to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas (1993-1998), and from 1998-2000, he was the Permanent Representative of Greece to the European Union in Brussels. Notably, he was a part of the five-member committee which organized the successful bid for the Athens 2004 Olympics.

Kostis Moussouroulis is an economist and senior officer of the European Commission. He comes from the island of Chios. He is a graduate of the Athens University of Economics and Business and holds a Master’s degree in European Economics and International Relations from the Université Libre de Brussels as well as one in Public Administration from the Solvay Brussels School of Economics & Management. He has many years of experience and work in the EU institutions. In 2004 he was appointed Secretary General of Investments and Development of the Ministry of Economy and, in 2007-2009, Secretary General of the Ministry of Development, responsible for the Energy sector. In 2009 has been elected MP. He served as Minister of Shipping and the Aegean (2012-2013) and Deputy Minister of Environment and Energy in the caretaker Government in 2015. In February 2020, upon request of the Greek Government, he was seconded by the European Commission to Greece and appointed Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Just Transition Development Plan for the areas of Western Macedonia and Megalopolis.

Vice President of Nea Demokratia
Minister of Development and Investments
MP of 2nd District of Athens

Adonis Georgiadis was born on November 6th, 1972, in Athens.

He graduated from the Faculty of History & Archaeology of the School of Philosophy of the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens.

In 1993, he took over the management of publications ‘GEORGIADIS-LIBRARY OF GREEK’. In 1994, he founded the Liberal Studies Center “GREEK EDUCATION”.

Elected MP in Athens B region in the elections of 2007 and 2009 with the LAOS political party.

In February 2012, he joined the Nea Demokratia political party, having resigned from the parliamentary office. Elected with Nea Demokratia in Athens B in the national elections of 2012 and 2015.

In 2011, he was Vice Minister of Shipping in the Government of Lucas Papademos and in 2013 he was appointed Minister of Health in the Government of Antonis Samaras.

On January 18th, 2016, he was appointed one of the two Vice-Presidents of the Nea Demokratia by decision of Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the President of Nea Demokratia.

On July 9th, Adonis Georgiadis was appointed as Minister of Develpopment and Investments after the 2019 greek elections.

He is married to Eugenia Manolidou and they have two children, Perseus and Alcaeus.

Dr Christos Dimas is the Deputy Minister for Development and Investments in charge of Research and Innovation. He is a lawyer and Member of the Hellenic Parliament representing New Democracy in the district of Korinthia.

Before entering politics, he worked in the private sector as a business consultant for The Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

He was born on the 29th of May 1980. He graduated from the Law School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Queen Mary University in London.

He completed his Master Degree in Comparative Politics at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He then finished his PhD in European Political Economy from the LSE, with a scholarship from the Alexander Onassis Foundation.

Parallel to his studies, he worked as a correspondent in London for Apogevmatini newspaper while also practicing journalism at the BBC.

At the age of 25 he was a teaching assistant at the LSE while teaching at ICON College in the University of Leicester and was a research fellow at the Jean Monnet European Center of Excellence.

He was elected as an MP in the district of Korinthia, with New Democracy in the May 2012 elections and has been re-elected ever since.

In his spare time he enjoys playing football and basketball and reading history books.

He is married to the lawyer Nicoleta Syrengela and they have one daughter and a son.

Kostis Moussouroulis is an economist and senior officer of the European Commission. He comes from the island of Chios. He is a graduate of the Athens University of Economics and Business and holds a Master’s degree in European Economics and International Relations from the Université Libre de Brussels as well as one in Public Administration from the Solvay Brussels School of Economics & Management. He has many years of experience and work in the EU institutions. In 2004 he was appointed Secretary General of Investments and Development of the Ministry of Economy and, in 2007-2009, Secretary General of the Ministry of Development, responsible for the Energy sector. In 2009 has been elected MP. He served as Minister of Shipping and the Aegean (2012-2013) and Deputy Minister of Environment and Energy in the caretaker Government in 2015. In February 2020, upon request of the Greek Government, he was seconded by the European Commission to Greece and appointed Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Just Transition Development Plan for the areas of Western Macedonia and Megalopolis.

Dr. Antonios Mountouris is Head of the Health, Safety, Environment and Sustainable Development Division and a member of the executive management team of the HELLENiQ ENERGY Holdings S.A.

He holds a Chemical Engineering Diploma from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), a PhD in waste management and energy utilization from the NTUA and an MBA from the Hellenic Open University.

He has been working for HELLENiQ ENERGY Group since 2006 on sustainability, environmental management and climate change areas, while representing the HELLENiQ ENERGY in the relevant working groups of international and Greek organizations, such as the Scientific Division for Health, Safety and Environment of the European Fuel Manufacturers Association (CONCAWE) and Business Council for Sustainable Development of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEVBCSD).

Vasilis Tsaitas
Group Chief Financial Officer
HELLENiQ ENERGY Holdings

He is a graduate of Business Administration from University of Piraeus and MBA from INSEAD, as
well as a Fellow at the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, with 20 years of experience
in finance and strategy in the energy sector.
He started his career at Shell Hellas, where he held the role of Financial Controller. He worked for
HSBC investment banking in London, focusing on M&A advisory for European Oil & Gas and utility
companies. He also has professional experience in the development and financing of RES projects.
He joined HELLENIC PETROLEUM Group in 2011 and has been responsible for Investor Relations
and international capital markets, participating in strategic initiatives of the Group. Since February
2022, he holds the position of Group Chief Financial Officer.

Ο Παύλος Τσίμας είναι δημοσιογράφος.

Γεννήθηκε στην Αθήνα, το 1953. Σπούδασε στην Νομική Σχολή του Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών και
εργάστηκε ως δικηγόρος. Από το 1981 εργάζεται ως δημοσιογράφος.

Ήταν, για μια δεκαετία, πολιτικός συντάκτης της εφημερίδας “Ριζοσπάστης”, και αργότερα διευθυντής του ραδιοφωνικού σταθμού 902, της εφημερίδας ΠΡΩΤΗ και του περιοδικού Ταχυδρόμος. Από το 1991 είναι τακτικός αρθρογράφος της εφημερίδας ΤΑ ΝΕΑ. Το 1985 πήρε το βάπτισμα του ραδιοφωνικού πυρός, στον Αθήνα 9,84 και το 1993 παρουσίασε για πρώτη φορά την ενημερωτική εκπομπή “Μετρό” από την τηλεόραση του ΣΚΑΙ. Από τότε δημιουργεί και παρουσιάζει ενημερωτικές εκπομπές για το ραδιόφωνο και την τηλεόραση, έχοντας συνεργαστεί με το ΜΕΓΚΑ και την ΕΡΤ. Σήμερα παρουσιάζει, στην τηλεόραση του ΣΚΑΙ την εκπομπή «Τελευταία Λέξη» και στο ραδιόφωνο την καθημερινή εκπομπή «Ημερολόγιο». Είναι σύμβουλος έκδοσης της ελληνικής έκδοσης της Huffington Post.

To 2011 κυκλοφόρησε το βιβλίο του «Το ημερολόγιο της κρίσης» και το 2014 «Ο φερετζές και το πηλήκιο- το πολιτικό μθυιστόρημα της ελληνικής τηλεόρασης», και τα δύο από τις εκδόσεις Μεταίχμιο.

Athanasios Kefalas is Chairman of IMERYS Greece S.A. and IMERYS Bauxites Greece S.A.

He has studied Mining Engineering-Metallurgy at the National Technical University of Athens and has completed an Executive MBA at INSEAD. He started his career on operations and gradually moved to more strategic roles with high international exposure, building 40 years experience in the extractive industry, minerals processing as well as in business development and corporate governance.

He has a firm grasp of the international extractive industry regulatory framework, especially regarding environment, aptitude in fostering and maintaining dialogue with public administration and government as well as in building long-term and sustainable local community relations.

Since June 2015 he serves as President of the Greek Mining Enterprises Association and since 2019 he is President of EUBA (European Bentonite Association). He is also member of the General Council of SEV, BoD member of SEV Business Council for Sustainable Development, BoD member of the Association of Industries of Central Greece (SVSE) and Vice-President of the Hellenic Volunteer Managers Center.

Costis Stambolis is the Executive Director of the Institute of Energy for SE Europe (IENE) and its current Chairman. He has a background in Physics and Architecture having studied at the University of London, the North East London Polytechnic (NELP) and the Architectural Association in London from where he holds a Graduate Diploma in Architecture and Energy Studies (AA Dip. Grad). He also holds a professional practice license from the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE), and a Masters Degree from the Said Business School, University of Oxford, where he studied “Strategy and Innovation”.

Costis has carried out numerous projects on Renewable Energy Sources in developing countries. He has consulted widely on solar building applications for both private and institutional clients in various European countries. Furthermore, he has worked as a consultant and strategy advisor on natural gas, oil markets and energy security issues for large multinational companies, international organizations and governments.

Costis has lectured widely on energy issues and has organised several national, regional and international conferences, seminars and workshops. He has published several books, edited conference proceedings,and has authored research papers. Among others he is the editor of the “S.E. Europe Energy Outlook (2011,2017, 2022)”, which is considered a basic reference on energy for SE Europe.

Since 2001 he manages Greece’s foremost energy site www.energia.gr. He is a founding member of the Institute of Energy for South East Europe (IENE). He is a member of the Energy Institute (UK), the International Passive House Association (IPHA), The Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE). Since 2018 he also serves as a full member of the Greek government’s standing committee on Energy and Climate Change (NECP).

Manos Manousakis is the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer of Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO or ADMIE) since June 2017. In 2019, he was elected Member of the Board of Directors of the European Network of Transmission System Operators (ENTSO-E).

Previously, Mr. Manousakis was the CEO of OTE Rural North and South, having held various positions of responsibility in the Greek Telecommunications Company, where he played an instrumental role in the design of cutting-edge telecommunication services. He was appointed Secretary General of the Hellenic Ministry of Economy (2015), as well as a Director at Black Sea Trade and Development Bank for the same period.

Mr Manousakis holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens. He has also academic experience having been a lecturer at the University of Piraeus. His career combines business development leadership and complex project management with country strategic planning.  

Born in Athens in 1966. He studied Business Administration. He received an MBA from the
Athens University of Economics and Business and the Vlerick Business School, Ghent Belgium.
In 1993 he joined the Latsis Group and since then he has served in various management
positions. Currently he is the General Manager of the Latsis Family Office in Greece and in
such capacity he holds a seat on a number of Boards of Directors of the Group’s companies in
Greece and abroad.

Since 2005 he is Member of the Executive Board of the John S. Latsis Public Benefit
Foundation holding the office of the Board’s Secretary and thus having the primary
responsibility for the administrative and financial operation of the Foundation as well as the
development of its public benefit programmes in Greece and abroad.

Since February 2014 he serves as Member of the Board of Directors of the National Bank of
Greece.

He speaks Greek, English and German.

Ο Αθανάσιος Έλλις είναι αρθρογράφος της εφημερίδας Η Καθημερινή. Ξεκίνησε την ενασχόλησή του με τη δημοσιογραφία εργαζόμενος στον Εθνικό Κήρυκα της Νέας Υόρκης και διατηρεί στενούς δεσμούς με την ελληνοαμερικανική κοινότητα.

Ως διπλωματικός ανταποκριτής στη διάρκεια των τελευταίων είκοσι ετών έχει καλύψει σημαντικά διεθνή γεγονότα στην Ουάσιγκτον, τη Νέα Υόρκη, το Πεκίνο, το Τόκιο, τις Βρυξέλλες, το Βερολίνο, το Παρίσι, το Λονδίνο, την Αγκυρα, το Κάιρο, κ.ά.

Εχει πάρει συνεντεύξεις από κορυφαίες προσωπικότητες, μεταξύ άλλων από τον αντιπρόεδρο Τζο
Μπάιντεν, τους προέδρους της Τουρκίας Ταγίπ Ερντογάν και Αμπντουλάχ Γκιούλ και τον πρωθυπουργό Αχμέτ Νταβούτογλου, την γενική διευθύντρια του ∆ΝΤ Κριστίν Λαγκάρντ και τον προκάτοχό της Ντομινίκ Στρος-Καν, τους προέδορυς της Ευρωπαϊκής Επιτροπής, Ζαν Κλοντ Γιούνκερ και Ζοζέ Μανουέλ Μπαρόζο, τον Γάλλο πρόεδρο Νικολά Σαρκοζί, κ.ά.

Εχει επανειλλημένα εμφανισθεί σε διεθνή μέσα ενημέρωσης για να σχολιάσει θέματα που αφορούν την Ελλάδα: αποτελέσματα εκλογών, την οικονομική κρίση, την αντιμετώπιση της τρομοκρατίας, την προετοιμασία των Ολυμπιακών Αγώνων του 2004, τις Ελληνοτουρκικές σχέσεις, κ.ά.

Εχει λάβει Bachelor’s στα Οικονομικά και τις Πολιτικές Επιστήμες από το Boston University, Master’s στις ∆ιεθνείς Σχέσεις από το ίδιο πανεπιστήμιο, και ∆ίπλωμα δημοσιογραφίας από το New York University.

Είναι παντρεμένος με την αρχαιολόγο και σχεδιάστρια κοσμημάτων Πολίνα Σαπουνά. Έχουν δυο γιους, τον Πάρι και τον Μιλτιάδη.

Dr. George D. Kofinas is the inspirational founder and medical director of Kofinas Fertility Group and Manhattan Reproductive Surgery Center.

As the compassionate leader of New York’s top fertility clinic and surgery center, he is a distinguished authority on fertility medicine. Dr. Kofinas has used his depth of knowledge and sharp intuition to help tens of thousands of couples start families of their own. Dr. Kofinas has written and spoken about the full spectrum of assisted reproductive technologies, such as reproductive surgery and in vitro fertilization (IVF), and has been recognized by multiple publications including being featured on New York Magazine’s Top Doctors list for 18 consecutive years.

Dr. Kofinas is a pioneer in the field of reproductive surgery and medicine. With a double board certification in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Dr. Kofinas founded one of the first fertility centers in New York City over 30 years ago and founded the first reproductively focused surgical center in New York, Manhattan Reproductive Surgery Center. He continues to run one of the top fertility programs in the United States and is renowned by his medical colleagues and patients from around the globe. His leadership and constant desire to improve the outcomes of his patients places him at the forefront of reproductive surgery, in vitro fertilization, and fertility preservation.

Ioannis Kamitsos is a Director in KPMG Greece, leading the Financial Risk Management services. Prior to this, he worked as a Manager in the Financial Services Risk Management department of EY Greece and as a Quantitative Developer in Bloomberg LP, New York, USA. He has over 13 years of professional experience in financial services, focusing on risk modeling across various types (IFRS9/IRB credit risk, market & liquidity risk, operational risk), front office derivative pricing models, implementation of EU-wide Stress Testing frameworks, incorporation of ESG in risk management frameworks, and implementation of regulatory frameworks.

Ioannis holds a PhD degree in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA (2012), a M.A. degree in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University (2009), and a Diploma/M.Eng. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece (2006).

Kostas Botopoulos leads our highly regarded Capital Markets practice and is himself one of the leading figures in this area in Greece. Having served as the chair of the Hellenic Capital Markets Commission (HCMC) for four years until 2015 and legal advisor to the Bank of Greece for over 17 years, his experience and expertise in this area are without rival.

During his time as chairman of the HCMC, Kostas developed a detailed understanding of the regulatory frameworks governing capital markets, both here in Greece and across Europe. He has played a leading role in many complex and groundbreaking equity capital markets transactions, insider-trading cases, buyouts, cross-border listings, market-abuse cases, disclosure and compliance requirements and regulatory matters.

Kostas also advises on complex issues related to banking regulation, having served both lenders and the regulator for many years. His experience gives our team a unique advantage in tackling matters involving sophisticated financing structures, engagement with State bodies and regulatory oversight.

Yannis heads up our Project Finance and Development practice and is among the leading experts in this field in the Greek market. Working alongside other senior colleagues, Yannis has helped to establish Lambadarios as an Athens powerhouse in Project Finance and Development and Banking & Finance.

He has extensive experience on infrastructure and energy projects, as well as public private partnerships, advising participants across the entire project lifecycle, from tendering authorities to sponsors, lenders and the contractors who will be on site. As a result, Yannis has been engaged on many of the most significant infrastructure and development projects of recent years in Greece.

Yannis is ranked in all leading publications including Chambers, IFLR and the Legal500 as a leading individual for Banking & Finance and Energy.

He is fluent in Greek, English and German.

Maria Christina Griva is the Senior Director of Communications at Lamda Development since 2003, leading the company’s strategic communications as well as the communications strategy for the landmark urban regeneration project of The Ellinikon – one of Europe’s largest development projects.

She is a seasoned executive with an extensive experience in strategic and institutional communications, corporate reputation management, crisis communication, sustainability programs, and stakeholder engagement with media, communities, and local groups.

She holds a degree in Social and Political Sciences from Panteion University and postgraduate degrees in International Relations (Graduate Institute of Geneva) and Business Administration (MBA, ALBA Business School).

Maria Christina is a member of the Board of Directors of the British Hellenic Chamber of Commerce and is actively involved in several professional and social organizations, including Junior Achievement, EACD, and ICSC.

Nicholas Logothetis is the Vice Chairman of Libra Group and is based in Washington, D.C. He is also the Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of Concordia, a non-profit organization that seeks to promote and develop public-private partnerships around pressing global issues.

An entrepreneur, Nicholas has a long-held interest in politics and international affairs. While attending the Salisbury School in Connecticut, he and Concordia Co-Founder Matthew Swift, conceived and launched an after-school snack business. With $5,000 in seed capital, the business achieved revenues of $350,000 within two years while the two young men were still in high school. This early success attracted media attention from ABC, NBC, and The New York Times. Nicholas later attended the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University. During this time, he worked at the Fox News Channel, British Sky Broadcasting, Bryan Cave LLP, Husch Blackwell Sanders, and News Corporation.

Nicholas is a member of the Royal Institute of International Affairs London, the National Press Club Washington D.C., and the Overseas Press Club. In September 2023, President Joseph Biden announced the appointment of Nicholas to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Board of Visitors.

George Logothetis
Executive Chairman
Libra Group

George Logothetis is the Executive Chairman of Libra Group, a privately owned, global business group with assets and operations in nearly 60 countries. He is based in New York City. At 19, George became CEO of his family’s company, Lomar Shipping, which had three vessels at that time. The shipping business was grown into a more modern and diversified 55-vessel fleet over the next 10 years. In 2003, George founded Libra Group at the age of 28.

Today, Libra Group encompasses 20 businesses predominately focused on aerospace, renewable energy, maritime, real estate, hospitality, and diversified investments. George is also the Chairman of the Group’s sister organization Libra Philanthropies, an independent 501(c)(3) that includes 10 philanthropic initiatives. Previously known as Libra Social Responsibility, Libra Philanthropies’ initiatives include social impact programs, strategic giving, and independent non-profits supporting over 25 million people around the world.

George is Co-Chairman of the Leadership Council of Concordia, a member of the Board of Directors of President Barack Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) Alliance, a Global Advisory Council Member of the Wilson Center, a member of the American Democracy Month Council’s Board of Directors, and an Advisory Board Member of the Genius 100 Foundation. In 2013, George and Nitzia Logothetis founded the Seleni Institute, an independently run clinic and nonprofit supporting individuals and their families’ mental and emotional health during the family-building years.

Petros Machas is the Founding Partner and Chairman of Machas & Partners, one of the most dynamic and fast-growing law firms in Greece. Machas & Partners is acknowledged for its cross-border litigation practice and for providing high quality services in demanding and sophisticate corporate deals.
Petros is a recognized litigator with more than 20 years of diverse experience, having handled some of the most high-profile cases in Greece. His practice includes cover-page white-collar crime, international IP litigation and multi-million commercial and civil litigation or ADR.
In his career, Petros has developed a strategic pro-business approach and has earned the respect of his peers and clients for his solid, proactive and effective multi-jurisdictional practice. Petros is specialized in cross-border commercial arbitration proceedings (ICC, ICSID etc.) and is a highly trained and experienced negotiator and dealmaker. International investment and private equity funds seek Petro’s guidance as an authority on foreign direct investments in Greece and beyond.
Petros has spoken at numerous international conferences on the legal framework for investments in Greece, Real Estate Projects and PPPs and has been the advisor to the Greek Ministry of Development for drafting the new Investment Law.
Petros is ranked among top tier lawyers in Dispute Resolution and in White Collar Crime in Greece by Chambers & Partners. He is a member of the European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA) and the Athens Bar. Petros is also a Registered European Lawyer at the Solicitors Regulatory Authority of England and Wales.

George Makkos was born in Athens, Greece in 1961. He immigrated to the United States with his family in 1974. Mr. Makkos attended City College of the City University of New York. The increasing pressure of a rapidly expanding family business drew Mr. Makkos into the daily operations of the company. His hard work, dedication, and with the help of his father and brother, the family persevered. M & T Pretzel Inc. He incorporated a philosophy of aggressive marketing and a dedicated work ethic; the company was considered to be the “leading food concessionaire in the parks of Manhattan.”1 The success of M & T Pretzel brought the Makkos name into the forefront of the New York City business community. In September of 1995, George Makkos made the winning bid to the City of New York and took over the Wollman and Lasker skating rinks in Central Park which at the time was run by Donald Trump (who is currently the President of the United States). Consequently, through such formidable attainments the business developed into The Makkos Organization.

In the subsequent years, George Makkos expanded his interests in the hospitality industry and became one of the current owners of Terrace on the Park in Queens, New York as well as numerous other catering and restaurant facilities through out the New York City region such as the well renown “Nello” of Madison Avenue.

Currently, his business endeavors include various real estate holdings throughout Manhattan and the 5 boroughs of New York City.

George Makkos is also a generous philanthropist and humanitarian benefiting many worthy organizations, including the Breast Cancer Foundation, Goodwill Games, Make a Wish Foundation and
Ronald McDonald House, to name a few.

His personal philosophy of finding the most qualified and talented individuals to manage his business,
along with his commitment to the highest standards have greatly contributed to the continually growing success of the Makkos Organization.

Η Λένα Μαμιδάκη γεννήθηκε στη Θεσσαλονίκη. Αποφοίτησε από το Boston University με B.Sc. σε
Business Administration και αφού εργάστηκε στο Λονδίνο για ένα σύντομο διάστημα σε ναυτιλιακή
εταιρεία, συνέχισε τις σπουδές της στο University of Reading από όπου έλαβε M.A. σε ∆ιεθνείς και
Ευρωπαϊκές Σχέσεις. Εργάστηκε στην εταιρεία ΒΙΤΟΜ Α.Β.Ε.Ε. από το 1991 ως Assistant Manager στο Τμήμα Μάρκετινγκ και Εξαγωγών, ενώ από το 1996 εργάζεται στην εταιρεία εμπορίας πετρελαιοειδών MAMIDOIL JETOIL A.E. ως ∆/ντρια Μάρκετινγκ και Επικοινωνίας και από το 2009 και ως ∆/ντρια ΕΚΕ.

Μιλάει άπταιστα Αγγλικά και πολύ καλά Γαλλικά, ενώ έχει βασικές γνώσεις Ισπανικών. Εχει λάβει
πιστοποίηση από το 2009 ως CSR Practitioner από το IEMA (Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment). Είναι μέλος του ∆.Σ. της MAMIDOIL JETOIL A.E. και της ΕΡΜΗΣ Α.Ε. Από το Μάιο του 2006 είναι μέλος του Γενικού Συμβουλίου του ΣΕΒ, ενώ από το Μάιο του 2013 είναι μέλος του ∆Σ του Ινστιτούτου Εταιρικής Υπευθυνότητας. Είναι παντρεμένη και έχει μία κόρη.

Entrepreneur, innovator and philanthropist, Nikos Mouyiaris is the Founder and CEO of Mana Products, Inc., one of the world’s most prestigious cosmetics manufacturers and developers. Established in 1975 with a mere $6,000.00 that Nikos borrowed from his brother, today Mana employs over 1000 people and is a partner to many of the world’s largest and most successful beauty brands.

A visionary business and community leader, Nikos believes the true measure of success lies in the ability to help others, so he is passionate in his support of many philanthropic and other endeavors. He is the Founder of the Hellenic American Leadership Council, a professional organization dedicated to the empowerment of the Greek community in the United States and eventually in every country where there is a Greek Diaspora. An organization committed to civic leadership and human rights, members of HALC are involved in the Greek Lobby in the United States.

Nikos is a Benefactor of the Malaika Foundation, helping to educate young girls in the Congo. And a
Benefactor of Paradise4Kids, helping to feed, educate and clothe hundreds of Ebola orphans in Sierra Leone. Nikos is also involved with many other organizations that make a difference in the world and has received many honors including the prestigious Ellis Island Medal of Honor.

Γαλαξειδιώτης, γεννημένος και μεγαλωμένος στον Πειραιά, ο Ευθύμιος Μητρόπουλος έχει αφιερώσει όλη του την σταδιοδρομία στην υπηρεσία της Ναυτιλίας: σαν ναυτικός, επιτελικός αξιωματικός του Λιμενικού Σώματος στο Υπουργείο Εμπορικής Ναυτιλίας, λέκτωρ σε Ναυτικές Ακαδημίες, συγγραφεύς ναυτιλιακών βιβλίων, Κεντρικός Λιμενάρχης Κερκύρας, διευθυντικό στέλεχος στον IMO και τελικά Γενικός Γραμματεύς με 8ετή θητεία που έληξε το 2012. Μεταξύ 2004-2012 διετέλεσε Πρύτανης του Παγκόσμιου Ναυτιλιακού Πανεπιστημίου (Μάλμο Σουηδίας) και Πρόεδρος του ∆ιεθνούς Ινστιτούτου Ν. ∆ικαίου (Μάλτα). Γιά τις υπηρεσίες του στη διεθνή Ναυτιλία έχει τιμηθεί με ανώτατες διακρίσεις από τις Κυβερνήσεις 13 χωρών.

Μεταξύ των σημερινών ασχολιών του καταλέγονται:

• Πρόεδρος του Ιδρύματος «Μαρία Τσάκος» και Μέλος του ∆Σ της TEN,
• Chancellor του Ναυτικού Πανεπιστημίου AMET στο Chennai της Ινδίας, και
• Patron του Welfare Trust της ITF.

Pavlos is the Managing Partner of Masouros & Partners, a law firm focusing exclusively on sophisticated capital and specializing in corporate law and M&A. The firm is consistently ranked by Chambers Global as the only Greek law firm with foreign expertise (2017-2021) and its Corporate/Commercial and M&A practices are also recommended by The Legal500 and IFLR1000.

Pavlos has advised foreign and domestic corporate clients, as well as the Hellenic and foreign governments and state-owned organizations, on dozens of business combinations (mergers, share purchase agreements, tender offers, privatizations, shareholders’ agreements, joint venture agreements, etc.), including some of the largest deals in value with a Greek element and is continuously engaged in cross-border corporate and M&A dispute resolution cases before international arbitral tribunals, Greek and foreign state Courts. Pavlos has received several professional awards and references in legal directories and the press for his corporate law expertise (Chambers Global, Corporate INTL, Het Financieele Dagblad, etc.).

Outside of his professional activities Pavlos has been teaching corporate law at Leiden Law School, Leiden University since 2010, where he is Assistant Professor, while since 2013 he is also Visiting Professor at LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome, Italy and since 2014 at the International Hellenic University in Thessaloniki, Greece.

He is the author of many books and articles on corporate law, corporate litigation, corporate governance and law and economics. He is a frequently sought-after commentator on current developments in Greece and beyond and his views have appeared in the international media, such as The Washington Post, Slate, ReutersOpinion, American Lawyer, etc.

Pavlos has been named a Fellow of the ’40 under 40 European Young Leaders’ of the Friends of Europe and EuropaNova, has advised the ELI/UNIDROIT on the project on the European Rules of Civil Procedure, the European Commission with regard to Greek law in the 2017 Study on the Law Applicable to Companies and the Serbian Ministry of Finance on the introduction of new AML legislation.
Pavlos is also the Co-Managing Director of the Centre for European Company Law, an EU-wide business law think tank and a Fellow of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy.

Pavlos holds an LL.B. from the Athens Law School (1st in class), an LL.M. in Corporate Law & Governance from the Harvard Law School (Fulbright Scholar; Victor Brudney Prize for Corporate Governance) and a Ph.D. in Corporate Law & Economics from Leiden University.

George D. Tsopelas
Chairman,& Managing Director
McKinsey & Company, Greece & Cyprus

Mr. Tsopelas joined McKinsey in London in 1994 and led the opening of the Athens Office
in 2000. He has worked extensively in Banking, Insurance, Energy, Basic Materials and Economic Development in Europe, Middle East & Africa.
Mr. Tsopelas holds an M.B.A from Harvard Business School. His undergraduate studies include a BSc in Economics & Econometrics and a BSc in Business Administration.

Yorgos Mousmoulas is Partner at Metavallon VC, a Seed and Seed+ venture capital fund with a € 70m under management, investing in early-stage technology startups across Greece and Europe. supporting ambitious entrepreneurs in building transformative businesses across various sectors and geographies. In the past, Yorgos has been Investment Director at Attica Ventures, a Series A fund backed by TA.NE.O. and Attica Bank. There, he led investments across sectors including IT, Telecom, Microelectronics, Automation & Robotics, eCommerce, Logistics, and MedTech.

Yorgos’ past experience includes working with Intralot, a global leader in lottery systems, in the Asia-Pacific region, managing operations and business development across Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, and the Philippines. He has also spent time as COO of an energy analytics startup. Yorgos began his career in technology and strategy consulting. At Accenture’s European Technology Park in Sophia Antipolis, he worked on complex tech projects with major banking and telecom clients, as well as startups across Europe. He later joined Booz Allen Hamilton in Munich as a strategy consultant.

Yorgos holds a degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, and an MBA from INSEAD.

Georgios Kaminis was elected Mayor of Athens in November 2010 and re-elected for a second term in
May 2014.

Prior to his election as Mayor of Athens, Mr. Kaminis served as Deputy Ombudsman for Human Rights
from 1998 to May 2003. In 2003, he was unanimously elected Greek Ombudsman by the Greek
Parliament, and re-elected for a second term in 2007. In August 2010, Mr. Kaminis resigned from this
position in order to stand as an independent mayoral candidate for the City of Athens.

Mr. Kaminis is an Assistant Professor of constitutional law at the University of Athens, Faculty of Law
and a member of the scientific staff in the Department of Parliamentary Studies and Research of the
Greek Parliament. In 2016 he was the winner of the World Mayor Commendation for services to
refugees.

He studied law at the University of Athens and holds a doctoral degree (Doctorat d’Etat) from the
University of Paris I. He was born in New York City and has also lived in Osaka, Paris, Madrid and
Heidelberg. In addition to his native Greek language, he speaks fluently English, French, Spanish and
German.

Mr. Kaminis is married and has two children.

C. Dean Metropoulos is Chairman and CEO of Metropoulos & Company, a boutique acquisition and management firm with offices in New York, Los Angeles and Greenwich, Connecticut. Mr. Metropoulos has spent the past 25 years building, restructuring and growing numerous businesses in the U.S. and Europe. Many of these were subsequently taken public or sold to strategic corporations. He is very well known in the private equity, investment banking, and financial community.

The returns generated by Metropoulos & Company are among the highest and most consistent among private equity investors having generated an average of 44% returns, with the lowest being 23%. Dean has been married to Marianne Metropoulos for 35 years and they have two sons, Evan and Daren who reside in California.

Ο ∆ρ. Σωτήριος Βαχαβιώλος είναι ο Ιδρυτής, Πρόεδρος και ∆ιευθύνων Σύμβουλος της Physical Acoustics Corporation (PAC) από το 1978 καθώς και του Ομίλου εταιρειών MISTRAS Group, Inc. από το 1994, που αποτελεί “Εταιρεία Ολοκληρωμένων Λύσεων Μη-Καταστροφικών Ελέγχων (ΜΚΕ)” (Λογισμικό, Προϊόντα, Υπηρεσίες, και Τεχνολογίες Πληροφορικής για ∆εδομένα Επιθεωρήσεων) με έδρα στο Princeton, New Jersey των Η.Π.Α. H Mistras είναι η πρώτη, από το 2009, εισηγμένη στο χρηματιστήριο της Νέας Υόρκης εταιρεία ΜΚΕ. Από το 2009 ο Όμιλος MISTRAS Group κατέστη ο αναμφισβήτητος ηγέτης στον τομέα παροχής υπηρεσιών ΜΚΕ στις ΗΠΑ, προσφέροντας στον πελάτη προσαρμοσμένες λύσεις, και μεγαλύτερη παραγωγικότητα στις εργασίες επιθεώρησης. Πέραν των υπηρεσιών ΜΚΕ, ο Όμιλος σχεδιάζει και κατασκευάζει προϊόντα ΜΚΕ, ενώ παράγει και λογισμικό που χρησιμοποιείται για “On-Line Παρακολούθηση ∆ομικής Ακεραιότητας Εγκαταστάσεων μέσω Internet” σε ∆ημόσιες και Βιομηχανικές Υποδομές, γέφυρες κλπ.

Το 1970 αποφοίτησε 1ος στην τάξη του από το Τμήμα Science and Engineering του Fairleigh Dickinson University με πτυχίο BSEE. Στη συνέχεια έλαβε πλήρη υποτροφία από τα περίφημα AT&T Bell Telephone Laboratories για να παρακολουθήσει μεταπτυχιακό πρόγραμμα σπουδών στο Columbia University ως υποψήφιος ∆ιδάκτωρ. Το 1972, έλαβε τον μεταπτυχιακό τίτλο MSEE και το1976 ανακηρύχθηκε ∆ιδάκτωρ (Ph.D.) από το Columbia University School of Engineering. Το 1975 έλαβε επίσης Masters in Philosophy από το Columbia University.

Την περίοδο 1970 – 1978, εργάστηκε στην AT&T σε τεχνικές και διοικητικές θέσεις στα εργαστήρια Bell Telephone Laboratories των ΗΠΑ, στον τομέα των ΜΚΕ. Ξεκίνησε αρχικά ως ερευνητής και εξελίχθηκε σε Προϊστάμενο Τμήματος, επιβλέπων τις εργασίες διδακτορικών επιστημόνων. Είναι κάτοχος άνω των 15 διπλωμάτων ευρεσιτεχνίας. Έχει συγγράψει πάνω από 100 τεχνικές δημοσιεύσεις με αξιολόγηση (peer-reviewed).

Το 1978, ο ∆ρ. Βαχαβιώλος ίδρυσε την PAC η οποία με την πάροδο των χρόνων εξελίχθηκε στη
μεγαλύτερη εταιρεία Ακουστικής Εκπομπής στον κόσμο με μερίδιο άνω του 85% της παγκόσμιας αγοράς και με εφαρμογές για την περιβαλλοντική ασφάλεια πετροχημικών βιομηχανιών, εκτίμηση γήρανσης αεροσκαφών, παράταση λειτουργίας σταθμών παραγωγής ενέργειας, “on-line” παρακολούθηση βιομηχανικών εγκαταστάσεων, υπεράκτιες πλατφόρμες, γέφυρες κλπ. Η εταιρεία έχει γραφεία σε όλο τον κόσμο και την Αθήνα όπου απασχολεί 20 εργαζομένους.

Ο ∆ρ. Βαχαβιώλος είναι εκλεγμένος “Fellow” της IEEE, της Αμερικανικής Εταιρείας ΜΚΕ (ASNT) και της Ομάδας Εργασίας Ακουστικής Εκπομπής (AEWG). Είναι εκλεγμένο μέλος της Ακαδημίας Επιστημών Νέας Υόρκης, της ASTM και άλλων επιστημονικών φορέων.

Το 1989 εξελέγη γραμματέας της ASNT και το 1993 Πρόεδρος. Το 1994, κατά τη διάρκεια του
Πανευρωπαϊκού Συνεδρίου ΜΚΕ (ECND) στη Νίκαια, εξελέγη Πρόεδρος της Επιτροπής Πολιτικής (PGPC) της ∆ιεθνούς Επιτροπής ΜΚΕ (ICNDT) εκπροσωπώντας τις ΗΠΑ. Επανεξελέγη Συμπρόεδρος της ίδιας Επιτροπής το 1996 κατά τη διάρκεια των εργασιών του Παγκοσμίου Συνεδρίου ΜΚΕ (WCNDT) στο Νέο ∆ελχί. Στο Μόντρεαλ το 2004 εξελέγη Δια Βίου Μέλος της ICNDT.

Ο ∆ρ. Βαχαβιώλος συνέγραψε και εξέδωσε τρία βιβλία για την Ακουστική Εκπομπή και έχει δώσει
διαλέξεις σε όλο τον κόσμο προσκεκλημένος Εθνικών Ακαδημιών και Συνεδρίων. Ήταν Μόνιμος
Αντιπρόσωπος των ΗΠΑ στην ICNDT και ISO για πάνω από 15 χρόνια. Το 1998 έλαβε το Lester Honor Award και το 2001 το Χρυσό Μετάλλιο από την ASNT. Το 2005 του απονεμήθηκε το Χρυσό
Μετάλλιο για την εργασία του στην Acoustic Emission Working Group.

Ο ∆ρ. Βαχαβιώλος έχει συστηματικά υποστηρίξει τις Ελληνικές θρησκευτικές και εθνικές θέσεις στις ΗΠΑ και στην Ελλάδα. ∆έχτηκε με μεγάλη περηφάνια την τιμή να είναι Άρχων του Οικουμενικού Πατριαρχείου της Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. Έχει, επίσης, διατελέσει Τελετάρχης της Ελληνικής παρελάσεως της 25ης Μαρτίου στην Νέα Υόρκη το 2002 και το 2003. Έχει υπηρετήσει ως σύμβουλος τεχνικών θεμάτων πρώην Υπουργούς Εξωτερικών και Εθνικής Αμύνης συντηρητικών κυβερνήσεων στην Ελλάδα. Το 2012, απονεμήθηκε στον ∆ρ. Βαχαβιώλο το διεθνούς κύρους Βραβείο Ελληνικής Κληρονομιάς από το Ελληνοαμερικανικό Ινστιτούτο.

Michail Bletsas is a Research Scientist and the Director of Computing at MIT’s Media Lab where he has been working since 1996. He is responsible for all the infrastructure that the lab uses to produce, store, transport and consume its bits. He was a member of the core technical and design team for the “One Laptop Per Child” initiative which created OLPC’s pioneering, award-winning “XO” laptop. His current research interests include network security, wireless networks and building efficient high performance machine learning computing infrastructures.

Over the years, he has advised governments around technology policy issues and provided expert opinion in technical matters to top-level officials. He has cofounded two companies, has been a director and consulted for many others in a variety of capacities.

He has implemented broadband access networks using cutting-edge technologies including one of the earliest ADSL testbeds and various wireless technologies.  Mr. Bletsas has been a frequent keynote speaker in international conferences and has been engaged in many civic activities. He holds an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and an MSc degree in Computer Engineering from Boston University.

Bill is a highly accomplished Australian construction lawyer and leads the Melbourne office of preeminent national law firm, Moray & Agnew.

In addition to his legal career, Bill has long been involved in multicultural affairs, gained through his elected position as the President of the Greek Community of Melbourne & Victoria, a position he has held since January 2008. Through this role, Bill has devoted much of the last 14 years to the promotion and welfare of the Australian Greek diaspora.

Bill’s active involvement in many multicultural programs also extends to his roles as Chairman of South Melbourne Football Club, Director of the Hellenic Initiative, former Chair and longstanding member of the board of Alphington Grammar School, member of the board of the Melbourne University Humanities Foundation, and an appointment by the Victorian Government as a Commissioner of the Victorian Multicultural Commission.

Bill has also been awarded the Order of Australia Medal for service to the Greek Community.

Helena is the head of ESG, Sustainability and Climate Change at Motor Oil Group in Greece. She is presented by many years of experience in the Energy and Shipping sector focusing on Decarbonization and Sustainable development. During her carrier, Helena held sustainability leadership positions at International corporations, undertaking strategic assignments both for the private and public sector related to Decarbonization, Sustainable Finance and ESG integration. She is an active speaker and participant on various think tanks and working groups. Helena holds an MBA from ALBA, an MA from Middlesex University in UK and completed several executive programs at Oxford Said Business School and London Business School.

Ο Νικόλαος Μουσάς είναι ιδρυτής και διευθύνων εταίρος της εταιρείας «Μουσάς Δικηγορική Εταιρεία». Με πάνω από 35 χρόνια εμπειρίας, είναι ένας από τους κορυφαίους δικηγόρους στον τομέα του δικαίου της ενέργειας, του δημοσίου δικαίου, της επίλυσης διαφορών, του εταιρικού και του εμπορικού δικαίου, του τραπεζικού και χρηματοοικονομικού δικαίου και του δικαίου ακινήτων.

Εκπροσωπεί και συμβουλεύει πελάτες σε πλήθος συμβάσεων ή ένδικων διαφορών τόσο στα ελληνικά δικαστήρια όσο και σε διαιτητικές διαδικασίες. Πρόσφατα συνέβαλε στο πρωτοποριακό έργο για την μετατροπή του πρώτου «έξυπνου και πράσινου νησιού της Μεσογείου», παρέχοντας συμβουλές στον Όμιλο VW σχετικά με την εφαρμογή ενός συστήματος βιώσιμης κινητικότητας στο νησί της Αστυπάλαιας.

Επίσης συμμετείχε στην ομάδα που εκπροσώπησε επιτυχώς πελάτη στην διαδικασία αναγνώρισης της εκτελεστότητας αλλοδαπής διαιτητικής απόφασης 2,4 δισεκατομμυρίων δολαρίων στην Ελλάδα.

Έχει εντρυφήσει στον τομέα της ενέργειας εκπροσωπώντας πελάτες βιομηχανίες παραγωγής χάλυβα, αλουμινίου και φυσικού αερίου. Χειρίζεται διαφορές ενώπιον διαιτητικών δικαστηρίων, σύμφωνα με τους κανόνες διαιτησίας του Διεθνούς

Εμπορικού Επιμελητηρίου (ICC Rules) και της Επιτροπής του ΟΗΕ για το Δίκαιο του Διεθνούς Εμπορίου (UNCITRAL Rules), καθώς και διεθνείς υποθέσεις διαιτησίας με αντικείμενο Διμερείς Επενδυτικές Συνθήκες (BIT disputes).

Συμπεριλαμβάνεται στον κατάλογο διαιτητών της Ρυθμιστικής Αρχής Ενέργειας (ΡΑΕ) καθώς και του Ευρωπαϊκού Οργανισμού Διαμεσολάβησης & Διαιτησίας (ΕΟΔΙΔ).

Έχει ασχοληθεί εκτενώς με τον τομέα του τραπεζικού και χρηματοοικονομικού δικαίου και στο πλαίσιο αυτό έχει ενεργήσει για μερικές από τις πλέον γνωστές πολυεθνικές εταιρείες και προβεβλημένους χρηματοπιστωτικούς φορείς. Από το 1997 είναι Νομικός Σύμβουλος του Ταμείου Εγγύησης Καταθέσεων και Επενδύσεων (ΤΕΚΕ).

Διεθνείς νομικοί οδηγοί (The Legal 500, Chambers & Partners) κατατάσσουν τον κ. Μουσά σε εξέχουσα θέση στους τομείς των εξαγορών & συγχωνεύσεων, του εταιρικού και εμπορικού δικαίου, του δικαίου της ενέργειας και της επίλυσης διαφορών (Dispute Resolution).

Ioannis Moralis was born in 1968 and studied Economics at the University of Piraeus. He is the son of the late Petros Moralis, who served as Minister of Education. He was always interested in public affairs and politics, but has never joined a political party.

He began his career at the age of 22. He worked as a Sports Marketing and Communications consultant. The past 25 years, he worked for OLYMPIACOS F.C., assuming top executive positions of great responsibility within the company’s hierarchy. In 2011 he became the Vice President and General Manager of OLYMPIACOS F.C., one year later he was elected President of the Greek Football Clubs League “Super League” and since 2017 he is the President of OLYMPIACOS FC.

Currently he is the Mayor of Piraeus, having won the municipal elections of 2014 and 2015. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Piraeus Port Authority and Vice President of the Society for the Protection of Minors (Piraeus). As the city’s Mayor he is the President of the Board of Directors of Zahariou Foundation.

He is married to Valia Kiriazis and they have two children, Petros and Yoland

Η κα Βίβιαν Μπουζάλη κατέχει, τα τελευταία 4 χρόνια, τη θέση της ∆ιευθύντριας Επικοινωνίας του Ομίλου ΜΥΤΙΛΗΝΑΙΟΣ, όντας υπεύθυνη για τον σχεδιασμό και την υλοποίηση της επικοινωνιακής στρατηγικής του Ομίλου και των θυγατρικών του. Μεταξύ 2007 και 2009, η κα Μπουζάλη διετέλεσε βουλευτής Καστοριάς με το κόμμα της Νέας ∆ημοκρατίας. Νωρίτερα είχε εργαστεί ως Σύμβουλος ∆ιοίκησης σε θέματα Στρατηγικής ∆ικτύων, Marketing, Εταιρικής Προβολής και Επικοινωνίας του Ομίλου ΕΛΤΑ και ως Γενική ∆ιευθύντρια και Αντιπρόεδρος της Εταιρείας Συμβούλων Human Capital Improvement. Ξεκίνησε την επαγγελματική της πορεία στην Ελλάδα το 1997, αναλαμβάνοντας τη θέση της ∆ιοικητικής ∆ιευθύντριας & ∆ιευθύντριας Ανάπτυξης Ξένων Αγορών στο New York College της Αθήνας, αφού υπηρέτησε δύο χρόνια ως Βοηθός Ψυχολόγος, Ψυχολόγος και Σύμβουλος στα Loyola University και Harvard University. Η κα Μπουζάλη είναι πτυχιούχος ψυχολογίας του Loyola University of Chicago και κατέχει μεταπτυχιακό δίπλωμα στη Συμβουλευτική Ψυχολογία από το Harvard University και στη ∆ιοίκηση Επιχειρήσεων από το Louisville University. Γεννήθηκε στην Καστοριά το 1970, είναι παντρεμένη και έχει μία κόρη.

Vassilis Karamouzis was appointed General Manager of Corporate and Investment Banking and Member of the Executive Committee of National Bank of Greece in February 2020. He joined NBG in September 2017, as Assistant General Manager of Corporate and Investment Banking.

He worked for 8 years (2009-2017) at HSBC in various managerial positions: he started at HSBC Greece as Head of Global Market Sales and Debt Capital Markets for Greece and Cyprus. Later on, he moved to HSBC London, where he worked as Head of Structured Finance Origination for Southern Europe and Capital Financing for Greece and Cyprus and, finally, as Managing Director, Member of EMEA Financing Management and Head of Investment Banking Greece and Cyprus.

He started his professional career in 2001 at Deutsche Bank London, where he stayed until mid-2009. Initially he worked in Hedge Fund Sales, while in the period 2006-2009 he held the position of Head of FX and Commodities Sales for Greece and Middle East.

Vassilis Karamouzis was born in Athens in 1977 and holds an MSc in Finance from Birkbeck College, University of London and a bachelor degree in Economics from the University of Piraeus.

Louka T. Katseli is Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Bank of Greece and Chair of
the Hellenic Banking Association. She has served as Greece’s Minister of Labor and Social
Security (2010-2011), Minister of Economy, Competitiveness and Shipping (2009-2010) and a
member of the Hellenic Parliament (2007-2012).

Director of the OECD Development Centre in Paris between 2003-2007, she has been a
member of several prominent international and European Committees including the UN
Committee of Development Policy (1996-2003), the European Commission’s Economic and
Monetary Policy Committees and the “Comité des Sages” on the Reform of the European
Social Charter (1995-1997). Prof. Katseli has also served as Director General of the Center of
Planning and Economic Research (KEPE) (1982-1986) and as International Economic Advisor
to the Greek Prime Minister (1993-1996). She is a member of the Steering Committee of the
European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (E.A.D.I.) since 2005
and member of the Euro 50 Group since 2000.

Prof. Katseli holds a Ph.D. (1978) in International and Development Economics from
Princeton University (Distinguished Dissertation in Economics), an MPA in Public Affairs(1974)
from the Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs, an MA in Economics
(1975) from Princeton University and a BA in Economics (1972, cum laude and Phi Beta
Kappa) from Smith College.

She is Professor of International Economics and Development at the Department of
Economics of the National Kapodistrian University of Athens (1987-present) and has served
as Assistant and Associate Professor of Economics at Yale University’s Department of
Economics and the School of Organization and Management (1977-1985). She is the recipient
of numerous distinctions and fellowships, including that of the Best Young Professor at Yale
(1980). She has published extensively in the areas of development economics and finance,
migration management, investment and trade, exchange rate policy and institution-building in
European and developing countries.

Marianna Politopoulou is the Chairman & CEO of NN Hellas since May 2016.

She holds an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School – University of Pennsylvania and an MSc in Civil Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens.

Ιn her long professional career in Greece and abroad, particularly since 1994, she has held several senior management and CEO positions, among others, with Honeywell Europe, EFG Eurobank, Inchcape Hellas Group, Credit Agricole Indosuez Luxembourg and the National Bank of Greece.
Her extensive and diverse experience in senior management, and in-depth knowledge of the financial
industry, contributed to her introducing best practices in the NN Hellas internal and corporate governance model. She designed and is implementing with direct positive results, the organization’s new strategy, focusing on people-centricity, teamwork, innovation and digitalization.

She is also a BoD member of the Hellenic-Dutch Association of Commerce & Industry, of the Hellenic
Association of Insurance Companies and the Junior Achievement Greece. She also participates in the
Leadership Committee of the American – Hellenic Chamber of Commerce and in the BoD of The Wharton Business School Club of Greece.

Mr. Cox is chair of the New York Republican State Committee (“NYRSC”) and was previously for more
than five years a partner in the law firm of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York, New York,
serving as the chair of the firm’s corporate department and as a member of its management committee. For more than five years he has been chair of the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund and, for more than five years prior to his election as NYRSC chair in 2009, was chair of the finance, community college and charter school committees of the Trustees of The State University of New York and of the State University Construction Fund, and was a member of New York’s merit selection constitutional Commission on Judicial Nomination.

During the two years leading up to his 2009 election as NYRSC chair, Mr. Cox served as the New York State Chair of Senator John McCain’s presidential campaign. He has served Presidents Nixon, Reagan and H. W. Bush in the international arena, has been a member of the Council on Foreign Relations since 1993 and serves on the boards of the Foreign Policy Association, the Levin Institute (The State
University of New York) and the American Ditchley Foundation. He has served on our Board since 1984.

Panagiotis Kapetanakos is the Chief Executive Officer of Noval Property, the 2nd largest Real Estate Investment Company in Greece with an asset base of €365m. Noval Property is a subsidiary of Viohalco. Prior to his current position he was co-CEO and CFO of the GBP 1.2 bn and 75,000 m2 GBA acquisition and redevelopment of the Old War Office grade 2* listed building in London from office into mixed use, comprising the first Raffles hotel in London (with a 125-rooms capacity, F&B, spa and other amenities) and 85 Raffles branded residential apartments. Previously he was Chief Investment Officer & Head of Asset Management of NBG Pangaea (now Prodea Investments) in Athens; Manager at Piraeus Real Estate / Piraeus Bank Group in Athens; Director at Mizuho Corporate Advisory in Athens and Vice President, Business Development in the Hinduja Group in London. Panagiotis Kapetanakos holds an MBA from the Management School of Imperial College in London and a Diploma in Chemical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens.

She started her career in the Communication sector in 1995, holding leading positions in Greek and multinational companies. Foteini has rich experience in the field of Corporate Communication & Affairs, Dialogue with Patients’ Associations & NGOs, Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability (ESG), issues & crisis management, as well as Integrated Communication Campaigns for important brands and organizations, having won many national and international awards. She holds a degree in History and Archeology from the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens and a postgraduate degree in Marketing & Communication with New Technologies from the Athens University of Economics and Business.

Ο κ. Καλέκος έχει πάνω από τριάντα χρόνια πείρας στις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες ως στέλεχος εταιρειών
υψηλής τεχνολογίας και επενδυτής. Το 2013 ίδρυσε την Odyssey Venture Partners, η οποία επενδύει σε ελληνικές νεοσύστατες εταιρείες υψηλής τεχνολογίας, όπως, μεταξύ άλλων, η Arrikto, η Pollfish, η
Myrmex, η Acromove και η Vertitech. Στο Silicon Valley, όπου είναι γνωστός σαν “AK”, έχει διακριθεί για την ικανότητα του να σχεδιάζει απλές στρατηγικές για πολύπλοκες τεχνολογίες και αγορές σε εταιρείες όπως η Computervision, η Xerox, η Cadence Design Systems, η Coware και η Conformiq. Είναι ηλεκτρολόγος μηχανικός, απόφοιτος MSEE από το Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute και αποτελεί μέλος της ΙΕΕΕ

Panos Gavriil has 24 years of experience in the field of communication and has worked in leading companies and business consultants, such as AGET Iraklis and Ernst & Young Southeast Europe. In 2015, he joined OPAP, with the aim of “building” the Corporate Communication team, while in 2021, he also assumed responsibility for Corporate Responsibility matters.

The role of his team focuses on the protection and promotion of corporate reputation, the management of relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, as well as the further strengthening of OPAP’s role as a responsible corporate citizen.

He is a graduate of the Biology Department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and received an MSc in International Management from King’s College London.

Having 35 years of experience in the banking sector, Mr. George Taniskidis holds the position of Optima bank’s Chairman since August 2019.

He commenced his career as an associate attorney with the law firm of Rogers & Wells in New York. Upon his return to Greece, he joined Motor Oil Hellas.

His banking career commenced in 1990, in Xiosbank, and after having played a leading role in the development of four banking institutions in Greece and abroad in 2019 Mr. Taniskidis envisaged the opportunity to create a bank without legacies in Greece. He pursued this goal fervently and finally he acquired Investment Bank of Greece (currently Optima bank). Optima bank within five years has managed to produce outstanding results and has become a reference bank in the Greek banking system. Optima bank concluded a very successful IPO in September 2023 and was listed in the large cap index in December 2024. It is currently the fastest growing bank in Europe.

From 2003 to 2005, he was a Member of the BoD of Visa International Europe. He has also served for many years as a Member of the BoD of the Hellenic Bank Association.

He currently serves on the BoD in a variety of major companies in the food, services and shipping sectors.

Mr. Taniskidis holds a Law degree from the University of Athens Law School, having graduated first in his class, and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Having over 25 years of experience in the Banking Sector, Dimitris Kyparissis holds the position of Optima bank’s CEO.

His career commenced in 1993, in Xiosbank, where he built the car financing department before assuming responsibility for all the retail credit.

In 2000, Mr. Kyparissis was among the founding members of the greenfield Novabank, in charge of setting up the credit departments of the bank.

2002 found him in Turkey were he launched Novabank’s greenfield subsidiary, BankEuropa.

Upon his return in 2004 he assumed various positions in Millennium Bank, where he became a board member responsible for credit and operations.

In 2010 he was appointed as a General Manager of Hellenic Postbank, responsible for the retail business of the bank.

Between 2016 and 2018 he was the head of retail branch network of Eurobank.

Since January 2019 he has been involved in the acquisition of Investment Bank of Greece where he undertook the challenging task of transforming it to a commercial bank, Optima bank, from the position of Chief Executive Officer.

Mr. Kyparissis holds a B.Sc. degree, in Accounting & Finance from the American College of Greece and an MBA, in Financial Services Management from the University of Sheffield, UK.

Dimitris Michalakis is the Chief of Corporate Communications, Sustainability & Channel Productions. He is responsible for the OTE Group’s corporate communication, corporate affairs, sustainability, and corporate responsibility, contributing with his team to the organization’s brand reputation, stakeholder engagement, and social impact. He is also in charge of the content factory of COSMOTE TV. He has long-term experience in senior leadership positions within the Group. As the head of COSMOTE TV, he led its transformation into Greece’s leading pay-TV streaming service, launching original productions of films, series, and documentaries and securing strategic commercial partnerships that have driven the growth of the local pay-TV market. Before joining the OTE Group, he held marketing and sales roles at Wind Hellas and Philip Morris Hellas. He holds an MSc in Marketing and Communication from the Athens University of Economics and Business and an MBA from ALBA Graduate Business School.

Ο κ. Μιχάλης Τσαμάζ είναι, από το Νοέμβριο του 2010, επικεφαλής του Ομίλου ΟΤΕ, κορυφαίου τηλεπικοινωνιακού παρόχου στην Ελλάδα και την ΝΑ Ευρώπη, μέλος του Ομίλου Deutsche Telekom.

Υπό τη διοίκησή του, ο Όμιλος ΟΤΕ εξυγίανε τα οικονομικά του, δημιούργησε νέες πηγές εσόδων, και μετασχηματίστηκε σε μια σύγχρονη εταιρεία τεχνολογίας με τον πελάτη στο επίκεντρο και την COSMOTE ως ενιαία εμπορική μάρκα για τα προϊόντα του Ομίλου σε σταθερή, κινητή, internet και τηλεόραση. Η υγιής χρηματοοικονομική του θέση, επιτρέπει στον Όμιλο ΟΤΕ να εφαρμόζει ένα εκτεταμένο, πολυετές, σχέδιο επενδύσεων σε δίκτυα οπτικών ινών, κινητής νέας γενιάς, υπηρεσιών πληροφορικής και συνδρομητικής τηλεόρασης εκσυγχρονίζοντας τις υποδομές της χώρας. Η στρατηγική του Ομίλου εστιάζει πλέον στον ψηφιακό του μετασχηματισμό και την προσαρμογή στα δεδομένα που δημιουργεί η νέα ψηφιακή εποχή.

Από το 2001, ο κ. Τσαμάζ κατείχε σειρά θέσεων ευθύνης στον ΟΤΕ, επιβλέποντας την πορεία των διεθνών θυγατρικών του Ομίλου. Έχει διατελέσει μέλος ∆ιοικητικών Συμβουλίων θυγατρικών του ΟΤΕ και της COSMOTE στο εξωτερικό και μέλος του ∆Σ της ΕΕ, στην Μεγάλη Βρετανία. Κατέχει, επίσης, τη θέση του Προέδρου του ∆Σ της Telekom Romania Communications. Είναι μέλος του ∆.Σ. του ΣΕΒ από τον Ιούλιο 2016 ενώ από το Νοέμβριο του 2016 έχει οριστεί Επικεφαλής της Επιτροπής Ψηφιακής Οικονομίας. Πριν την ένταξή του στον ΟΤΕ, ο κ. Τσαμάζ είχε αναλάβει διαδοχικά υψηλόβαθμες διοικητικές θέσεις στους τομείς του Marketing και των Πωλήσεων, αλλά και Γενικής ∆ιεύθυνσης σε πολυεθνικές εταιρείες όπως η Vodafone και η Philip Morris.

Ο κ. Τσαμάζ έχει πτυχίο ∆ιοίκησης Επιχειρήσεων από το Πανεπιστήμιο του New Brunswick του Καναδά.

Η κα Ντέπη Τζιμέα είναι Executive Director Εταιρικής Επικοινωνίας Ομίλου ΟΤΕ από το 2012. Είναι μέλος της διοικητικής ομάδας του Ομίλου ΟΤΕ από το 2001, τότε που εντάχθηκε στο δυναμικό του ως Διευθύντρια Εταιρικής Επικοινωνίας του Ομίλου ΟΤΕ. Αναφέρεται απευθείας στον Πρόεδρο και Διευθύνοντα Σύμβουλο. Η κα Τζιμέα ήταν υπεύθυνη για το μετασχηματισμό της εικόνας του ΟΤΕ σε μια εξωστρεφή και καινοτόμο, πελατοκεντρική εταιρεία, τόσο εσωτερικά, όσο και εξωτερικά. Έχει συμβάλει καθοριστικά ώστε η στρατηγική βιώσιμης ανάπτυξης να ενσωματωθεί στην επιχειρηματική στρατηγική του Ομίλου με αποτέλεσμα ο Όμιλος ΟΤΕ σήμερα να αποτελεί μία από τις κορυφαίες εταιρείες σε θέματα βιώσιμης ανάπτυξης, συνεισφέροντας στην οικονομία, την κοινωνία και στο περιβάλλον. Ήταν υπεύθυνη για όλη την επικοινωνία του Ομίλου ΟΤΕ κατά τη διάρκεια των Ολυμπιακών Αγώνων της Αθήνας το 2004 και έχει σημαντική γνώση και εμπειρία σε όλους τους τομείς της επικοινωνίας, συμπεριλαμβανομένων της διαχείρισης της αλλαγής (change management), της διαχείρισης κρίσεων (crisis communication) και της διαφήμισης.

Πριν ενταχθεί στο δυναμικό του ΟΤΕ, κατείχε διάφορες επιτελικές θέσεις στους τομείς Marketing και Corporate Communications στον κλάδο των τηλεπικοινωνιών (1995-2001), ενώ νωρίτερα είχε εργαστεί στη διαφήμιση, ως Group Account Director στην Adel Saatchi & Saatchi, διαχειριζόμενη 18 εθνικούς και διεθνείς λογαριασμούς.

Η κα Τζιμέα κατέχει μεταπτυχιακό τίτλο στην Επικοινωνία και τις Δημόσιες Σχέσεις από το Πανεπιστήμιο του Stirling. Είναι απόφοιτος του Τμήματος Πολιτικών Επιστημών & Δημοσίου Δικαίου της Νομικής Σχολής του Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών. Έχει μετεκπαιδευτεί σε θέματα “High impact leadership” στο Columbia Business School και “Exponentially growing technologies” στο Singularity University.

Η Σταυρούλα Αγγελοπούλου είναι Υποδιευθύντρια Εταιρικής Υπευθυνότητας Σταθερής και Κινητής Τηλεφωνίας στον Όμιλο ΟΤΕ, από τον Ιούλιο του 2011. Εργάζεται στον όμιλο ΟΤΕ από το 2003, σε διάφορες θέσεις της ∆ιεύθυνσης Εταιρικών Σχέσεων, ανάμεσα στις οποίες και στη θέση της ποδιευθύντριας Εταιρικής Υπευθυνότητας, ∆ημοσίων Σχέσεων και Εσωτερικής Επικοινωνίας της COSMOTE από το 2006 έως το 2011. Ξεκίνησε την επαγγελματική της πορεία σε εταιρείες του εξωτερικού, στον τομέα του μαζικού και συνεδριακού τουρισμού. Είναι απόφοιτος του τμήματος ∆ιεθνών και Ευρωπαϊκών Σπουδών του UCL (University College London), με μετεκπαίδευση στην Περιβαλλοντική ∆ιαχείριση στο Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών.

Christina has been practicing financial law since 1998, driving groundbreaking transactions in the Greek market, which eventually led to the establishment of a law firm specialising in financial law, capital markets and M&A in September 2024.

Christina has experience in banking and finance, and debt and equity capital markets, with a particular focus on structured finance. She has a track record of high-profile deals such as advising on the first securitisation in the Greek banking sector in 2003 and the first combined IPO of a Greek company in early 2024, after almost 20 years of standstill.

From the start of her career, Christina focused on transactions with an international dimension, representing major players operating in Greece, such as international investment banks, systemic banks, and large-cap international investors.

Ο Χρήστος Χαρπαντίδης είναι Πρόεδρος και Διευθύνων Σύμβουλος της Παπαστράτος, θυγατρικής εταιρείας της Philip Morris International, από τον Αύγουστο του 2015.

Ξεκίνησε την καριέρα του στην Coca-Cola Hellenic, τo 1997, ως Marketing & Sales Trainee, ενώ μετακινήθηκε στην Παπαστράτος το 2003, ως Export Manager. Τα επόμενα χρόνια, ανέλαβε σειρά θέσεων ευθύνης στα εμπορικά τμήματα της εταιρείας στην Ελλάδα και το εξωτερικό ― Country Manager Papastratos για τις αγορές της Κύπρου και της Μάλτας (2004 – 2005), Group Brand Manager Papastratos (2006 – 2007), National Sales Manager (2008-2009) και Sales & Distribution Director Papastratos (2010 – 2011).

Την τελευταία τριετία κατείχε θέσεις υψηλής ευθύνης στο επιχειρησιακό κέντρο της Philip Morris International στη Λωζάνη της Ελβετίας, διαδοχικά στα τμήματα Στρατηγικής Πωλήσεων (Global Sales Strategy Director, 2012 – 2013) και Καινοτόμων Προϊόντων (RRPs Commercialization Director, 2014 – 2015).

Ο Χρήστος Χαρπαντίδης σπούδασε Φυσική στο Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θεσσαλονίκης, από όπου και κατάγεται. Είναι κάτοχος MBA in Economics, όπως και Μ.Α. in Economics, από το Πανεπιστήμιο του Kent (Αγγλία).

Over 17 years’ experience in capital markets, leveraged finance, restructuring, and private equity;

Previously, served as Managing Director of Quantum Pacific, overseeing the group’s investments in Shipping, Offshore, Oil & Gas, and Mining, sat on the group’s Executive Committee, and chaired or sat on a number of portfolio companies’ boards

Elias had previously spent 12 years with Goldman Sachs, primarily focusing on Leveraged Finance, and Restructuring; with an emphasis on LBOs, MBOs, levered recapitalisations, corporate acquisition financings, corporate restructurings, and distressed / special situations

Started his career with Lehman Brothers in London; Educated at Imperial College London receiving a MEng in Mechanical Engineering and a MSc in Finance; and at INSEAD receiving a MBA

Ο κ. Γιώργος Χαντζηνικολάου είναι Πρόεδρος, μη εκτελεστικό μέλος, του Διοικητικού Συμβουλίου της Τράπεζας Πειραιώς και κατέχει επίσης τη θέση του Προέδρου του Διοικητικού Συμβουλίου του Χρηματιστηρίου Αθηνών. Επίσης, ασκεί τα καθήκοντα του Πρόεδρου του Πολιτιστικού Ιδρύματος Ομίλου Πειραιώς. Ο κ. Χαντζηνικολάου έχει επίσης εκλεγεί Πρόεδρος του Διοικητικού Συμβουλίου της Ένωσης Ελληνικών Τραπεζών, φορέα εκπροσώπησης των ελληνικών και ξενών πιστωτικών ιδρυμάτων που δραστηριοποιούνται στην Ελλάδα.

Ο κ. Χαντζηνικολάου έλαβε διδακτορικό στα χρηματοοικονομικά από το Πανεπιστήμιο της Νέας Υόρκης, όπου και έλαβε μεταπτυχιακό τίτλο MBA. Είναι κάτοχος πτυχίου από τη Νομική Σχολή του Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών.

Κατά το μεγαλύτερο διάστημα των πάνω από 35 χρόνων της σταδιοδρομίας του, κατείχε θέσεις υψηλής ευθύνης σε διεθνείς χρηματοπιστωτικούς οργανισμούς στο Λονδίνο και τη Νέα Υόρκη.

Ο κ. Χαντζηνικολάου εργάσθηκε ως Αναπληρωτής Διευθύνων Σύμβουλος στη Διεθνή Ένωση Συμφωνιών Ανταλλαγής και Παραγώγων ISDA στο Λονδίνο τα τελευταία 6 έτη (2011-16), όπου διετέλεσε και μέλος του Διοικητικού Συμβουλίου της. Προηγουμένως, κατείχε υψηλές διοικητικές θέσεις, για περισσότερα από 25 χρόνια, στις αγορές παραγώγων και ομολογιακών τίτλων σε διάφορους διεθνείς τραπεζικούς οργανισμούς, όπως η Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, η Bank of America, Merrill Lynch και η UBS στο Λονδίνο και τη Νέα Υόρκη.

Ο κ Χαντζηνικολάου ξεκίνησε την καριέρα του στην Παγκόσμια Τράπεζα στην Ουάσιγκτον. Επιπλέον, διαθέτει εμπειρία σε θέσεις ευθύνης και στην Ελλάδα, έχοντας διατελέσει Διευθύνων Σύμβουλος στην ΤΒΑΝΚ και αντιπρόεδρος της Ελληνικής Επιτροπής Κεφαλαιαγοράς.

Mrs. Eleni Vrettou is Executive General Manager of Corporate and Investment Banking at Piraeus Bank S.A..

She is responsible for the design, implementation and overseeing of the Bank’s strategy across the entire wholesale area, including Large Corporate, SMEs, Shipping, Structured Finance, Real Estate and Hospitality, Agricultural Segment, as well as Transaction Banking products and Investment Banking. Within her span of responsibilities are included Piraeus Securities S.A and ETVA Industrial Development SA, while she is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Piraeus Factoring S.A. and the Vice President of Piraeus Leasing S.A. and Piraeus Leases. She is a member of the Executive Committee of the Bank and various senior committees of the group.

She joined Piraeus Bank Group in April 2019 after having worked for 14 years at HSBC Bank Plc in Greece and United Kingdom. In her latest role, Eleni was a Managing Director and Head of Wholesale Banking in Greece, while prior to that she had served as the Head of Multinationals and Business Development for HSBC in CEE/CIS, Mediterranean and SubSaharan regions. Prior to HSBC, Eleni had worked for Greek and foreign financial institutions in Athens and New York in the fields of Credit and Risk Management and Investment Banking.

Mrs. Vrettou holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (USA), is a native Greek speaker and speaks five foreign languages. She is married and mother of two children.

Stathis has a broadly based transactional practice. He has worked on legislative and regulatory issues of the capital and derivatives market, financing and banking issues, international arbitration and corporate transactions and restructurings, including the transfer of loan portfolios. As member of the Hellenic Corporate Governance Council he contributed to the Hellenic Corporate Governance Code and the drafting of best practices for unlisted and family enterprises. In 2014 he contributed to the drafting of the Dendias Law, introducing expedited proceedings to assist financial institutions in dealing with non performing exposures, including the special administration proceeding. He is currently engaged in the drafting of a new Bankruptcy Code.
Stathis is an INSOL International Fellow, a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and a member of the International Insolvency Institute. He was also a member of a group of experts formed by the European Commission for the preparation of the recently passed Preventive Restructuring and Second Chance Directive. He is admitted to practice in Greece and in the State of New York.

Achilleas Ioakeimidis is the Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) of PPC S.A, having served as Director of Sustainability for PPC S.A. since 2021. In the two years prior, he was a Special Advisor on Sustainable Development and ESG matters. As Chief Sustainability Officer, he leads the integration of sustainability and circular economy principles into PPC Group’s strategy and operations and is responsible for the Group’s participation in a series of international initiatives that promote sustainability. Among other duties, he is also responsible for the Group’s non-financial disclosures and reporting, leading the efforts to improve the Group’s performance across various ESG ratings.

Before joining PPC Group, Achilleas spent 15 years working in both private and public sector organizations in the fields of political communications, luxury tourism and international relations.

He holds a BSc in Business Administration from the University of Piraeus, an MSc in Marketing from the University of Stirling, and an MSc in Politics & Communication from the London School of Economics (LSE).

Additionally, he has successfully completed the Business Sustainability Strategy program from the MIT Sloan School of Management, the United Nations System Staff College’s Circular Economy and the 2030 Agenda courses, as well as the Cambridge Judge Business School’s Circular Economy and Sustainability Strategies Executive Program. He has also completed UN Global Compact Academy’s six-month SDG Ambition accelerator program. He also holds the Executive Diploma «Executive Program in Energy Business” from ALBA.

As a Sector Community member of EFRAG, he has contributed to the development of the ESRS Sector Standards for Energy production and Utilities under the new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), as well as to the adjustment of the Voluntary Standard for SMEs (VSMEs) to the Greek Market.

In March 2024, he was elected to the B.o.D of CSR Hellas and the Global Compact Network Greece (GCNG), securing 2nd and 3rd place respectively, in the members’ vote. He is also a member of the Chief Sustainability Officers network of CSR Europe, which consists of CSOs from leading European companies.

In recent years, Achilleas has been a prominent speaker at numerous conferences and training workshops in Greece and abroad, actively promoting the Sustainability and ESG Agenda within the business community and among key stakeholders.

Konstantinos Mavros,
Deputy CEO, RES, PPC Group and CEO PPC Renewables

Konstantinos Mavros has significant and diversified experience in the broader energy sector and the fields of corporate finance and technology. He has worked in the past in the Renewable Energy Sector, and has been leading companies in the technological field. He has also co-founded a Venture Capital fund supported by the European Investment Fund. He is an active member and holds key positions in several international professional and academic associations and has been a visiting lecturer at the Athens University International MBA program. Mr Mavros holds a Masters’ degree in Finance from Imperial College London and has completed high level executive education programs at Harvard Business School.

Κωνσταντίνος Μαύρος,
Αναπληρωτής Διευθύνων Σύμβουλος Ομίλου ΔΕΗ ΑΠΕ και Διευθύνων Σύμβουλος ΔΕΗ Ανανεώσιμες

Ο Κωνσταντίνος Μαύρος διαθέτει σημαντική εμπειρία, διεθνώς, στον κλάδο της ενέργειας και των υποδομών, στον χρηματοοικονομικό κλάδο αλλά και στον ευρύτερο κλάδο της τεχνολογίας. Επί σειρά ετών, εργάστηκε στο χώρο των Ανανεώσιμων Πηγών Ενέργειας και έχει διοικήσει εταιρείες ενέργειας και τεχνολογίας. Έχει επίσης συνιδρύσει Κεφάλαιο Επιχειρηματικών Συμμετοχών που υποστηρίζεται από το Ευρωπαϊκό Ταμείο Επενδύσεων. Είναι κάτοχος MSc Finance από το Imperial College London κι έχει ολοκληρώσει με επιτυχία προγράμματα μετεκπαίδευσης Executive Education στα χρηματοοικονομικά και στην Ενέργεια στο Harvard Business School. Είναι ενεργό μέλος σε διεθνείς οργανισμούς κι έχει διατελέσει επισκέπτης ομιλητής στο Athens University International MBA program.

Born: 1962

Professional Experience: Konstantinos Markazos, has many years of experience in Greek and multinational companies and a history with remarkable results in productivity and corporate profitability. He has published several articles with financial and tax content and was a member of the working group that created the law on Greek Accounting Standards. Today he holds the position of CEO of PREMIA SA.

Education: Graduate of the Athens University of Economics and Business (ASOEE) – MBA from Brunel University in London

Career: Cost specialist at Pharmaserve – Lilly SA, Greece.
Assistant Financial Manager at CHIPITA, Greece.
CFO at Wyeth SA, Greece.
Financial Director of SATO Group of Companies SA, Greece.
Financial Director of PREMIA SA, Greece.

Theresa Messari
Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operations Officer
PRODEA Investments

Theresa Messari is the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operations Officer of PRODEA Investments and an executive member of its Board of Directors. She has more than 25 years of experience in real estate, having previously held senior positions in the real estate market in the National Bank of Greece and Eurobank groups, playing an active role in the establishment and listing on Athens Exchange of Grivalia Properies REIC, where she served as Head of Finance, Control and Operations. In 2010, she was a founding member of the team that established NBG Pangaea REIC, which was the forerunner of PRODEA as it stands today. She is a graduate of the Athens School of Economics (Bsc in Informatics, specializing in analytics, design and management of information systems) with supplementary studies in International Financial Reporting Standards.

Aristotelis Karytinos
Chief Executive Officer
Prodea Investments

Aristotelis Karytinos is the Chief Executive Officer of Prodea Investments, the leading real estate investment company in the region with assets of 2.9 bn. He possesses long standing experience in investment and banking through key positions both in the public and private sectors. Prior to his current position, from 2008 -2013 he was the General Manager – Real Estate of the National Bank of Greece Group. F r o m 1996 – 2 0 0 8 he held senior positions within Eurobank EFG Group, including Head of Group Real Estate, Head of Mortgage Lending and CEO of Eurobank Properties REIC ( later known as Grivalia REIC) , a company which he led into a successful IPO in 2006 and a subsequent rights issue in 2007, raising in total approximately €450 m. Aristotelis Karytinos holds a Doctorate (PhD) in Finance from the University of Warwick, UK and is a Fellow of Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors ( FRICS) and Recognised European Valuer ( REV).

Apostolos Georgantzis, Managing Director Quest Holdings, Executive Member of the Board of Directors

Apostolos Georgantzis holds the position of Managing Director of Quest Holdings, listed in ATHEX and parent company of Quest Group (www.quest.gr)  since 2015.  At the same time,  he also holds the position of Managing Director of the subsidiary company ACS 2003.

He has studied Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine (UK) where he completed his postgraduate studies and holds BEng and MSc.

He has worked as an executive, freelancer and entrepreneur in various positions in the fields of construction, investment and IT. A. Georgantzis was born in Piraeus in 1968, speaks English and French, he is married and father of two children.

John Catsimatidis is the Chairman and CEO of the Red Apple Group.  Red Apple Group is primarily an energy company with holdings in oil refining and bio fuels, retail petroleum products, convenience stores, real estate, aviation, and supermarkets, plus investments in both medical and industrial technology.  Catsimatidis hosts popular radio programs from his New York studio CatsRoundtable.com.  His national program airs on Sunday mornings on the east coast of the United States.  Catsimatidis also hosts a live, evening drive time on Wednesdays in New York City.  I January 2020 Catsimatidis acquired the iconic WABC radio station New York.

Mr. Catsimatidis’ companies post annual sales of approximately $6 billion.  With over 8,000 employees, John Catsimatidis is a major employer in the New York metropolitan area and upstate New York.

In 2013, Catsimatidis sought the Republican nomination for Mayor of New York City.  Starting as a relatively unknown businessman, Catsimatidis was the runner up in a crowded primary election.

Both of the young Catsimatidis’, Andrea and John Jr. work with their father at the Red Apple offices.  Andrea Catsimatidis is the Manhattan GOP county chairwoman.

Constantine is a partner in Reed Smith’s Financial Industry Group. Constantine counsels companies and funds in a wide range of corporate matters including private equity investments, restructurings, corporate governance, and securities. Constantine has worked with entities across the corporate growth cycle from early stage private companies to established publicly traded entities. He also has considerable cross-border experience and acts for foreign companies operating in the United States.

He manages the firm’s relationship with scores of hedge funds and advises them in respect of their formation and structuring needs, as well as in respect of the implementation of their strategies.

Constantine has a long track record of successfully negotiating the resolution of complex alternative investment disputes, including in respect of structured products and derivatives. Constantine also has a significant commercial finance practice representing lenders, funds, and other financial institutions in corporate lending matters, including in respect of workouts and reorganizations. In this regard, Constantine spent the early part of his career as an active commercial and bankruptcy practitioner, appearing in courts throughout the United States. Constantine’s corporate, funds and finance experience has covered numerous industries including shipping and transportation, defense, media and entertainment, retail, food and beverage, heavy manufacturing, life sciences and commercial real estate.

Employment History

2002 – Reed Smith

Professional Affiliations

Member, New York Bar Association Member, New Jersey Bar Association Member, Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

In 1996, State Representative Leonidas Raptakis became the first Greek-American State Senator elected in Rhode Island, defeating a six-term incumbent by a 2-1 margin. Before that, he had served in the Rhode Island House of Representatives for two terms. Senator Raptakis has won re-election four times, including a 2002 victory in a newly enlarged district. He ran unopposed in the November 2004, 2006, and 2008 elections. Raptakis served in the Rhode Island State Senate until 2010, when he left to run his first state-wide race for Secretary of State. While he lost a primary election that year, he continued to play an active role in state politics and in November of 2012, Raptakis returned to the State Senate, winning nearly 62% of the vote and he has won re-election in 2014, 2016, 2018 and recently was unopposed in 2020.

Throughout his public service career, Raptakis has been a staunch supporter of Greece and Cyprus. During his time in the Rhode Island legislature, Raptakis won passage of resolutions regarding the Pontian Genocide, recognizing the Hellenic roots of Macedonia, a peaceful solution to the Cyprus problem and safeguarding the Ecumenical Patriarchate by urging Turkey to respect the rights and religious freedoms of the Patriarchate and re-open the Theological School of Halki.

Raptakis was a leader in the successful Liberty Project, an ambitious effort that secured Congressional passage of a Special Act authorizing the donation of the Arthur M. Huddell, the last remaining Liberty Ship in private hands, to Greece for use as a floating museum in Piraeus. Raptakis has assisted Greece in the economic area, supporting a fair resolution to the Greek economic crisis, asking Delta airlines to increase winter service to Athens, serving as a leading supporter of the Trans Adriatic Project, pushing for an increase in the quota limit for job opportunities in the United States and promoting Greek products being introduced in the United States.

On April 12, 2021 Senator Raptakis took over the helm of the World Inter-Parliamentary Association (WHIA) elected legislators outside of Greece as President and pledged to expand the mission, making the organization an essential resource for connecting Hellenes worldwide and building stronger communications between members.

Both his parents were from the island of Andros. His mother, the former and late Evangelia Valmas is from the village of Apikia and his late father, Paraskevas Raptakis was from the village of Strapouryes. Senator Raptakis has spent many childhood summers on Andros and his family still retains a home in Apikia. He is member of the Annunciation Greek-Orthodox Church in Cranston, Rhode Island, along with his wife Donna-Marie and his two children, Alexandra and Nicholas. He is a member of Ahepa chapter 106, District 7.

Ο Ηλίας Καραχάλιος είναι σήμερα Διευθύνων Σύμβουλος και κατέχει την θέση του Αντιπροέδρου στο Διοικητικό Συμβούλιο ως Εκτελεστικό Μέλος, στην εταιρίας Ροδούλα Α.Ε.

Είναι ιδρυτικό μέλος (99’) μαζί με τον ξάδελφο του κο. Παναγιώτη Καραχάλιο της Ροδούλα Α.Ε με όραμα την δημιουργία ποιοτικών και λαχταριστών προϊόντα ζύμης και αργότερα και γλυκισμάτων τα οποία θα μπορούν να διανεμηθούν σε κάθε γωνιά της γης.

Ο Ηλίας Καραχάλιος γεννήθηκε το 1976 στην Αθήνα και Σπούδασε Διοίκηση Επιχειρήσεων, η γνώση είναι κομμάτι της εξέλιξης του αφού δεν έχει σταματήσει να ενημερώνεται για τις τελευταίες πρακτικές μέσα από σεμινάρια πάνω σε Food and Beverage Management και Marketing στην Ελλάδα και το Εξωτερικό.

Οι αξίες που τον χαρακτηρίζουν και βασίζεται η στρατηγική του από την αρχή της καριέρας του : είναι η Παράδοση, η Γνώση, η Ομαδικότητα, η Δημιουργία, η Καινοτομία, η Ποιότητα, η Ειλικρίνεια, η Εμπιστοσύνη και η Εξέλιξη.

Evangelos Lakatzis joined Saplegal – A.S. Papadimitriou & Partners Law Firm in 2004 and is specialized in venture capital and private equity, having been selected as an advisor in several notable projects in the field. In addition, Evangelos has advised in numerous M&A deals and other cross-border transactions, representing mainly venture capital firms, private equity funds and strategic or private investors. He also advises corporations and other entities in the field of corporate, civil and commercial law.

Evangelos is a Supreme Court Advocate and a certified mediator. He holds an LL.B from the University of Athens and an LL.M. from King’s College London.

Dr George Xirogiannis is currently the Deputy Director General at SEV Hellenic Federation of Enterprises and the CEO of its research institute. His portfolio includes industrial policy, growth strategies, investments, digital economy, regional development and international trade. He is also Chairman of the Working Group on Market Access of Business Europe, based in Brussels.

His portfolio includes industrial policy, growth strategies, investments, digital economy, regional development and international trade.

He is a board member at Entersoft S.A. and also an advisory board member at EFG-Eurobank. He has extensive management consulting experience and has directed flagship strategy and operations projects with PwC. He has written extensively on modern entrepreneurship. His research on artificial intelligence has been published in research journals and international conferences. He holds a Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence, an M.Sc in Artificial Intelligence and a BSc (Hons) in Mathematics.

Apostolos Gkoutzinis is an international capital markets lawyer and head of the European capital markets practice of Shearman & Sterling. Apostolos is recognized as one of the leading lawyers in the international capital markets and has represented issuers, sponsors and underwriters in a wide variety of corporate and leveraged buy-out high yield bond offerings, recapitalizations, liability management transactions, initial public offerings and other corporate transactions. In addition to his international work in Europe and the Middle East, Apostolos is also widely recognized as one of the leading international lawyers in respect of matters relating to Greece. He has represented the issuers or the underwriters in most of the international and cross-border equity and debt offerings by Greek issuers, Piraeus Bank, Eurobank, PPC S.A., Aegean Airlines, Titan Cement, Motor Oil, Intralot, Wind Hellas, FAGE Dairy, Emma Delta and OPAP S.A., Yioula Glassworks, TIM Hellas, Frigoglass S.A., Pangea Real Estate to name only a few.

Apostolos holds an LL.M. from Harvard Law School, a Ph.D. and an LLM from the University of London, and is a national scholar of the Law School of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He was a Banking Law Scholar for Greece’s prestigious National Scholarship Foundation for the years 1999-2003 and a Fulbright Scholar at Harvard Law School for 20042005. He started his career as an associate professor of law at the University of London and moved to private practice with Shearman & Sterling in 2005. He has published numerous books and articles on matters of international capital markets regulation and his latest book on Liability Management in Capital Markets Transactions is published by the University of Cambridge. Apostolos is a visiting professor and frequent speaker in the institutes and universities around the world on matters of international capital markets regulation. Apostolos has won many awards for his legal work and is recognized as a leading individual in international capital markets by all of the major leading directories, including Who is Who Legal, Chambers Global, Chambers Europe, Chambers UK, Legal 500, IFLR, Client Choice, and others. In 2015, he was named as one of the 40 Rising Stars in the legal profession under 40 by Financial News. He is a frequent commentator on matters relating to Greece, Europe and the financial markets on the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, the New York Times, Bloomberg, Reuters and other leading international publications.

Managing Partner, founding member and member of the Investment Committee of SouthBridge Europe Mezzanine I & II private equity funds investing in Greek SME and Midcap companies. She holds non-executive board member positions in portfolio companies of SouthBridge Europe Mezzanine I & II and she is a founding member of SouthBridge Advisors AIFM.

She has 25 years of experience in the private equity, investment banking and financial advisory sector. Since 2014 she has been working as an investment fund manager, while from 1998 to 2014 she worked as an Investment Banking executive at Telesis, Accentis Corporate Finance and EFG Telesis Finance, where she was Head of Investment Banking and member of the Board of Directors.

She holds an MBA from Kellogg Graduate School of Management IL, USA and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the Athens University of Economics and Business (ASOEE).

Summary: During his thirty year career in banking Mr. Watson developed an in depth knowledge of virtually every aspect of the banking business with especially strong experience in consumer banking, risk management and corporate banking. His overall business sense is equally strong as he has managed a start up bank, a turn around situation and an operational merger of three banks.

Additionally Mr. Watson has worked successfully in a variety of international locations with significant focus on Greece, but also several years in Asia and the Middle East. Following early retirement has maintained / expanded his business skills by participating as a non-executive director on two corporate boards. EasyGroup Holdings, Monaco – easyGroup is the holding company for Sir Stelios HadjiIoannou’s business interests in various easy-branded businesses. In addition to serving on the board also serves as a protector for his Trust Company and as a member of the Stelios Philanthropic Foundation.

Academic Qualifications: Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, MBA 1977, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, BA 1969

Professional Experience:
J & P Avax, Athens. In addition to his role as a non-Executive Director Mr. Watson is also a member of the audit committee, and has served in various positions as a Business Manager at Eurobank, Managing Director of Piraeus Bank, Country Corporate Officer for Citibank Egypt, General Manager of Xiosbank, Deputy Division Risk Manager, Citibank – Middle East and Southern Europe, London, UK, Institutional Bank Business Manager for Citibank Greece, Regional Manager of Business Risk Review, Citibank – South East Asia, Manila, Philippines, Citibank Greece in Corporate Banking.

Gregory Prastacos is the Dean of the School of Business at Stevens Institute of Technology, USA. Prior to joining Stevens, he was Rector and Professor of Management Science at the Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece. He studied at Columbia University, where he received a B.S. and an M.S. in Computer Science, and a Doctorate in Operations Research. Before joining AUEB, he was on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. He has held visiting appointments at a number of Universities internationally and has published extensively in some of the best journals in his field. He is the recipient of the Edelman Award for “outstanding achievements in Analytics, Operations Research and Management Science”, and of many other awards and distinctions for his work. He is an elected Fellow of the Washington Academy of Sciences, and currently serves as the Chair of AACSB’s Digital Transformation Affinity Group, and as the Scientific Director of the Macude project to revise the management curriculum for the digital era.

Mr. Anthony S. Papadimitriou
President
The Onassis Foundation

In 2005, Anthony Papadimitriou was unanimously elected President of the Board of Directors of the Onassis Foundation. Founded in 1975, this foundation is dedicated to health, culture, social solidarity and education, with projects that can effectively inspire social change and justice across borders.

Anthony Papadimitriou, born in 1955, is a lawyer and economist. He graduated from the Athens University Law School and holds a post-graduate degree in law (DESS) from the University Aix-en-Provence (France). He obtained his PhD in Political Science at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He holds a BSC (Economics) Degree from the London School of Economics. Mr. Papadimitriou is a practicing lawyer. In 1989 he was appointed a lawyer to the Supreme Court of Athens. He is the Founding Partner of A.S. Papadimitriou and Partners Law Firm.

Since 1986 he has served as legal advisor to the Onassis Group ship management company Olympic Shipping and Management S.A. In 1988 he was elected member of the Board of Directors of the Alexander S. Onassis Foundation on the recommendation of the then President Christina Onassis. Since 1995 he has been the coordinator of the Executive Committee of the Onassis Group commercial activities.

Anthony Papadimitriou has been accepted as Honorary Master of the Bench of the Middle Temple, decorated with the insignia of the Knight of the Legion of Honor (Chevalier de la Légion d’ Honneur) by the Government of France, and named a Doctor of Science of City University London. He has been awarded the St. Mark’s Cross by the Patriarchate of Alexandria, the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Honoris Causa, by the University of Haifa, and the Grand Commander of the Order of the Phoenix by the President of the Hellenic Republic.

Peter Poulos has worked as a fundraiser for decades. Early in his career, he joined Manatos & Manatos a lobbying firm in Washington, D.C. After that he served as a fundraiser for the Bob Kerrey for United States Senator from Nebraska campaign and the Paul Simon for United States Senator from Illinois campaign.

A native New Yorker,he moved to San Francisco in 1989 to work as a political fundraiser for Kevin F. Shelley, former supervisor and secretary of state, and the late lieutenant governor, Leo T. McCarthy.

In 1993, Mr. Poulos opened Poulos Brothers, a fundraising and event – planning firm. In the In 1993, Mr.Poulos opened Poulos Brothers, worked wit hover 100 nonprofit organizations and political candidates. In 1997, he began working with a mfAR and continued to do so until he left San Francisco in 2006. He has raised millions of dollars for the fight against HIV/AIDS as well as breast cancer research, civil rights, homelessness, and the environment.

He is the former Executive Director of The Hellenic Initiative.

Mr.Poulos is a third generation American and an active member of the Greek American community.

In 2016 Jeremy set up Aristeus, a fully regulated asset management firm in Cyprus and is the company’s CIO.

In 2001 Jeremy set up a family office managing the investments of a prominent European family. The office made investments across the asset class spectrum in developed and emerging markets. He acted as CIO until late 2015 and remains a board member.

Previously Jeremy was a founding partner and board member of Greece’s first investment bank, Alpha
Finance from 1989 to 2001. Alpha Finance listed on the Athens Stock Exchange is April 1995 and was sold to Alpha Bank in 2001.

Prior to Alpha Finance he worked at Continental Illinois Bank in New York, Athens and Piraeus. Jeremy graduated from Leeds University in 1976.

He sits on the boards or advisory committees of various companies, investment vehicles, educational
bodies and NGOs.

Από το 1995 εργάζεται στον Όμιλο Τσιμέντων ΤΙΤΑΝ όπου είναι Εκτελεστικό μέλος του Διοικητικού
Συμβουλίου. Είναι επίσης μέλος του Διοικητικού Συμβουλίου της ΚΑΝΕΛΛΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ-ΑΔΑΜΑΝΤΙΑΔΗΣ

Ασφαλιστικές Επιχειρήσεις, της Ένωσης Εισηγμένων Εταιριών στο ΧΑ και της εταιρίας GRIVALIA AE.
Είναι κάτοχος Β.Α. στα Οικονομικά από το Brown University και Μ.Β.Α. από το New York University
(Stern) των Η.Π.Α.

Μιλάει άπταισα την αγγλική και την γαλλική γλώσσα. Ασχολείται με τα σπόρ (μπάσκετ, βόλλευ,
ποδόσφαιρο) και ήταν μέλος της επίλεκτης ομάδας All-Ivy League (βολλευ) στις Η.Π.Α.
Είναι παντρεμένος και έχει δύο κόρες.

Mr. Ioannis Kallias is a Production & Management Engineer and he holds Master of Science in Quality Management from Cranfield University (School of Industrial & Manufacturing Science), UK. His work experience started in 1997 in Chemical Industries. In 2001 he began his career at TÜV AUSTRIA Hellas as Lead Auditor and Head of the Educational Programs Division. In 2004 he became the Head of the Management Systems Certification Division for the next four years, being responsible for the services offered by the Organization in both Greece and Cyprus. In 2006 he assumed the position of Director of Development. Since 2010 he is the Chief Executive Officer of TÜV AUSTRIA Hellas. At the same time, he holds the position of CEO in 5 other subsidiaries of the TÜV AUSTRIA Group in Austria (TÜV AUSTRIA Cert) and Middle East countries and has been appointed as TÜV AUSTRIA Group Middle East & Balkans Area Director. Since 2017 he has also been appointed TÜV AUSTRIA Group Director of Certification, with responsibility for Group certification services worldwide. Since May 2019 he is top representative of TŰV AUSTRIA in the assigned Region and responsible for overall cross Business Field local market exploration and penetration in coordination with the Executive Business Directors or Business Field Managers. As of March 2020, Mr. Ioannis Kallias appointed as Executive Business Director for Business Assurance business area of TÜV AUSTRIA Group worldwide and he is executive member of the Executive Committee of the Group. Business Assurance consists of the following business streams: Certification, Training, Legal Compliance.

Geoffrey Pyatt
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Energy Resources
U.S. Department of State

Geoffrey R. Pyatt, a career member of the Foreign Service, class of Career Minister, was sworn in as Assistant Secretary for Energy Resources on September 19, 2022. Ambassador Pyatt served as U.S. Ambassador to Greece from 2016 to 2022 and U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine from 2013 to 2016. Among other recognitions, he received the State Department’s Robert Frasure Memorial Award in recognition of his leadership of the U.S. response to Russia’s invasion of Crimea and eastern Ukraine in 2014. Previously, Ambassador Pyatt was Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs from 2010-2013. He was Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Mission to the International Organizations in Vienna, Austria from 2007 to 2010. He also served three times at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi, India, as Deputy Chief of Mission from 2006 to 2007, Political Counselor from 2002 to 2006, and Political Officer from 1992 to 1994. Ambassador Pyatt was Economic Officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Hong Kong from 1999 to 2002 and Principal Officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Lahore, Pakistan from 1997 to 1999. Since joining the Foreign Service in 1989, he has also served on the National Security Council staff, on the staff of Deputy Secretary Strobe Talbott and at the U.S. Embassy in Honduras. Prior to joining the Foreign Service, he worked with The Inter-American Dialogue, a Washington-based think tank that brings together leading citizens of the Americas. Ambassador Pyatt grew up in La Jolla, California and holds a Master’s degree in International Relations from Yale and B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Irvine.

Κοnstantinos Lafkas is a seasoned corporate professional, serving for more than 25 years in high and C-level managerial positions (Selonda, Sunlight, Alfa Laval Greece, Maillis, Epa Attikis, Bitros SA, Shell). He led the aggressive expansion of Greek multinationals all over the globe through organic growth and acquisition projects, and he has been heavily involved in transforming businesses models, disrupting product/service fixedness and introducing new growth frameworks. The value of projects and deals involved exceed 1 bn euro.

Over the last 12 years, Konstantinos has been supporting Greek start-ups, as co-Founder and Partner of Uni.Fund (one of the funds of the EquiFund investment platform) and having cooperated with Coralia, EGG, EVEA, Greece’s first Angel Fund, and SEV.

He is the 1st certified Scale Up Coach in Greece, and one of the 200 globally, and the founder of MicroGlobals, an Athens based boutique Coaching & Consulting house.

Konstantinos holds an MSc in Mechanical Engineering (NTUA, Athens), an MBA (IMD-Lausanne) and an MSc in Decision Sciences (AUEB, Athens). In addition, he has been trained in specific managerial areas in high ranked Universities like Stanford, Babson, IMD, INSEAD and Ashridge.

Η Κατερίνα Πραματάρη είναι Partner στο Uni.Fund και Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια στο Οικονομικό
Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, όπου έχει την επιστημονική ευθύνη της θερμοκοιτίδας ACEin. Στο πλαίσιο του ACEin έχει συντονίσει πολλαπλές δράσεις στήριξης της καινοτομίας και επιχειρηματικότητας (όπως σειρά εκδηλώσεων και bootcamp επιχειρηματικότητας, τον Πανεπιστημιακό διαγωνισμό Ennovation, το Θερινό Σχολείο Επιχειρηματικότητας YES κλπ.) και έχει υποστηρίξει πάνω από 70 ομάδες. Έχει σημαντική επιχειρηματική εμπειρία, έχοντας ξεκινήσει την καριέρα της στην Procter&Gamble στις Βρυξέλλες και ως ιδρυτικό μέλος σε δύο εταιρίες, RetailLink και e-Satisfaction. Έχει δημοσιεύσει ευρέως στα πεδία e-business, business analytics και IoT και έχει επιβλέψει πλήθος διδακτορικών και ερευνητικών έργων.

Ο Κωνσταντίνος Μίχαλος γεννήθηκε το 1960, και σπούδασε Οικονομικές και Πολιτικές Επιστήμες στο Πανεπιστήμιο του Essex της Μ. Βρετανίας, ενώ έκανε μεταπτυχιακές σπουδές στο London School of Economics & Political Science σε θέματα οικονομικών εφαρμογών.

Από το Μάρτιο του 2012 είναι Πρόεδρος της Κεντρικής Ένωσης Επιμελητηρίων Ελλάδος, και από το 2006 Πρόεδρος του Εμπορικού και Βιομηχανικού Επιμελητηρίου Αθηνών (θέση στην οποία επανεξελέγη το ∆εκέμβριο του 2011).

Από το 1988 είναι Πρόεδρος και ∆ιευθύνων Σύμβουλος της βιομηχανικής – εξαγωγικής εταιρείας SWAN Α.Ε. που εδρεύει στο Κρυονέρι Αττικής.

Από το 1993 ως το 2005 ήταν εκλεγμένο μέλος του ∆.Σ. του ΕΒΕΑ, στο οποίο, την περίοδο 1998 – 2002, κατείχε τη θέση του Οικονομικού Επόπτη.

Το 2002 εξελέγη μέλος του ∆.Σ. του Αραβοελληνικού Εμπορικού Επιμελητηρίου και το 2004 Αντιπρόεδρός του, ενώ το 2003 εξελέγη Πρόεδρος του Συνδέσμου Επιχειρήσεων Βορείου Αττικής.

Το 2004 – 2005 διετέλεσε Ειδικός Σύμβουλος του Υπουργείου Ανάπτυξης.

Το 2005 – 2006 διετέλεσε Γενικός Γραμματέας στο Υπουργείο Οικονομίας & Οικονομικών.

Το 2007 εξελέγη μέλος του ∆.Σ. της ∆ΕΗ.

Το 2009 εξελέγη μέλος ∆Σ του ΟΤΕ.

Το 2012 εξελέγη μέλος του ∆.Σ. της εταιρείας ASTIR PALACE Α.Ε. και του ∆.Σ. της εταιρείας ∆ιεθνής Αερολιμένας Αθηνών Α.Ε.

Τον Οκτώβριο 2013 εξελέγη Αντιπρόεδρος των Ευρωεπιμελητηρίων.

Τον Νοέμβριο 2013 εξελέγη Πρόεδρος της Ένωσης Βαλκανικών Εμπορικών και Βιομηχανικών Επιμελητηρίων.

Ο Κωνσταντίνος Μίχαλος είναι έγγαμος με τέσσερα παιδιά και μιλά Αγγλικά και Γαλλικά.

Marco was born in Athens, in 1973. He holds a BA from the University of Warwick and an MPhil from Oxford University.

Marco started his career in 1996, as a marketing strategist with Omnicom, WPP and IPG, where he developed global communication strategies for brands such as Nestlé, Smithkline Beecham, Johnson & Johnson and Sony Electronics.

In 2002, he returned to Greece and, along with Alex Vratskides, co-founded Upstream. Since then, Upstream has evolved into a leading global technology company within the field of mobile commerce, conducting business in over 45 markets. Marco served as Upstream’s CEO until June 2017, and today is its Executive Chairman of the Board, whilst also a partner at BigPi Venture Capital.

Marco is an active angel investor and member of the board in technology companies such as Persado, Workable and Hellas Direct.

In parallel, Marco is the President of SEN/Junior Achievement Greece and a Board member of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV), of the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (ΙΟΒΕ), of Endeavor and of the research and policy institute diaNEOsis. Marco has been awarded with the EY Greek “Entrepreneur of the Year” award, in 2013.

Ο Ιωάννης Βάλβης γεννήθηκε στις 16 Ιουλίου στην Αθήνα. Έχει διπλή υπηκοότητα, ελληνική και ελβετική, και είναι ένας από τους πιο γνωστούς επιχειρηματίες στον επιχειρηματικό κόσμο της Ρουμανίας. Είναι παντρεμένος και έχει δύο παιδιά.

Ξεκίνησε τη σχολική του ζωή στη Γενεύη, όπου και τελείωσε το δημοτικό, ενώ τελείωσε το γυμνάσιο και το λύκειο στην Αθήνα (Βαρβάκειος Πρότυπος Σχολή). Το 1979 αποφοίτησε από τη Σχολή Αρχιτεκτόνων-Μηχανικών του Εθνικού Μετσόβιου Πολυτεχνείου (Ε.Μ.Π). ∆ιαθέτει μεταπτυχιακο τίτλο (D.Ε.Α) από το Πανεπιστήμιο της Σορβόνης.

Με αυτά τα εφόδια, και αφού υπήρξε Σύμβουλος/Μηχανικός στην Γενεύη (1984/1994), άρχισε απο το 1994 να δημιουργεί επώνυμες μάρκες όπως η Dorna και η LaDorna, τις οποίες και ανέπτυξε στη Ρουμανία, μία αγορά πρόθυμη να εξελιχθεί, η οποία είχε ανάγκη από φυσικά τοπικά προϊόντα βασισμένα σε δυτικά πρότυπα. Μετά την πώληση των επιχειρήσεων αυτών στην Coca-Cola (2002) και τον Όμιλο Lactalis (2008), άρχισε την εκ του μηδενός ανάπτυξη άλλων εμπορικών ονομασιών (brands) καθώς και προέβει σε επενδύσεις στον τομέα της Ενέργειας και της Γεωργίας.

Το έτος 2006 σηματοδοτεί την ενασχόλησή του με τον κλάδο της οινοποιίας, καθώς επενδύει στην Vitipomicola Sâmburesti, ενώ το 2009 έρχεται το πλήρωμα του χρόνου για μια νέα μάρκα μεταλλικού νερού, την AQUA Carpatica, ένα όνομα με μία πολύ τολμηρή δήλωση: το πιο αγνό μεταλλικό νερό στον κόσμο ! (Μηδέν Νιτρικά άλατα).

Γνωστός χάρη στις επιχειρηματικές του επιτυχίες, και πάντοτε πιστός σε ένα τολμηρό επιχειρηματικό μοντέλο που συνδυάζει ποιότητα και βιωσιμότητα, ο Ιωάννης Βάλβης έχει αποδείξει ότι είναι απόλυτα ικανός τόσο να ιδρύει όσο και να αναπτύσσει επιτυχημένες επιχειρήσεις στη Ρουμανία και την Ευρώπη.

Venetia Kontogouris is the managing director of Venkon Group LLC, a company that invests in real estate and early stage ventures, with an emphasis on technology and cloud-based services. Current investments include Zumigo, Ruby Seven Studios, Flow Inc., Be Health, Energy Savvy, and Simple Mills.

Prior to her employment with Venkon Group, Kontogouris was the senior managing director for Trident Capital, where she oversaw venture capital investing. She was one of the original members and comanaging partner for Funds IV, V, and VI with over $1.5 billion of venture investments under management. During her time at Trident Capital, she was responsible for many successful investments and exits including, Odyssey Logistics, Outsource Partners International, Microland, Advantec, Infotrieve, Sphere, Viant, Daou Systems, Vality, PBN/Taleo, IPro, Invention Machine, and CrossMedia.

She was previously the president of Dun & Bradstreet Enterprises, where she headed a joint venture capital fund with Bain Capital. Together they had numerous successful investments, including Dataware, eData Resources, eCredit, OneSource, WEFA, and Aspect Development. Kontogouris was also responsible for creating a successful IPO of the leading IT outsourcing company, Cognizant Technology Solutions.

Kontogouris is a member of the Board of Trustees for Northeastern University, as well as a board member for the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation for the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. Recently, she joined the Virginia Tech Brain Institute, being named chairwoman for venture spinoffs. She is a member of C200, which is an organization of leading businesswomen in the United States. She is also a chairperson for the investment committee of Monterey Capital, an education-focused investment fund based in Mumbai with over $100 million under management. She received her bachelor’s degree in political science from Northeastern University and her M.B.A. in finance and marketing from the University of Chicago.

Apostolοs is a serial entrepreneur turned investor. He started his career at Boston Consulting Group where he spent 2 years and then he jumped on the entrepreneurial train. He was co-founder at e-shop.gr, Openfund, e-food, doctoranytime.gr and was an early investor in Taxibeat. Since 2010 he has invested and supported many startups with a focus on high tech, e-marketplaces and SaaS. In 2016 he cofounded VentureFriends and is advising a 20mil VC fund which has done 20 promising investments.

Apostolos has studied civil engineering at NTUA and holds an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Isidoros Tripolitis has held the position of Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer at Arabatzis – Hellenic Dough, a member of the Vivartia Group of Companies, since 2022. This is an organization with such dynamic potential that it allows him to serve his passion: creating value guided by sustainability across financial, social, and environmental dimensions.

He previously served as Managing Director for BeNeLux at General Mills (2017–2022) and held positions as Marketing Director and Director of M&A/Divestitures at Procter & Gamble (2007–2017).

As a senior executive in Marketing and Sales for food and consumer goods companies in Greece and abroad, he has extensive experience in both Business Development and Brand Management. However, what he considers the key catalyst for a business’s success is the development of individual talents into strong, cohesive, yet multifaceted teams.

He holds an MSc in Management from the LSE and a BSc in Economics from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA).

Ο κ. Γιώργος Ξηραδάκης γεννήθηκε στην Αθήνα το 1964 και μεγάλωσε στον Βόλο. Αποφοίτησε από την Ανώτερη Σχολή Εμπορικού Ναυτικού Ασπροπύργου και μετά από μια πενταετή εργασία σε ελληνικά πλοία ως Αξιωματικός Γέφυρας Εμπορικού Ναυτικού συνέχισε τις σπουδές του στην Μεγάλη Βρετανία αποκτώντας Diploma in Commercial Operations από το City of London Polytechnic και MSc in Maritime Studies από το University of Wales. Εργάστηκε στον Γαλλικό τραπεζικό όμιλο της Credit Lyonnais τόσο στην Αθήνα όσο και στο Παρίσι ως Ανώτατο στέλεχος ναυτιλιακών χρηματοδοτήσεων. Το 1999 ίδρυσε την εταιρεία XRTC Business Consultants η οποία ενεργεί ως εμπορικός εκπρόσωπος ξένων τραπεζών στην Ελληνική Ναυτιλία (Credit Lyonnais, Natexis Banque Populaires, Natixis) . Από το 2010 η XRTC είναι σύμβουλος της China Development Bank ενώ ο κ. Ξηραδάκης έχει ανακηρυχθεί μέλος της επιτροπής εξειδικευμένων συμβούλων της ίδιας Τράπεζας.

Ο κ. Ξηραδάκης είναι Πρόεδρος του International Propeller Club of United States of America στον Πειραιά, Γενικός Γραμματέας Ένωσης Τραπεζικών και Χρηματοοικονομικών Στελεχών της Ελληνικής Ναυτιλίας, Αντιπρόεδρος του Ελληνο-Κινεζικού Επιμελητηρίου, του Συνδέσμου Ελλάδας–Κίνας, μέλος της Επιτροπής Μεσογείου του Κινεζικού Νηογνώμονα China Classification Society (CCS), της HELMEPA, της Ναυτιλιακής Λέσχης Πειραιά κ.α. Είναι επίσης είναι μέλος του Δ.Σ. της εισηγμένης εταιρείας Paragon Shipping Inc (NASDAQ: PRGN). Τον Μάιο του 2019 συμμετείχε στις Ευρωεκλογές ως υποψήφιος Ευρωβουλευτής.

Alexandros Maniatopoulos, CEO and co-founder of Yodiwo, is an entrepreneur with a 30-year career in the field of high-tech product development. He holds an MSc and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Patras, has published 12 papers in international journals, and holds 5 U.S. patents. In addition, he has served as Vice President of the Hellenic Semiconductor Industry Association (HSIA) and is a member of Endeavor.

Yodiwo, a Greek-Swedish company, was founded in 2015 by a team of experienced executives and computer engineers. It is a leading provider of sustainability solutions using Artificial Intelligence (AI). The company’s mission is to continuously improve the operational efficiency of organizations while enabling them not just to follow sustainability trends, but to shape them. With over 600 successful projects and collaborations with 13 municipalities, Yodiwo leverages its advanced technologies to enhance Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices.

Yodiwo offers the Full ESG Management platform – YodiFEM – which features multiple subsystems, such as EnGage, designed to collect, manage, and report ESG data, along with other integrable solutions that enhance key sustainability performance indicators, including energy consumption, environmental footprint, employee working conditions, and operational cost efficiency.

Stamatis E. Drakakakis is a member of our corporate commercial practice and Head of our Antitrust & Competition team. He was admitted to the Athens Bar in 2002 and joined our firm in the end of 2019.

Stamatis covers the full range of competition law including state aid and sector specific regulation. He advises clients from a very wide variety of industries including electronic communications, financial sector, construction, energy, consumer goods, pharmaceutical, chemicals, steel, and defense. He represents clients before the Hellenic Competition Commission and the Greek Appellate and Supreme administrative courts, the European Commission and both the General Court and the Court of Justice of the EU. He has been involved in some of the most complex cartel investigations as well as Phase II merger cases before the Greek NCA during the last decade. He has also litigated landmark antitrust cases before Greek Courts, often teaming up with our administrative law department.

His state aid work includes advising on issues regarding rescue and restructuring aid, public service obligations in the fields of air transport, energy and broadcasting, application of state aid block exemptions, state aid issues in privatisation transactions and public tenders, arbitration proceedings and state aid, taxation involving aid, state guarantees and misuse of aid and recovery issues. He is a founding member of the Hellenic State Aid Institute.

Stamatis has authored numerous competition law publications/articles. He is Member of the Organizing Committee of the Annual Competition Law Conference organized in Athens (since 2017) by Nomiki Vivliothiki. He is also member of the editorial board of the EU Competition Law Handbook (annually) published by Sweet & Maxwell.

In early ‘00s, after his postgraduate studies, Stamatis concluded an internship at the Court of Justice of the EU (Chambers of Judge V. Skouris). Subsequently, he worked for many years in Brussels for two US firms.

He is admitted before the Supreme Court.

Stamatis is a member of the firm’s executive committee.

Practice Areas
Corporate, Commercial, Competition/Anti-trust, State Aid

Languages
Greek, English and French

Education
College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium, Master in European Legal Studies (LL.M.)

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Law School (LL.B.)

Mr. Stelios Zavvos is the Founder and CEO of Zeus Capital Managers, which engages in private equity, real estate acquisitions and management, fundraising and investment banking activities, with over 30 years of corporate and real estate experience in Europe and the USA. He is currently a Member of the Board of Directors of the NASDAQ listed Star Bulk Carriers Corp, serving on the Board’s Audit Committee. He was the Founder and CEO of Continental American Capital, an investment group which focused on real estate investment and financing in the USA. Mr. Zavvos is a Member of the European Council on Foreign Relations, as well as a Member of the International Crisis Group’s International Advisory Council. He is the Founder and President of the Harvard Business School Club of Greece, one of the leading fora in Southeastern Europe which addresses economic, geopolitical and social issues and is also the Chairman of Solidarity Net Foundation, established by the Open Society Foundations that supports the society groups that are the hardest hit by the economic crisis in Greece. Mr. Zavvos previously held position in blue-chip companies such as Citibank, Johnson & Johnson and Procter & Gamble. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a MSc in Civil Engineering from Polytechnic University of Athens.