Konstantinos Kyranakis (born 19/4/1987) is a graduate of the Law School of the University of Athens with postgraduate studies in Strategic Communication at the American College of Athens.
He has worked as a freelancer in the field of digital marketing, creating websites and applications. He was a co-founder of the BrainGain initiative for the return of young people to Greece.
He was elected president of the Youth of the European People’s Party, from May 2013 to May 2017.
In January 2017, the international magazine “Forbes” selected him among the 30 most influential young people under 30 in Europe, in the Law & Policy category.
In the National elections of 2019, he was elected for the first time as a Member of Parliament in the South Sector of Athens, where he was re-elected in the elections of June 25, 2023 and on June 27 he was sworn in as Deputy Minister of Digital Governance.
Apostolos is founder and Managing Partner of EOS Capital Partners, the investment manager of a private equity fund “EOS Hellenic Renaissance Fund”.
In his career, he has served among other as CEO and as Deputy CEO of National Bank of Greece, as independent non-executive Vice Chairman of the BoD of Piraeus Bank, as Head of Strategy and Business Development on the management team of the Geneva-based Latsis Group and as a Chairman and Managing Director of Lamda Development.
He has more than 40 years of experience in senior management positions across various sectors.
Today he holds the positions of Vice Chairman of Gek Terna, Vice Chairman of Plaisio Computers, Member of the BoD of Euroseas Ltd, Member of the BoD of Eurodry Ltd and Member of the BoD of Ergo Insurance.
He is a graduate of the Athens University of Economics and holds an M.A. in Mathematical Economics and Econometrics from Canada.
Over 35 years of extensive experience in Sales, Marketing, and Business Development • Joined ICAP Group in 1988 and held pivotal roles in Sales, Marketing, and Business Development. • Led the implementation of corporate strategies for Credit Risk Services and Marketing Solutions across Greece and Cyprus. • Successfully established and expanded the Sales Organization throughout Greece. • Achieved market leadership for the company in Greece, attaining a market share exceeding 80%. • Developed and maintained strategic partnerships with international clients. • Played a key role in business development across the region, including Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, and Cyprus. • Actively engaged in establishing and sustaining collaborations with Dun & Bradstreet, Kompass, Facebook and Google. • Holds an MBA in Management from Kingston University, UK. • Earned a BSc in Business Administration from Piraeus University, Greece. • Married and a father of two daughters.
Eleftherios Vlachogiannis has an extensive experience in the financial services industry. He started his career in 1998 at Citigroup Inc., where he fulfilled various client-facing roles in Transaction Banking Services (Securities Services & Fund administration) across various markets (Greece, UK, Nordics, and Netherlands). In his current role, he is heading Transaction Banking Services for Eurobank S.A, having both product and commercial responsibility of Payments and Cash Management, Trade Finance and Securities Services Business. He holds a BA degree in Business Administration and Computer Science from the American College of Greece and an Executive MBA from ALBA Business School.
Experienced professional with over 30 years in Logistics, R&D, Production Planning, Production Lead and Quality Assurance within the Tobacco Industry Sector. Proven expertise in driving operational efficiencies, ensuring quality standards, and overseeing end-to end production processes.
Having almost 40 years of professional experience, the last 6 years Thanos is the CEO of ETVA VIPE SA, a company being a leader and managing 27 industrial parks across Greece, providing areas for immediate industrial use, including logistics and facility management services. During his leadership, ETVA VIPE was transformed to a success story, offering high quality value-added services within the ESG framework. Previously, he served as Deputy CEO of Piraeus Bank Romania and General Manager of the Piraeus Bank Group Internal Audit in Athens. He served 20 years in SEE Arthur Andersen and Ernst & Young. Thanos is a certified CPA and holds three MSc degrees in Business, along with numerous professional qualifications in the fields of business and economics.
Efstratios (Stratos) Simopoulos graduated from the School of Electrical Engineering of the Polytechnic School of AUTh and he has worked as a freelance engineer for 40 years.
From August 2012 to December 2014, he was the Secretary General for Public Works of the Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Networks. He was also Deputy Secretary of Productive Sectors for the New Democracy party.
Since 2019, he has been elected member of the Hellenic Parliament for Thessaloniki with New Democracy.
He is member of the Standing Committee on Economic Affairs and of the Standing Committee on Production and Trade of the Hellenic Parliament. He is chairman of the Philippines and Finland Parliamentary Friendship Group and a member of the Poland and Egypt Parliamentary Friendship Group.
Since 2024, he chairs the Special Permanent Committee on Research and Technology.
He has published a book titled “politikey”.
Paris Economou has more than 20 years experience in the Financial Sector.
He joined Cyprus Popular Bank in 2004 as an analyst in the Large Corporate Banking department.
In 2006 he joined Millennium Bank as Relationship Manager in the Corporate & Investment Banking department. In 2010 he was promoted to Unit Head of Corporate & Investment Banking with a specialization in Watch Listed customers.
In 2013 and after the merger of Millennium Bank with Piraeus Bank he hold the position of Head in the Large Corporate Department. Through his position he participated in the restructuring (Debt & Equity) of the Fish-Farming industry and in the M&A of a major Retail Chain from a major Competitor.
In 2017 he joined Ernst & Young as an Associate Partner of the Transaction Advisory Department working in a number of Restructuring and Bank Advisory projects.
He joined the Optima bank S.A. management team in March 2019 being responsible for the Wholesale Banking sector(Large Corporate, Small & Medium Enterprises, Investment Banking and Transaction Banking).
He is a member of both the Executive Committee and the Assets & Liabilities committee of Οptima bank.
He is a member of the Board of Directors of Optima Factors S.A. since 2019 (initially as Νοn – Executive member and since 24.01.2024 as Executive member).
Paris Economou holds an MA in Economics from the University of Aberdeen and An MSc in Economics and Finance from Warwick University. He speaks English and German.
Mr. Konstantinos Christodoulou joined Attica bank and assumed the position of Chief Corporate Banking Officer since December 2023. Area of responsibility includes Large Corporate, SME, SBB, Leasing, Factoring, Corporate Middle Office, Corporate and Development Products.
He has long experience, having held positions of increased responsibility in the financial sector and in FMCG. He has held the position of CEO at Piraeus Factoring S.A., while previously he was Senior Director Retail Sales, Small Business Banking at Piraeus Bank. Earlier he held the position of Head of Distribution Channels at Societe Generale-Geniki Bank, while he has also been the Sales Director for the Financial Advisors network and the “Open24” branch network of Eurobank before. He has also served as Commercial Director in Groups such as Grand Metropolitan – IDV – Metaxa, Bacardi – Martini and Boutari Group.
Mr. Christodoulou has extensive knowledge in business restructuring and development and significant experience in business banking. He holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and an MBA from the Athens University of Economics & Business.
Georgios Papadimitriou became the Managing Partner in EY Greece effective January 1st 2023. He was born in Athens on December 27, 1975 and is a Partner in EY and the Regional Accounts and Markets Leader of Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe & Central Asia (CESA) since January 1st of 2021. In this role he is responsible for leading the EY’s integrated go to market approach for the region, leveraging the power of sectoral expertise, alliances and innovation in executing client service strategies. Before his appointment as CESA Regional Markets Leader, he has been the Financial Services Industry leader in the CESA region and Advisory Leader for EY in Greece and Southeast Europe.
George has a strong background in Financial Services having 21 years of respective professional experience, focusing for many years on Risk Management. He has worked extensively on advising clients at C suite level across all Dimensions of Risk and Business transformation.
He holds an MSc in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics (LSE) and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the Athens University of Economics and Business. He also holds a number of professional certifications in the areas of Risk and Finance such as Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Professional Risk Manager (PRM), Certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM) and Certified Financial Services Auditor (CFSA).
