Speakers

George Alogoskoufis
Minister of Economy and Finance
Advisor to the European Commission (1989-1990), Advisor to the World Bank (1991-1992) and to other international economic organisations, he has also been a Research Fellow at the Centre for Labour Economics at the London School of Economics (1981-82) and at the Centre for Economic Policy Research in London (1985-2001). His PhD. thesis was awarded the Sayers Prize of the London University for 1981. George Alogoskoufis has written four books and over 40 articles published in the most prestigious international academic journals...more

Dimitris L. Avramopoulos
Minister of Tourism
Career diplomat since 1980, he resigns from the Greek Diplomatic Service and enters the political arena, as a member of the Liberal Party "New Democracy". Elected member of the Central Committee of "New Democracy". Elected Deputy, member of the Greek Parliament. Mayor of Athens. Elected for the first term in October 1994 municipal elections and reelected in October 1998 from the first round, with a landslide majority. ...more

Panos Panagiotopoulos
Minister of Employment and Social Protection
Senior administrative executive in mass media companies, mainly in the private sector, for many years. Key positions included those of news editor for SKY 100.4 FM; news editor for STAR TV; and director of current affairs broadcasts for ET1 (state TV channel) and TV ANTENNA. Founding executive of Athens 9,84 FM, a municipal radio station, and regularly collaborates with Antenna 97,1 FM and Planet 104,5 FM.... more

Nicolas Bornozis
President
Capital Link
As of 1996, founder, President and CEO of Capital Link, Inc., an international investor relations and financial advisory group. It assists listed companies and capital markets related organizations to develop and maintain access to European and North American investors. He also established and managed, Alexander Capital, L.P, a US broker-dealer firm, which developed brokerage and investment banking business in North America with the Greek, Egyptian and Russian markets...more

Spyros Capralos
President
The Athens Exchange
Spyros Capralos was born in 1955. He studied Economics at the University of Athens and earned his Master's Degree in Business Administration from INSEAD University in France. In October 25th 2004 he was appointed as Chairman of the Athens Exchange S.A. and Chief Executive Officer of the Hellenic Exchanges S.A. ... more

Doros Constantinou
Chief Executive Officer
Coca-Cola HBC
Doros Constantinou was born in Cyprus on August 15th 1950. He graduated from Piraeus University in 1974 and holds a degree in Business Administration. Doros Constantinou started his career in auditing with Price Waterhouse where he worked for ten years. In 1985 he joined the management team of the Hellenic Bottling Company (3E)... more

Philippe M Costeletos
Partner and co-head of Texas Pacific Group in Europe
Since joining Texas Pacific Group in 2003, he led the $3.0 billion take private of Debenhams in the UK and, recently, the $2.0 billion buyout of TIM Hellas in Greece. Prior to joining Texas Pacific Group, Mr Costeletos was a Member of the Management Committee at Investcorp where he worked for 8 years and was involved in a number of buyouts in Switzerland, Norway, the Netherlands and the UK. Prior to joining Investcorp, Mr Costeletos was with JP Morgan Capital where he was involved in private equity investments across Europe and Latin America.... more

Henry de Vismes
President
New York Association for International Investment
Former Head of International Investment and Managing Director of Citigroup Asset Management, responsible for building an international equity capability in the U.S. As Managing Director of Kleinwort Benson Limited's US investment arm, managed the second oldest US-based international equity fund and pioneered international investment as an asset class in the US. Appeared on CNBC, FNN and Wall Street Week and frequently quoted in Barron's, Fortune, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today and many international newspaper... more

Sotiris Hatzikos
Chief Financial Officer
S&B Industrial Minerals
Currently the Chief Financial Officer of S&B Industrial Minerals S.A., Greece, a € 404 mil industrial minerals group with extensive presence in Europe but also in the US and Asia. He has been with the company since 1994 when he joined as the Assistant Finance Director. Previously, he was employed by Air Products PLC, UK, a $3,5 billion global industrial gases group....more

Ulysses Kyriacopoulos
President of the Federation of Greek Industries
Ulysses Kyriacopoulos is the President of the Federation of Greek Industries (S??). He convinced both parties that have been in government in the last five years to focus on competitiveness. Mr. Kyriacopoulos strengthened the Federation's presence in Brussels and serves as vice president of UNICE since 2003. He is an advocate of strict discipline in public spending and adherence to the stability pact as a prerequisite for growth... more

Lavrentis Lavrentiadis
Chief Executive Officer
Neochimiki - L.V. Lavrentiadis Group
Lavrentis Lavrentiadis was born in Athens in March 1972 and is the founder of several companies operating in the field of chemicals, detergents, food & drink, transportation, as well as real estate. Having completed his studies in Economics in 1995 and his PhD in Marketing in 1999, he took over the management of the family business, whose core activity was the trading of chemical products and the production of hypochlorite bleaching salts...more

Panos Leivadas
Secretary General of Information
Ministry of State
In March of 2004, Panos Leivadas was appointed Secretary General for Information under the Minister of State, Mr. Rousopoulos, by the Greek Prime Minister, Kostas Karamanlis. Among other duties, he is in charge of Greece’s communications strategy and image abroad, while he is a member of the team responsible for the communication of government policies. Born in Athens in 1964, he graduated from the Athens College and, soon after, left for the United States in order to study Business Administration and Political Science at Hofstra University... more

Alexandros P. Mallias
Greek Ambassador to the United States
Alexandros P. Mallias was appointed Ambassador of Greece to the United States in 2005. Before coming to Washington, he served from 2000 to 2005 as Director of the South Eastern Europe Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) in Athens. From 2002 to 2003, he was the Chairman of the Coordinating Committee for the Greek EU Presidency's program for the Balkans, and between October 2002 and April 2003, he was also National Coordinator at the Stability Pact for Southeastern Europe. Ambassador Mallias received two ambassadorial promotions during this time... more

Mihalis Madianos
Investment Director
Global Finance
Mihalis Madianos, Investment Director, joined Global Finance in 2002. Mihalis focuses primarily on the pharmaceutical and healthcare services sectors. Prior to joining Global Finance, Mihalis worked in healthcare investment banking at JPMorgan Chase in New York where he was a Vice President in the Healthcare Group. Prior to joining JPMorgan in 1998, he worked at CSC Healthcare - APM Management Consultants... more

Basile J. Neiadas
Chief Executive Officer
OPAP SA
Basile Neiadas was born in Athens in 1955. He graduated from the Athens College High School in 1974 and continued his studies at the Athens University of Economics (Bachelor) and at Boston University (Master in Business Administration - Honors). After his military service in the navy, he worked for 20 years in the Pharmaceutical and Cosmetics industry... more

Lambros Papadopoulos
Director
Citigroup Investment Research
Lambros Papadopoulos, director, is an analyst, covering the Greek equity market at Citigroup Investment Research. He has been ranked second in the Extel 2002 survey for Greece and sixth among all country analysts in europe. Prior to joining the firm, Lambros was a manager in Ernst & Young's business valuation group (corporate finance) in London.... more

Loukas Papazoglou
Special Secretary for Privatization
Loukas Papazoglou was born in Athens in 1971. He is graduate of the Economic University of Athens (department of Business Administration) and holder of Master degree in International Financial Markets from the University of Reading (U.K.). He has previously studied and worked on issues related to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), to e-business and to International Markets... more

Tassos Philippakos
Chief Executive Officer
Hellenic Aerospace Industry S.A.
Mr. Tassos Philippakos is the Chief Executive Officer and Member of Board of Directors of the Hellenic Aerospace Industry S.A. (HAI) and also a Member of the Board of HAI's affiliate Hellas Sat Consortium Prior to his appointment as CEO of HAI, Mr. Philippakos held key positions at Moody's Investor Service in New York for about 22 years as a Senior Vice President for the period 1997- 2004, Vice President (1989-1997), Assistant Vice President (1985-1989) and Senior Analyst (1982-1985)...more

Ploutarchos Sakelaris
Chairman of the Council of Economic Experts, Ministry of National Economy
Professor Plutarchos Sakellaris is currently Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers at the Hellenic Ministry of Economy and Finance and a member of the Economic and Financial Committee of the European Union. He serves as Minister’s Deputy at the Eurogroup and ECOFIN Councils. He is also Professor in the Department of Economics of the Athens University of Economics and Business... more

Panos Tsoupides
Chairman of the BoD
Greek Postal Savings Bank S.A.
Mr. Panos Tsoupides, born on the 15th August 1952 in Athens-Greece, is married with three children. Graduated from Athens College in 1971, obtained his Msc. in Economics in 1976 and also followed the PHD Program at the University of Wisconsin Madison, USA. During the period 1978-1980, after a Credit Training Program in London, worked for CHASE MANHATTAN BANK-Greece, as Junior Credit Officer and Assistant Treasurer. ... more

Dimitris Tzelepis
Head of Investor Relations
Hellenic Telecommunications Organization (OTE)
Dimitris Tzelepis was appointed Head of Investor Relations of OTE in May 2003. He started his career working in corporate finance with Procter & Gamble, and then continued as a banker with Merrill Lynch and ETEBA Investment Bank (National Bank of Greece Group). Making a career change to Investor Relations, he became Investor Relations Officer at Panafon-Vodafone and Alpha Bank, before joining OTE. ... more