Board of Directors

Michael E. Economakis started his career in Coca-Cola Hellenic. He had been constantly progressing into wider and higher roles within CCH, appointed Commercial Director and Country GM in various operations of CCH and CEO in its subsidiaries. He was, also, CEO of a listed Group of Companies operating in the food sector. He is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Greek-Nigerian Chamber (GNCCT), member of IoD London and member of the Advisory Board of Global Thinkers Forum, a London based think tank and ecosystem for excellence in leadership with values. The last ten years he served as an Executive vice Chairman and CEO of A.G.Leventis Group (Nig.) Plc, a listed Conglomerate with operations in Automotive, Logistics, Food, Real Estate, Retail.  Since May 2020, he is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Petros Petropoulos Group of Companies, a Conglomerate that operates in automotive sector, listed in Athens Stock Exchange. He is a member of the investment committee of BFG, a Private Equity firm with investments in Africa. As of October 2020, was also appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of HERRCO, the biggest recovery recycling corporation in Greece, formed by FMCG companies and the Federation of Local Governments.

Theodoros V. Anagnostopoulos qualified as Mechanical Engineer at the National Technical University of Athens and holds an Executive MBA from the ALBA Graduate Business School. He has many years of experience, having held responsible positions as Sales Executive and General Manager. He worked for Shell from 1996 to 2010, acquiring a high level of expertise in a multinational environment, initially working as a Sales Inspector and later as a Sales Manager. In 2007 he became a member of the Country Coordination Team of Shell Hellas, representing the lubricants sector. He has been working for Petros Petropoulos SA since 2010, beginning with the position of General Manager of the OSTREA sector (for the sale of Shell lubricants, batteries and tyres) and the Kubota Agricultural Machinery Business Unit. Since 2013 he has been a member of the Executive Board of the Company, serving as Deputy Chief Executive Officer from 2018 to 2019, in which year he took up the position of Chief Executive Officer.

Nikos M. Empeoglou holds a degree in Mechanical-Electrical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens and trained in Business Research in Paris with a scholarship from the French Government. He was Curator at the Chair of Industrial Organisation of the School of Mechanical-Electrical Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (1963-79), where he taught Business Research from 1972 to 1979. In 1967 he was co-founder of the company ‘METHODOI SA’, the first Management Consulting firm in Greece, serving as CEO for more than 35 years. In 1992 he took a leading role in the creation by the Association of Greek Industrialists and the Hellenic Society of Business Administration of the only, to date, independent Postgraduate School of Business Administration in Greece, ALBA Graduate Business School, where he served as CEO (1992-2006) and Chairman of the Board in 1998-9, 2001-3 and 2006-17. He also served as Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Emporiki Bank of Greece SA, after its acquisition by Credit Agricole SA and Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Railways Organisation. He served as member of the Boards of Directors of the following companies: ARISTON Eriourgia Athinon (Athens Wool Processing), the Greek Public Power Corporation, Thymio Papagiannis & Associates Inc., NANOPHOS and P.N. GEROLYMATOS. Since 2012 he has been Honorary Member of the Hellenic Society of Business Administration, and since 2018 he has been Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, of the Alba Graduate Business School, The American College of Greece and since 2019 Honorary Chairman of the Board of ALBA. Since 2003 has been a non -executive member of the Board of Directors of Petros Petropoulos AEBE.

Ioannis Dionysios N. Filotis was a pupil of Athens College. He is a graduate of the Law University of Athens and has been a member of the Athens Bar Association and lawyer at the Areios Pagos (Supreme Court of Greece) since 1970 and 1980 respectively. He is also a member of the Greek Arbitration Association and a member of the Association of Greek Economists. He was a member of the Special Legislative Drafting Committee for the drafting of executive laws in the 1974 Constitution in the period 1975-1980. He was a Special (Legal) Consultant of the Organising Consultant of ERGOSE and the Consultant for the execution of projects in the Attic Basin during Stefanos Manos’ period at the Ministry of Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works. He is a member of the Lampadarios & Associates Law Firm based in Athens. Since 1998 has been a non -executive member of the Board of Directors of Petros Petropoulos AEBE.

He is a graduate of the Department of Economics of the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB), and obtained his postgraduate MSc degree in Money, Banking and Finance from the University of Birmingham. He started his career in 1993 at Intersec Brokerage Firm, where he became Head of Institutional Sales in 1997, before moving to National Securities, where he steadily rose in seniority, serving as Chief Executive Officer and President between 2004-2007. In 2010 and for four consecutive years he was Chief Executive Officer of Ethniki Insurance SA. He served as Member of the Board of MIG Real Estate (2009-2010), Director of the BoD of ETEBA (Greek Industrial Investment Bank) Romania (2005-2007) and Garanta SA (2011-2013), Vice President of Levant Partners Greece SA (2008-2009) and of Finans Life & Pensions Turkey (2011-2012). In the period 2011-2013 he was President of Ethniki Insurance Co SA, as well as the Ethniki Insurance (Cyprus) Ltd. Since 2008 he has been a Member of the BoD of Petros Petropoulos SA.

Ariadne Velissaropoulos returned to Greece and joined Petros Petropoulos SA’s board in 2021, after a distinguished career in New York, London and Geneva. She began her career at Young & Rubicam in New York, working first in its Αdvertising division, and then at Burson Marsteller, its Public Relations subsidiary. Following that, she worked for Morgan Stanley in London. She then worked for three asset management firms in London and Geneva, in a senior fundraising capacity. Over the course of her 15 years in asset management she raised more than $4.5 billion from top-tier institutional investors. Ms Velissaropoulos holds a BSLA in Government and French from Georgetown University and an MBA from Columbia Business School. She is actively involved with both universities, and was recently appointed to serve as Ambassador of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security.

Kleopatra Kyriazi PhD, is a lawyer, specializing in Corporate Law, Corporate Governance, Financial Markets & Banking Law, M&As, as well as European and Administrative Law. She possesses significant experience as an in-house legal counsel, having worked among others, in Stet Hellas (1998 -2001), Geniki Bank (2001- 2014) and Piraeus Bank (2014-2016), while since 2017 is providing legal services to NBG, mainly in the areas of Corporate Governance and Compliance. She is a graduate of Athens Law School and holds a Master Degree in European law and a  PhD in Public law from the University Rene Descartes,  in Paris.

Thanassis Drogossis is Executive Vice Chairman and Head of Investment Banking of Pantelakis Securities, one of the leading investment firms in Greece.

He has more than 30 years of experience across Equity Sales, Research, Equity Capital Markets and Investment Banking. During a significant part of his career, he worked within the Investment Banking division of HSBC as part of the Pan-European Equity Sales team and led the Greece Equity Sales effort of HSBC Securities in Athens.

He has extensive experience in Equity and Debt Capital Markets and has participated in numerous IPOs, rights issues, private placements and other strategic capital markets transactions in Greece. Throughout his career, he has worked closely with international institutional investors, listed companies and financial institutions, developing significant expertise in capital allocation, valuation, investor positioning and corporate finance.

He has consistently achieved top rankings for Greece in the Extel / Institutional Investor surveys and holds an MBA from Alliance Manchester Business School.

Constantine Manos is a seasoned investment banking and financial advisory professional, focussed predominantly on the European technology sector. He started his career in 2005 and lives between London and Athens.

He currently serves as Executive Director of Excelixis Finance, an independent financial advisory boutique focussed on the European technology sector. Prior to Excelixis Finance, Constantine has held senior positions with global institutions such as Macquarie Capital and Credit Suisse. Over the past 20+ years, Constantine has led transactions in Europe (including Greece) with an aggregate value in excess of EUR25 billion.

Throughout his career, Constantine has developed strong leadership skills having led teams on numerous high-profile and complex transactions. He also has extensive analysis and due diligence experience as well as a solid knowledge of finance and capital markets.

Constantine received a bachelor’s degree in business administration with highest distinction from Deree College.