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

David Andelman
Executive Editor
Forbes
David A. Andelman is Executive Editor of Forbes.com, the world's largest business and financial website with 15 million monthly viewers. Previously, he served for four years as Business Editor of The New York Daily News, after serving as editor in chief of Smallcapcenter.com, a global business and financial news website...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
Chairman
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

John Catsimatidis
Chairman and CEO
Red Apple Group
John Catsimatidis is the Chairman and CEO of the Red Apple Group. The Red Apple Group has holdings in oil refining, retail petroleum products, convenience stores, supermarkets, real estate and aviation. Catsimatdis grew up in New York City after coming to the United States as an infant with his parents from the island of Nissiros, Greece. Opening his first supermarket while still in college it evolved into Manhattan's largest supermarket chain, Gristede's Supermarkets. ... more

Panos E. Cavoulacos
Chief Executive Officer
Hellenic Petroleum
Dr. Panos E. Cavoulacos is the Chief Executive Officer of Hellenic Petroleum S.A. and a member of the group's Board of Directors. A native of Athens, Greece, Dr. Cavoulacos holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Nuclear Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an M.B.A. from M.I.T.'s Sloan School of Management ... more

Panagiotis Drossos
Chief Executive Officer
Hellenic Foreign Trade Board (HEPO)
In April 2004, Mr. Panagiotis Drossos was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Hellenic Foreign Trade Board (HEPO), after following a successful career in the private financial sector. Born in 1972, he graduated from the University of Piraeus with a Degree in Economic Sciences. During his undergraduate studies, he displayed an active involvement in politics by serving as a representative of the students in the Department of Economics in the Senate...more

Tryphon Kollintzas
Chief Executive Officer
Bank of Attica
Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics of the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) and Chairman of the Board and CEO of Attica Bank. Born in 1953 at Athens, Greece. He studied economics at the University of Athens (BA 1975) and at Northwestern University (MA 1976 and Ph.D. 1981). He has taught at McGill University, the University of Pittsburgh , Northwestern University, the University of Minnesota and Charles University (Prague)...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 Lykourezos
Attorney at Law
Lykourezos Law Offices
Alexandros Lykourezos was born in Athens. He studied Law at the Law School of the University of Athens and continued to pursue his post-graduate studies in Germany, at the University of Heidelberg on a German scholarship specializing in Criminal Law and Philosophy of Law. He also followed post-graduate studies at University College of London.... 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

ERNEST S. McCRARY
Editor and Publisher, Special Projects
Institutional Investor
Ernest McCrary is the editor & publisher of the special projects group at Institutional Investor magazine, responsible for the content and sales of all sponsored country and industry sector reports worldwide. This group represents a major portion of the magazine's global revenue. I. I. is part of the London-based Euromoney Institutional Investor plc publishing and conference group.... more

Petros P. Papageorgiou
Chairman of the Board
Hellenic Public Real Estate Group
Professor Petros Papageorgiou, Ph.D. currently teaches at the University of Piraeus, Department of Economics, a position he has held for the past 15 years. He is the Chairman of the Board of the Greek Public Real Estate Corporation (K.E.D.) and board member of Liberis Publications Athens... more

Dimitri Papalexopoulos
Chief Executive Officer
Titan Cement Group
Dimitri Papalexopoulos, age 44, has been with TITAN since 1991 and in his present position since 1996. Prior to joining TITAN, he spent two years as a consultant for McKinsey & Company in New York and Munich. He holds an MSc in Electrical Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and an MBA from Harvard Business School ... more

John Papavassiliou
Group Financial Services Manager
Neochimiki L.V. Lavrentiadis S.A.

Mr. Papavassiliou was born in Patras in 1976. He is an economist and serves as the Group Financial Services Manager. He has extensive experience on operational aspects of business planning, financial reporting and cost accounting. He holds a Bachelor's degree from the Department of Economics, University of Patras. He is currently attending the MBA course of the University of Strathclyde... more

Loukas Papazoglou
Special Privatisation Secretary
Loukas Papazoglou is the Hellenic Republic's Special Secretary for Privatisation since 2004. In this capacity, he supervised several privatization transactions amongst others the I.P.O. of the Postal Savings Bank in May 2006, the private placement (A.O.) for the 10% of OTE in September 2005, the secondary offering for the 16,4% of OPAP in July 2005 and the private placement (A.O.) for the 10% of National Bank of Greece in November 2004... more

Nikos Polymenakos
Investor Relations
OPAP SA
Nikos Polymenakos is an Investor Relation Special Advisor to OPAP, since the last IPO (July 2005). His current responsibilities include apart of IR, conducting a wide range of quantitative and qualitative research, for the gaming and sport leisure industry, providing financial and capital market insight. ... more

Vito Racanelli
Foreign Editor
Barron’s
Vito Racanelli is the European editor for Barron’s, The Dow Jones Business and Financial Weekly. He has written the weekly “European Trader” column since it’s inception in January 2000. He has appeared on CNBC, Wall Street Journal Week, and various U.S. and European television and radio news organizations,... more

Charles P. Ries
Ambassador of the United States to Greece
Charles P. Ries was confirmed by the Senate June 25 as the next U.S. Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic and was sworn in on December 13, 2004. He presented his credentials to President Constantine Stephanopoulos on January 11, 2005. Mr. Ries served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs between April 2000 and June 2004...more

Plutarchos Sakellaris
Chariman
Council of Economic Advisors
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... more

Apostolos Tamvakakis
Chairman and CEO
Lamda Development
Apostolos Tamvakakis was awarded his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Athens University (1978) and holds a Master of Arts in Economics from the UoS (Canada) where he majored in Econometrics. He has worked with Mobil Oil Hellas S.A., Investment Bank, ABN AMRO Bank as Deputy General Manager for Greece and with National Mortgage Bank and National Bank of Greece as Vice Chairman. ... more

Nikolas P. Tsakos
Chief Executive Officer
Tsakos Energy Navigation
Nikolas Tsakos has been involved in ship management since 1981. Prior to that, he spent a total of two years at sea gaining on-hand experience. From 1982 to 1985, he was Shipping and Operations Manager of Tsakos Shipping & Trading Ltd in the USA. He received his BA Degree in Economics and Political Science from Columbia University in 1985 and his Masters Degree in Shipping Trade and Finance from the London City University Business School in 1987... 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

Panos Varangis
Deputy Governor
ATEbank
Since April 2004 Panos Varangis has held the position of Deputy Governor of the Agricultural Bank of Greece (ATEbank). He also serves on the board of directors of ATEbank's mutual fund company, credit card company, and insurance company. Included among his areas of responsibility within ATEbank are the Treasury and Investment banking division, the Corporate and SME departments, and the Arrears division... more

Panagis Vourloumis
Chairman
Hellenic Telecommunications Organization
Mr. Vourloumis is a graduate of the London School of Economics and the Economic Development Institute. He headed the Southeast Asia division of the International Finance Corporation from 1966 to 1973, was CEO of the Commercial Bank of Greece Group from 1979 to 1981 and Chairman and CEO of ALPHA Finance ... more