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Under the auspices of the Ministry of Economy, Competitiveness & Shipping of Greece
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Christos J. Megalou
Managing Director, Country Manager Investment Banking, Greece and Cyprus - Credit Suisse
Christos J. Megalou is a Managing Director of Credit Suisse (CS) and Head of Investment Banking for Greece and Cyprus, based in London.
Mr. Megalou joined CS from BZW, which Credit Suisse First Boston acquired in late 1997, where he was a Director in the Investment Banking division. Prior to joining BZW in London, he was with Barclays in Athens since 1989 where he was a Manager in the Corporate Finance division and later Head of the BZW office in Athens. Mr. Megalou began his career at Arthur Andersen in Athens in 1984 and Agricultural Bank of Greece in Athens in 1986.
Mr. Megalou has a wealth of experience in the Greek market having executed major strategic transactions for the Hellenic Republic and the majority of Greek Corporates including among others the privatization of Hellenic Telecommunications Organization (OTE) via a strategic sale to Deutsche Telekom, advising National Bank of Greece on the acquisition of Finansbank, the merger between Hellenic Bottling Company and Coca Cola Beverages, the listing of OTE on the New York Stock Exchange, the listing of Safe Bulkers on the New York Stock Exchange and a number of secondary offerings for OTE and OPAP.
Mr. Megalou has also led transactions for Royal Dutch Shell, Iberdrola Renovables, Alpha Bank, EFG Eurobank, Vodafone-Panafon, Cosmote, AB Vassilopoulos, Societe Generale.
Mr. Megalou is married with two children.
Mr. Megalou has been a long-standing member of the Board of the British-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce in Athens, where he also served as Vice-President (1993-97).
Mr. Megalou holds a. B.Sc. in Economics from the University of Athens and an M.B.A. from Aston University in Birmingham U.K.
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