Minister of State
of the Hellenic Republic
Minister of State
of the Hellenic Republic
John A. Costopoulos
Chief Executive Officer
HELLENIC PETROLEUM S.A.
Mr. John Costopoulos is Chief Executive Officer of HELLENIC PETROLEUM S.A. and Vice Chairman of the Boards of EKO and of Hellenic Fuels - the Group's marketing subsidiaries, and serves on the BoD of Elpedison -the Group's power generation subsidiary / JV with Edison. Mr. Costopoulos holds a BSc Honours in Economics from the University of Southampton, U.K. and a MBA from the University of Chicago, U.S.A. From 1979 to 1982 he worked with Procter & Gamble in Geneva, Switzerland. From 1982 to 1986 he held VP and Director's positions in Corporate and Investment Banking at the Chase Manhattan Bank in New York and London. From 1986 to 1991 he was a Principal at Booz Allen & Hamilton based in London, working on strategy development and organizational change projects. Returning to Greece in 1991, he assumed a number of senior management positions: CEO of Diageo's-Metaxa S.A. (1991-1997). CEO of Johnson & Johnson Hellas S.A. and Regional Director of Johnson & Johnson Central and Eastern Europe (1998 - 2000). From 2001 to 2003 he was Vice Chairman and CEO of Petrola Hellas S.A., an Athens stock exchange-listed merchant oil refiner. From 2003, after the merger of Petrola Hellas S.A. to HELLENIC PETROLEUM SA, he joined the Company's Board of Directors. In June 2006 he became an Executive Board Member and in December 2007 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer. He currently serves on the Boards of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV), of the Foundation for Economic & Industrial Research in Athens, of the Hellenic-American Chamber of Commerce and of "Fourlis Holdings S.A.".
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