Mr. Odisseas Athanassiou has long experience in senior executive positions in Greece and abroad. He has held the position of CFO of Diageo Hellas responsible of the Greek and Turkish Hub, the position of CFO Western Europe in Barilla in Paris and the position of Financial Director at the cement company TITAN. In the above mentioned companies he also served as member of the Board of Directors. During his 9 years career in the United States he worked for Ernst & Young and Emerson Electric.

He holds a degree in Economics and Political sciences from the University of Athens and an MBA from the University of Texas in Austin. Mr. Athanassiou is member of the General Council of SEV, member of the Board of Directors of SELPE and member of the Board of Directors of Alliance for Greece (founding member) and member of the committee of the TEDX Academy Greece.