Paschalis Bouchoris is a senior member of BlackRock's Financial Markets Advisory European team. Based in Athens, he leads the development of the group's regional presence in Southern and Eastern Europe and has overseen several engagements with banks focusing on NPLs, asset quality reviews and transaction support.

Before joining BlackRock in May 2015, he was the CEO of Greece's Privatization Fund (TAIPED), following a 9 year tenure at National Bank of Greece where he held a number of senior management roles including Head of Large Corporate Special Assets focusing on workouts and NPLs in Greece, Head of International Corporate overseeing the Group's wholesale banking activities in South East Europe and co-Head of the mid-market buyout funds managed by the Group's private equity arm (NBGI). Earlier in his career he had spent several years in strategy consulting and private equity investments working in the United States and Greece.

He earned a Diploma in Electrical & Computer Engineering at NTUA in 1991 and a MBA at Rotterdam School of Management in 1994.