Today, Spyros Theodoropoulos leads the food group BESPOKE SGA HOLDINGS SA, which he founded in early 2022 by acquiring the cold cuts company NIKAS, the chocolate manufacturer ION, the ready meals company AMBROSIA and the juice company HELLENIC JUICES employing 1,500 people.

He began his professional career in 1976 at the family-owned dairy production company Recor S.A. In 1989, he acquired CHIPITA with the aim of implementing the innovative idea of producing packaged long shelf-life croissants, for the first time worldwide. In 2006, CHIPITA merged with the companies DELTA, Goody’s, and Barba Stathis, creating the Group VIVARTIA, where he became CEO. In 2007, VIVARTIA was acquired by MIG, and Spyros Theodoropoulos continued to hold the position of CEO.

In 2010, Spyros Theodoropoulos, together with the Olayan Group and other Greek entrepreneurs, reacquired CHIPITA, which he developed into one of the leading companies in bakery snacks globally. He remained CEO of CHIPITA until its acquisition by MONDELEZ in 2021, in a landmark deal for the Greek food sector.

He is Chairman of the Board of Directors of SEV Hellenic Federation of Enterprises.

In the past, he has served as Chairman of the Association of Listed Companies, Vice Chairman of the Athens Stock Exchange, member of the Board of Directors of the National Bank of Greece, member of the Board of Directors of Public Power Corporation and a member of the General Council of the Bank of Greece.

Rania has over 26 years of professional experience, including positions of high responsibility, across different sectors. She began her career at Texaco, in the oil and gas sector in the Caspian region. She has also worked for more than 10 years in Corporate and Investment Banking in London and in Athens, for Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas and Eurobank.

Important positions in her career include: CEO of the Hellenic Corporation of Assets and Participations (HCAP), Greece’s sovereign fund, with majority shareholdings in large state-owned enterprises and sole shareholder of the Privatization Fund (HRADF) and of the Public Properties Company (ETAD). Partner at Ernst & Young (EY) in Transaction Advisory Services and Energy Sector Leader for SE Europe. Deputy CEO and member of the Board of Public Power Corporation (PPC), the leading listed Greek electric utility.

Over the last years, Rania has taken the role of senior strategy and financial advisor to large corporates, while she serves as a board director in several boards, including ElvalHalcor S.A., Motor Oil S.A. and HEDNO S.A. (two of which are listed and part of the Athens Large Cap 25 Index). She is also Chair or member in various board committees, including Audit Committee, Nomination & Remuneration Committee and Sustainability Committee. In the board of HEDNO, Rania was nominated by Macquarie Asset Management (#1 infra fund globally) which has acquired an equity stake of 49%.

She is member of the Advisory Board of Dianeosis, the leading non-profit think tank institute in Greece on social, economic and policy reforms matters. She is also member of the Leadership Committee of the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM). In the past, she served as member of the Hellenic Corporate Governance Council (HCGC) and of the Council of Competitiveness in Greece.

Rania participates in various international non-profit organizations for gender parity: she is the Athens Chair for 50/50 Women on Boards, co-chair of the Greek Chapter of WomenCorporateDirectors (WCD) and member of the European Network of Women in Leadership (WIL).

She has graduated from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki from the faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering. She holds an MBA from City University in London (Bayes Business School).

Mr. Eftichios Vassilakis is Chairman of the listed company AEGEAN AIRLINES SA  and CEO of  AUTOHELLAS SA, which is also listed in the Athens Stock Exchange.

Mr. Vassilakis serves as a non-executive Director on the Board of LAMDA DEVELOPMENT SA (Retail Malls operator & Ellinikon developer) and TEMES SA (developer of Costa Navarino Hotels/Real Estate). He has previously served on the Board of TITAN Cement SA, FOURLIS and PIRAEUS BANK.

He is Vice President of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE) & Vice President of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV).

He holds a B.A. in Economics from Yale (1988) and an MBA from Columbia (1991). He is married with three children.

Chief Executive Officer, Executive Board Member, HELLENiQ ENERGY Holdings S.A.

Holds an Economics degree specializing in Econometrics from the University of Essex and is a Fellow (FCA) member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).
He began his career in 1989 with KPMG in London, specializing in banking and large multinational Groups before joining the international food and drink group DIAGEO in 1993, to assume senior Greek and European positions in Finance and Business development. During 1998-1999, he also worked for the development of the food sector business (Pillsbury) in
Middle East and North Africa. Between 2000-2002 he worked as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Restructuring Officer, in an ASE listed high-tech company (part of LEVENTIS Group) and in 2003 he joined PETROLA HELLAS as Chief Financial Officer.

After the legal merger and operational integration of PETROLA HELLAS with HELLENIC PETROLEUM, he was appointed as CFO of the new Group in 2005 and became a member of the Group’s Executive Committee. In 2012, he assumed the responsibility for International subsidiaries and he was Deputy CEO during the period 2014-2015 and 2017-2019, when he
became CEO.

He is a founding member of the American Hellenic Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) board of Corporate Governance and is also a member in a number of professional bodies including the Economic Chamber of Greece and ICAEW specialized faculties. In 2020, he was elected in the BoD of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV) and from June 2021 he is the President of the Business Council for Sustainable Development (SEV VIAN).

Alexandra Papalexopoulou is an Executive Member of the Board of Directors of Titan Cement International and Chair of the Board Strategy Committee. Her career began as an analyst for the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and later as an associate at the consulting firm Booz, Allen & Hamilton in Paris. Joining TITAN
Group in 1992, she started out in international trading and business development, then headed Strategic Planning, before becoming Deputy Chair of the Group Executive Committee.

Alexandra Papalexopoulou has previously served as an independent, non-executive member of the Board of Directors of the National Bank of Greece and of Coca-Cola HBC, a FTSE 100 company. Currently she is an independent, non-executive director of Aegean Group, member of the Board and Treasurer of the Paul and Alexandra Canellopoulos Foundation and serves on the Board of Trustees of INSEAD Business School. She holds a BA in Economics from Swarthmore College, USA, and an MBA from INSEAD, France. She is married and has three children.

Marco Veremis – Partner at Big Pi Ventures Capital, Co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Upstream, Chairman SEV’s Innovation Committee

Marco was born in Athens, in 1973. He holds a BA from the University of Warwick and an MPhil from Oxford University.

Marco started his career in 1996, as a marketing strategist with Omnicom, WPP and IPG, where he developed global communication strategies for brands such as Nestlé, Smithkline Beecham, Johnson & Johnson and Sony Electronics.

In 2002, he returned to Greece and, along with Alex Vratskides, co-founded Upstream. Since then, Upstream has evolved into a leading global technology company within the field of mobile commerce, conducting business in over 45 markets. Marco served as Upstream’s CEO until June 2017, and today is its Chairman of the Board, whilst also a partner at BigPi Venture Capital.

Marco is an active angel investor and member of the board in technology companies such as Persado, Workable, Softone, Hellas Direct and Softmotive (acquired by Microsoft).

In parallel, Marco is the a member of the Board of Junior Achievement Greece, Chairman of SEVs (Hellenic Federation of Enterprises) Innovation Committee, and member of SEV’s Board, of the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (ΙΟΒΕ), of Endeavor and of the research and policy institute diaNEOsis. Marco has been awarded with the EY Greek “Entrepreneur of the Year” award, in 2013.

Peggy Antonakou is the Regional General Manager of Google for Southeast Europe.

She took up the role in 2019 after having served as CEO of Microsoft for Greece, Cyprus, and Malta for eight years.. Before that she was the General Manager for DELL’s Consumer Business for Italy and Southern Europe, having previously worked for Dell USA, General Motors USA and Opel Bank GMBH both in Europe and the United States, for over a decade. She is also currently serving as a non executive member of several Board of Directors.

Peggy holds an MBA from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Piraeus. 

Her broad experience in different industries and diverse background across geographies makes her one of the leading business figures in the region. In 2020, Fortune Magazine listed her as one of Greece’s most powerful women in business.

Mr. Kallinikos Kallinikos is the Executive Vice President of Goldair Group as well as the Vice President & Managing Director of Goldair Cargo SA, which holds a key position in the market of International forwarding and Logistics. He is also the Executive Vice President of Goldair Handling s.a., which offers ground handling services in 26 airports in Greece, 2 in Cyprus, 3 in Bulgaria and 2 in Ethiopia.

Mr. Kallinikos has been active since 1988, in the market of retail at first and later in the foodservices market. Since 2000, he holds a leading position in the top management of Goldair Cargo, Hellas Logistics, Mediterranean Logistics, Goldair, Goldair Handling and Goldeco.

Finally, Mr. Kallinikos participates as a member in the Board of Directors of SETE, Marketing Greece, INSETE, ETVA VI.PE., PIRAEUS FACTORING, Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Entrepreneurship Association in Greece and the National Council for Logistics Development and Competitiveness.

Naya Kalogeraki is the Chief Operating Officer of Coca-Cola HBC A.G. (CCHBC), a public company listed on the London and Athens Stock Exchanges and included in the FTSE 100 Index. In this role she oversees the operations of 29 countries on 3 continents reporting to the CEO. She has more than 25 years of experience with The Coca-Cola Company and CCHBC, having built her career through commercial and General Manager roles leading to CCCO and then COO, and being a member of the Executive Leadership Team of CCHBC. She has also served as the Chairperson of the Global Customer Governance Board of the Coca-Cola Company while she is a member of the following Boards: Adelink Ltd., Café del Vergnano, Coca-Cola Bottling Company Egypt S.A and Coca-Cola HBC AG. Since October 2021. Kalogeraki is also a member of the Supervisory Board of the Hellenic Corporation of Assets S.A (HCAP). She holds a BSc in Business Administration and an MBA from Kent University. She has also attended Strategic management programs at Harvard Business School.

Ioannis Karagiannis is Chairman of the Olympia Group. During the course of his career, he has held senior executive roles at the Group and its investee companies and has been instrumental in the success of a number of investments, including in the
launch of Play, the largest mobile company in Poland, where he was Chairman of the Board.

He currently also serves as Chairman of the Board at Public Group and as a member of the Board at Westnet.
A seasoned executive with a wealth of experience in Marketing, Sales and General Management, across the telecommunications, retail and FMCG sectors, Ioannis Karagiannis is also Board member of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises.

From 2002 to 2008 he held the role of Chief Executive Officer at Germanos S.A. Mr. Karagiannis holds a BSc in Chemical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens and an MBA from Bradford Management School .

Mr. Panos Kyriakopoulos, since July 2022 is the Chairman and C.E.O. of CAMBRIDGE FINANCE LTD, a company that is active in managing and supervising companies of the Vardinogiannis Group in the sector of Media, Infrastructure and Technology.

In parallel Mr. Kyriakopoulos is a member of the BoD of Euroseas Ltd and Eurodry Ltd (Ship owning companies listed in NASDAQ), member of the BoD of Quest Holdings S.A., ELLAKTOR SA, AKTOR CONCESSIONS, REDS SA, YELLOW PAGES SA and a member of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises [SEV] since 2008. He has been in the past a member of the BoD in various companies such as GEK-TERNA, AKTOR ATE, STAR INVESTMENTS and AGET HERACLES.

From July 1997 to July 2002, he was the C.E.O of the Hellenic Post Group and up to 2006 a member of the BoD.

From August 1996 to July 1997 Mr. Panos Kyriakopoulos was an advisor to the technical company ATEMKE S.A.

From July 1986 up to July 1996 he was the Managing Director of Globe Group of Companies, a group active in the areas of ship owning and management, textiles, food, and distribution.

He has served the Greek Army from October 1984 to June 1986.

Mr. Kyriakopoulos has a B.Sc. degree in Marine Engineering from University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, a M.Sc. degree in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA and a Master degree in business administration (MBA) from Imperial College, London.

He is 63 years old, married with two children. He speaks English and French.

Mr. Panos Kyriakopoulos has been honored by the Hellenic Republic with the rank of Grand Commander of the Order of Honor, with the Star and the Cross First Class of Merit and Honor and with merit for his service to the Hellenic Post Group. The Patriarch of Alexandria has honored him with the rank of Grand Commander of the Order of St. Savvas. The President of the Hellenic Republic has also honored him with the rank of a Brigadier General (Res) of the Hellenic Army.

Philippa Michali is the Chairwoman & CEO of NN Hellas since April 2023.

She is a member of the Executive Committee of the Association of Insurance Companies of Greece and Chairwoman of its Life & Pensions Committee. She is also an independent member of the Board of Directors of the listed company Quest Holdings and of the non-profit association ALBA Executive Development & Applied Research in Business Administration. Furthermore, she is a member of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic-Dutch Association of Commerce and Industry (HeDA) while in the past she also served as a member of the Board of Directors of the German-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

Before joining NN Group, Philippa worked for Allianz Group for 25 years, both in asset management and in insurance. In the years 2015-2022 she served as CEO of Allianz for Greece & Cyprus.
She holds a Bachelor Degree in Banking & Financial Management from the University of Piraeus and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from ALBA Graduate Business School. She is a mother of twin boys.

Aristotelis Panteliadis was born and raised in Athens, Greece.

He graduated from the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) in 1989. During his studies, he started working at the family business. In 2001, he took over as Chief Executive Officer of METRO SA, at the age of 33.

In February 2016, METRO SA acquired Veropoulos stores, thus forming one of the largest retail chains in the Greek market. Today, the company owns 250 My market retail supermarkets and My market Local convenience stores and 50 METRO Cash & Carry wholesale markets, strategically located all over the country. The company currently employs over 11.300 people.

In January 2020, METRO SA opened its first store abroad, the MCC BEST VALUE LTD wholesale store in the city of Limassol in Cyprus.
METRO SA’s turnover is €1,59 billion.

Aristotelis Panteliadis is Chairman at the recently formed Greek Super-Market Union and a board member of several entities, including SEV (Hellenic Federation of Enterprises) and IELKA (Institute of Retail Consumer Goods – GR).

Born in Athens, Greece in 1957, received his degree in Civil Engineering in 1980 from the National Technical University of Athens.

His professional involvement with TERNA S.A. began in 1981.

From 1982 through 1984 Mr. Peristeris was the Construction Director of major construction projects.

In 1984 he became Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TERNA S.A.

Major achievements through his career include:

• In 1993 TERNA S.A. IPO in the Athens Stock Exchange.
• In 1997 he founded TERNA ENERGY S.A. to enter the renewable energy production sector. TERNA ENERGY is since a leading company in RES in SE Europe. IPO in Athens Stock Exchange 2007.
• In 1999 GEK and TERNA consolidated, forming GEK TERNA Group.
• In 2000 he was elected President of the Hellenic Association of Renewable Energy Producers.
• In 2002 he became CEO & Chairman of GEK TERNA S.A transforming the company into one of the leading and most reputable companies in Greece and SE Europe in the areas of electricity and infrastructure.
• In 2003 HERON THERMOELECTRIC SA was established to become the first privately owned Greek thermoelectric plant, which was followed by the establishment of HERON II in 2007.

He is actively involved in the construction sector, concessions as well as in the electricity production sector especially from Renewable Energy Sources. The company operates wind farms in Greece, Bulgaria, Poland, and the U.S.A.

Dr. Kyriacos Sabatakakis is the Country Managing Director of Accenture in Greece and Bulgaria with responsibility also for several markets in Southeastern Europe in the telecommunications industry, overseeing a practice of more than 3,000 Consultants.

He has held this position since September 2003 and has led multiple projects both in Greece and internationally on strategy, business transformation, technology, operations and digital entrepreneurship in big corporations and organizations. Since 2017 he has co-authored a series of studies in Greece with the aim of mapping the country’s position in the global business and technological landscape, actively contributing to the national dialogue on the forces shaping our era. From 2003 to 2008, he was also responsible for Accenture’s global mobile network business. He worked for many years with Andersen Consulting in Zurich as well as high tech companies in Switzerland.

He holds a BSc from Yale University, an MSc from Dartmouth College and a PhD from the National Technical University of Athens.

Menelaos Tasopoulos is the CEO and major shareholder of Papoutsanis SA. Papoutsanis is a leading Greek company among the largest producers of bar soaps and liquid cosmetics in Europe, with exports exceeding 55% of its annual sales.

He is a Chemical Engineering graduate from National Technical University of Athens, has a Masters of Science in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Columbia University and a PhD in Applied Science from Yale University.

In 1991, coming back from the US, he worked in the industry. His first job, for five years, was at Papoutsanis. Following 13 years and until 2008 he worked at VIOHALCO Group of Companies in several positions of responsibility in Greece and abroad. For the last 4 years in the Group he held the position of CEO at HALCOR SA, the copper arm of the group. Next two years he served as Head of Private Equity at EFG Eurobank. In 2010, together with his partner George Gatzaros, undertook a management buyout and subsequent turnaround of Papoutsanis, since then achieving the continuous growth and expansion of the company.

He is married and has three children

Vassilios E. Psaltis Alpha Bank Group CEO
He was born in Athens in 1968 and holds a PhD in Banking and a MA in Business and Banking from the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
He held various senior management positions at ABN AMRO Bank’s Financial Institutions Group in London and at Emporiki Bank wherein he has worked as Deputy (acting) Chief Financial Officer.
He joined Alpha Bank in 2007. In 2010 he was appointed Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and in 2012 he was appointed General Manager. Through these posts, he spearheaded capital raisings of several billions from foreign
institutional shareholders, diversifying the Bank’s shareholder base, as well as significant mergers and acquisitions that contributed to the consolidation of the Greek banking market, reinforcing the position of the Bank.
He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Bank since November 2018 and Chief Executive Officer since January 2019.
In 2019 he was elected member of the Institut International d ‘ Études Bancaires (IIEB).
He is a member of the Board of Directors and of the Executive Committee of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV) since July 2021.
In October 2021 he was elected member of the Board of Directors of Hellenic Bank Association (HBA).

Vice Chairman and Executive Director of the BoD for Regulatory & Strategic Energy & Infrastructure Issues – Metlen Energy & Metals | Chairman, METKA ATE

Mr. Evangelos Chrysafis has a long tenure with the Mytilineos Group (currently METLEN Energy and METALS) and played a key role on the rise and growth of the firm in the past 23 years. METLEN is now present in all five continents and more than 40 countries.

He took the role of General Director for Legal and Regulatory Issues for the Mytilineos Group in 2009. He also served in the Board of Directors of Aluminum of Greece and Protergia as well as the HAIPP (Hellenic Association of Independent Power Producers). Since 2018, he is the Vice Chairman and Executive Director of the METLEN BoD for Regulatory & Strategic Energy & Infrastructure Issues. Since 2023 he is also the Chairman of METKA ATE (METLEN’s subsidiary focused on the development of infrastructure projects).

Mr. Chrysafis has had a pivotal role in shaping the Greek and European energy regulatory framework, especially as regards the liberalization of the electricity and gas markets as well as in securing competitive power costs for the Greek electro-intensive industry. He actively supported SEV’s energy committee in establishing regulatory measures to ease the cost and secure the supply of electricity for the Greek energy and industrial sector.

He holds a law degree from the Aristotle University based in Thessaloniki and speaks English and German. He started his career in 1989 when he became a member of the Thessaloniki Bar Association.

Theodore E. Tryfon was born in Mytilini – Lesvos. He graduated from Athens College of Greece and he earned his BSc in Economics and Business Administration, from the University of Southampton in UK. He continued his studies by earning his MBA from the City University of London Business School.

In 1990 and 1991 he worked in Henkel Hellas, Tryfon – Kastrinis S.A., a family owned business, which was sold to Henkel Germany early 1992.

In 1992 he joined Elpen Co. Inc. one of the leading Pharmaceutical Industries in Greece. The Elpen Group of Companies had a turnover of 200.000.000€ in 2018 with more than 1000 employees in Greece and abroad and exports in more than 40 countries. Elpen has a subsidiary in Germany, Elpen GmbH, since 2014. Mr. Tryfon is Co/CEO of the Elpen Group. Moreover, since 2014 he is the President of the Panhellenic Union of Pharmaceutical Industries (PEF), an Association which has 45 members (27 industries).

From 1999 to 2003 he was a member of the Board of Athens Chamber of Commerce & Industry (ACCI) and a Member of the General Council of Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV).

Professor Emeritus Kleomenes Barlos was born on March 20, 1949 in Patras. He received a BA in Chemistry and a PhD in Chemistry degree from the University of Munich in 1976, concerning the composition and fasmatoskopeia boranes, organophosphorus and organosilicon compounds.

In 1980, he joined the Organic Chemistry Laboratory of the University of Patras as Specialist and subsequently came to the rank of Professor. Since 1981, he teaches “Organic Chemistry” and “Peptide and Combinatorial Chemistry” at the University of Patras where he worked in the areas of amino acid derivatives, specialty polymers and synthesis of peptides and small proteins.

Moreover, he founded CBL Patras S.A. in 1990 with the business of which he is engaged to date.

Since 2015, he serves as Chairman of the Board, Federation of Industries of Peloponnese & Western Greece and from 2016, he is a member of the National Council for Research and Innovation of the Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs.

President of the Board of Directors of the Association of Industries of Thessaly and Central Greece (2022-).

Athanasios Syrianos was born in Piraeus, studied economics at the Albertus Magnus University in Cologne, Germany. From 1984 to 1987 he worked at the family shipping company AION 21, based in Piraeus. In 1988 he participated in a study by the Institute of Transport Sciences of the University of Cologne, for the Commission of the European Community, on the development of road transport in Europe. From 1989 to 1992 he worked for Roland Berger, the International Business Consultants company, in Munich. From 1992 to 2019 he was the Managing Director and since 1997, he is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hellenic Brewery of Atalanti S.A.

He has served as a member of the Boards of Directors of the Hellenic German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (2007-2022), the KARENTA A.E./ /Distributor of Audi, VW & Skoda (2019-2022), the Marketing Greece/a company for the promotion and development of tourism (2018- ), the Association of Industries of Thessaly and Central Greece (2016-2019), the German School of Athens (1996-2012), the Hellenic Rowing Federation (1985-1988) and the Olympiacos Piraeus Sports Club (1984-1988). He was an athlete, member of the national rowing team. He is married to Dorothea Mertin and they have three children. He speaks German and English.

Mr. Panos Lolos was born in 1972. He holds a B.A. in Political Science & International Studies from Panteion University, an M.A. in International Economics from North Carolina State University and an MBA from the University of Piraeus.
From 2000 until 2001 he worked in AV VASSILOPOULOS S.A. -a subsidiary of the Belgian food retailer DELHAIZE. Since 2001, he joined the heavy industry having an experience in the domestic and exports sales of HALCOR S.A. -a leading European manufacturer that specializes in the production, processing and marketing of copper and copper alloy products with dynamic commercial presence in the European and global markets. He undertook the position of the General Manager of the Copper and Copper Alloys Division of ELVALHALCOR S.A. in 2020 whereas today he holds the position of the General Manager of the Copper Sector of the same company.

Mr. Lolos is the Chairman of the ASSOCIATION OF INDUSTRIES OF CENTRAL GREECE, executive member of the BoD of ELVALHALCOR S.A., member of the BoD of SOFIA MED A.D., ΕANEP-Ο.Α. S.A., ΕDEP-Ο.Α. S.A., the HELLENIC FEDERATION OF ENTERPRISES (SEV)- in which he holds the position of the Chairman of the International Trade Committee- and the HELLENIC PRODUCTION-Industry Roundtable for Growth, while he is a registered member of the ECONOMIC CHAMBER OF GREECE.

Mr. Dimitrios Mathios was born in 1954 in Piraeus. He is graduate of Ziridio Lyceum in 1972 and of the Polytechnic of Torino (Italy) where he studied from 1972 to 1977 in the Specialty of Architect – Engineer. He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA). He is CEO in the company “MATHIOS REFRACTORIES SA” and in “Ideal Refractories SA” listed in Athens Stock Exchange Market. Owner – Responsible Sales & Promotion of retail stores for the construction of building materials “BAU MARKET SA”. Vice President of the Piraeus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (EVEP). Member of the European Association of Refractories Manufacturers. Member of Association of Energy Engineers. President of the Federation of Industries of Attica and Piraeus (SVAP). Vice President to Businessmen Association of Europan Capital Cities (BECC). Vice President of the Hellenic-Slovenian Chamber. Member of the BoD in the Greek-Saudi Association. Member of the BoD at the Hellenic-Ethiopian Chamber.

President of the Association of Thessalian Enterprises and Industries (STHEV)

George Roupakias was born in 1980 in Larisa. He studied Civil Engineering in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He then continued his studies in Leeds University, where he acquired his master in MSc Construction Management.

His is CEO of PROKEL S.A. and VERMION S.A., as well as CEO and Vice President of «Agios Nikitas» clinic, headquartered in Larisa.

He is constantly participating in STEV’s activities and continuously elected in the Board of Directors since 2007, while he served as a Vice President from 2010 to 2019.

He takes part in various construction projects, since he has worked as Organization and Planning Manager, Quality Control and Operations Manager, as well as in the department of Static and Architecture Research in Prokel S.A.

He represents STHEV in working group of SEV (Hellenic Federation of Enterprises), called «Licensing of Projects and Activities».

He speaks English, he is married and father to a boy.