He was born in Thessaloniki in 1967. He holds an MSc in Mechanical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens and an MBA from City, University of London (Bayes Business School) and has attended the Advanced Management Program (AMP) at INSEAD. He started his career at Procter & Gamble and held managerial positions in Marketing and Sales Management functions at multinational Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) companies. He worked at Eurobank for 13 years, where he held positions of responsibility in Retail Banking and served as a Deputy General Manager of the Retail Banking Network and as a member of the boards of directors of the bank’s subsidiaries. In 2013 he took up duties as a Senior Advisor to the Management on retail marketing distribution in Hellenic Petroleum. He joined Alpha Bank in 2014. He held the positions of Manager of the Deposit and Investment Products and Manager of the Greek Branch Network Division. He is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of AlphaLife Insurance Company S.A. and Member of the Board of Directors of Alpha Real Estate Management and Investments (AREMI) S.A. On 1.4.2016 he was appointed Executive General Manager and on 19.11.2019 Chief of Retail Banking.