Chair (Non-Executive Member)
Vasileios T. Rapanos
Year of birth: 1947
Nationality: Hellenic
He is Professor Emeritus at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Athens and has been an Ordinary Member of the Academy of Athens since 2016. He studied Business Administration at the Athens School of Economics and Business (1975) and holds a Master’s in Economics from Lakehead University, Canada (1977) and a PhD from Queen’s University, Canada. He was Deputy Governor and Governor of the Mortgage Bank (1995-1998), Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Telecommunications Organization (1998-2000), Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors at the Ministry of Economy and Finance (2000-2004), member of the Board of Directors of the Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) (2000-2004) as well as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Bank of Greece and of the Hellenic Bank Association (2009-2012). In October 2021 he was re-elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Bank Association. He has been the Chair of the Board of Directors since May 2014.
EXECUTIVE MEMBERS
CEO
Vassilios E. Psaltis
Year of birth: 1968
Nationality: Hellenic
He 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 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.
General Manager
Spyros N. Filaretos
Year of birth: 1958
Nationality: Hellenic
He studied Economics at the University of Manchester and at the University of Sussex. He joined Alpha Bank in 1985. He was appointed Executive General Manager in 1997 and General Manager in 2005. From October 2009 to November 2020 he served as Chief Operating Officer (COO). In December 2020 he was appointed General Manager – Growth and Innovation. He has been a Member of the Board of Directors since 2005.
NON-EXECUTIVE MEMBER
Efthimios O. Vidalis
Year of birth: 1954
Nationality: Hellenic
He holds a BA in Government from Harvard University and an MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. He held several leadership positions for almost 20 years at Owens Corning, where he served as President of the Global Composites and Insulation Business Units. He joined S&B Industrial Minerals S.A. in 1998 as Chief Operating Officer (1998-2001), became the first non-family Chief Executive Officer (2001-2011) and served on the Board of Directors for 15 years. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Future Pipe Industries (Dubai, U.A.E.) from 2008 to 2019, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Greek Mining Enterprises Association (2005-2009) and member of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV) from 2006 to 2016, where he served as Vice Chairman (2010-2014) and as Secretary General (2014-2016). Furthermore, he is the founder of the SEV Business Council for Sustainable Development and was the Chairman thereof from 2008 to 2016. He was elected President of the Executive Committee of SEV during the Annual General Meeting, held in June 2020. He is a non-executive member of the Board of Directors of Titan Cement Company S.A., Fairfield-Maxwell Ltd (U.S.A.) and non-executive independent member of Eurolife FFH Insurance Group Holdings S.A. He has been a Member of the Board of Directors since May 2014. He is a Member of the Audit Committee and of the Corporate Governance, Sustainability and Nominations Committee.
INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE MEMBERS
Elli M. Andriopoulou
Year of birth: 1975
Nationality: Hellenic
She holds a BA in Psychology from the American College of Greece (Deree College) and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University (USA). She commenced her career at Citibank NA (Athens, Greece) (1997-1999) and then worked as a consultant (2000-2003) at Mercer Management Consulting (currently Oliver Wyman), (USA). Afterwards, she re-joined Citibank International Plc (Athens, Greece) (2004-2012), where she held various positions, including those of Sales Development Manager, Branch Expansion Project Manager, Strategy and Development Manager, Customer Interaction Unit Head, Customer Advocacy and Segment Management Head as well as Marketing Director. Subsequently, she served as Co-Chief Operating Officer (2013) at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, as Chief Operating Officer (2014-2015) of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) and as SNFCC Grant Manager (2016-2020). Since 2020, she has been Chairwoman and Managing Director of the SNFCC. She has been a Member of the Board of Directors since January 2022. She is a Member of the Audit Committee and of the Corporate Governance, Sustainability and Nominations Committee.
Aspasia F. Palimeri
Year of birth: 1973
Nationality: Hellenic
Dimitris C. Tsitsiragos
Year of birth: 1963
Nationality: Hellenic
He holds a BA in Economics from Rutgers University and an MBA from the George Washington University. He completed the World Bank Group Executive Development Program at the Harvard Business School. He spent 28 years at the International Finance Corporation (IFC) – World Bank Group. He held progressive positions in the Oil, Gas and Mining and in the Central and Eastern Europe Departments, including the positions of Manager, Oil and Gas, and Manager, Manufacturing and Services, based in Washington, D.C., USA (1989-2002). Furthermore, he held director positions for South Asia (India), Global Manufacturing and Services (Washington, D.C.) and Middle East, North Africa and Southern Europe (Cairo, Egypt), overseeing IFC’s global and regional investment operations (2002-2011). In 2011, he was promoted to Vice President, EMENA region (Istanbul, Turkey) and in 2014 he was appointed Vice President Investments/Operations (Istanbul/Washington). He served as a Senior Advisor, Emerging Markets at Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO) in London, UK (2018-2022). He currently sits on the Board of Directors of Titan Cement International. He previously served as a non-executive independent Board member at the Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC), India and at the Commercial Bank of Ceylon (CBC), Sri Lanka. He has been a Member of the Board of Directors since July 2020. He is a Member of the Risk Management Committee and of the Remuneration Committee.
Jean L. Cheval
Year of birth: 1949
Nationality: French
He studied Engineering at the École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures, while he holds a DES (Diplôme d’Études Spécialisées) in Economics (1974) from the University of Paris I. Additionally he holds a DEA (Diplôme d’ Études Approfondies) in Statistics and a DEA in Applied Mathematics from the University of Paris VI. After starting his career at BIPE (Bureau d’Information et de Prévisions Économiques), he served in the French public sector (1978-1983) and then worked at Banque Indosuez-Crédit Agricole (1983-2001), wherein he held various senior management positions, including the positions of Chief Economist, Head of Corporate Planning and Head of Asset-based Finance and subsequently he became General Manager. He served as Chairman and CEO of the Banque Audi France (2002-2005) as well as Chairman of the Banque Audi Suisse (2002-2004). Furthermore, he served as Head of France at the Bank of Scotland (2005-2009). As of 2009 he has been working at Natixis in various senior management positions, such as Head of the Structured Asset Finance Department and Head of Finance and Risk, second “Dirigeant effectif” of Natixis, alongside the CEO. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of EFG-Hermes, Egypt, Chairman of the Steering Committee of Natixis Algérie and Chairman of the Natixis Foundation for Research and Innovation. He has been a Member of the Board of Directors since June 2018. He is Chair of the Risk Management Committee and a Member of the Audit Committee.
Carolyn G. Dittmeier
Year of birth: 1956
Nationality: Italian and US
She holds a BSc in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She is a Statutory Auditor, a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and a Certified Risk Management Assurance (CRMA) professional, focusing on the audit and risk management sectors. Additionally, she has obtained a Qualification in Internal Audit Leadership (QIAL). She commenced her career in the US at the auditing and consulting firm Peat Marwick & Mitchell (now KPMG) where she reached the position of Audit Manager, and subsequently assumed managerial responsibilities in the Montedison Group as Financial Controller and later as Head of Internal Audit. In 1999, she launched the practice of corporate governance services in KPMG Italy. Subsequently, she took on the role of Chief Internal Audit Executive of the Poste Italiane Group (2002-2014). She has carried out various professional and academic activities focusing on risk and control governance and has written two books. She was Vice Chair (2013-2014) and Director of the Institute of Internal Auditors (2007-2014), Chair of the European Confederation of Institutes of Internal Auditing (2011-2012) and Chair of the Italian Association of Internal Auditors (2004-2010). Furthermore, she served as Independent Director and Chair of the Risk and Control Committee of Autogrill SpA (2012-2017) as well as of Italmobiliare SpA (2014-2017). Since 2014 she has been Chair of the Board of Statutory Auditors of Assicurazioni Generali SpA and a member of the Boards and/or the Audit Committees of some non-financial companies (Moncler, Illycaffè). She has been a Member of the Board of Directors since January 2017. She is Chair of the Audit Committee and a Member of the Corporate Governance, Sustainability and Nominations Committee.
Richard R. Gildea
Year of birth: 1952
Nationality: British
He holds a BA in History from the University of Massachusetts (1974) and an MA in International Economics, European Affairs from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (1984). He served in JP Morgan Chase, in New York and London, from 1986 to 2015, wherein he held various senior management positions throughout his career. He was Emerging Markets Regional Manager for the Central and Eastern Europe Corporate Finance Group, London (1993-1997) and Head of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Restructuring, London (1997-2003). He also served as Senior Credit Officer in EMEA Emerging Markets, London (2003-2007) and Senior Credit Officer for JP Morgan’s Investment Bank Corporate Credit in EMEA Developed Markets, London (2007-2015), wherein, among others, he was Senior Risk Representative to senior committees. He is currently a member of the Board of Advisors at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Washington D.C., where he chairs the Finance Committee, as well as a member of Chatham House (the Royal Institute of International Affairs), London. He has been a Member of the Board of Directors since July 2016. He is Chair of the Remuneration Committee and a Member of the Risk Management Committee.
Elanor R. Hardwick
Year of birth: 1973
Nationality: British
She holds an MA (Cantab) from the University of Cambridge and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. She commenced her career in 1995 at the UK Government’s Department of Trade and Industry, focusing on the Communications and Information Industries policy, and subsequently held roles as a strategy consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton’s Tech, Media and Telco practice and with the Institutional Equity Division of Morgan Stanley. Since 2005, she has held various roles, including Global Head of Professional Publishing and Global Head of Strategy, Investment Advisory at Thomson Reuters (now Refinitiv). Afterwards, she joined the team founding FinTech startup Credit Benchmark, becoming its CEO (2012-2016). Then, she served as Head of Innovation at Deutsche Bank (2016-2018) and as Chief Digital Officer at UBS (2019-2020). Since 2018 she has served as a non-executive member of the Board of Directors of specialty (re)insurer Axis Capital, while she is also a member of the Risk Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. She served as a non-executive member of the Board of Directors of Itiviti Group AB (July 2020 - May 2021). She is an external member of the Audit Committee of the University of Cambridge as of January 2021, a member of the Advisory Board of Concirrus as of May 2021 and a member of the Supervisory Council of Luminor Group as of April 2022. She has been a Member of the Board of Directors since July 2020. She is Chair of the Corporate Governance, Sustainability and Nominations Committee and a Member of the Risk Management Committee.
Shahzad A. Shahbaz
Year of birth: 1960
Nationality: British
He holds a BA in Economics from Oberlin College, Ohio, U.S.A. He has worked at various banks and investment firms, since 1981, including the Bank of America (1981-2006), from which he left as Regional Head (Corporate and Investment Banking, Continental Europe, Emerging Europe, Middle East and Africa). He served as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NBD Investment Bank/Emirates NBD Investment Bank (2006-2008), and of QInvest (2008-2012). He is currently the Group CIO of Al Mirqab Holding Co. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of El Corte Inglés and of Seafox. He has been a Member of the Board of Directors since May 2014. He is Member of the Corporate Governance, Sustainability and Nominations Committee.
NON-EXECUTIVE MEMBER in accordance with Law 3864/2010
Johannes Herman Frederik G. Umbgrove
Year of birth: 1961
Nationality: Dutch
He holds an LL.M. in Trade Law (1985) from Leiden University and an MBA from INSEAD (The Business School for the World), Fontainebleau (1991). Additionally, he attended the IN-BOARD Non-Executive Directors Program at INSEAD. He worked at ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (1986-2008), wherein he held various senior management positions throughout his career. He served as Chief Credit Officer Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEEMEA) of the Global Markets Division at The Royal Bank of Scotland Group (2008-2010) and as Chief Risk Officer and member of the Management Board at Amsterdam Trade Bank N.V. (2010-2013). From 2011 until 2013 he was Group Risk Officer at Alfa Bank Group Holding and as of 2014 he has been a Risk Advisor at Sparrenwoude B.V. He has been a member of the Supervisory Board of Demir Halk Bank (Nederland) N.V. since 2016 and in 2018 he became the Chairman of the Supervisory Board thereof. He is currently the Chair of the Supervisory Board, of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee as well as a member of the Risk and Audit Committee and of the Related Party Transactions Committee of Demir Halk Bank N.V. Furthermore, since December 2019 he has been an independent member of the Supervisory Board and as of 1.1.2022 he has been the Chairman of the Audit Committee of Lloyds Bank GmbH. Additionally, he is a director of the Parel van Baarn Foundation and a member of the Management Committee of the Aston Martin Owners Club. He has been a Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors of the Bank, representing the Hellenic Financial Stability Fund, since April 2018. He is a Member of all the Committees of the Board of Directors.
SECRETARY
Eirini E. Tzanakaki
She was born in Chania in 1971. She studied Mathematics at the University of Crete and holds an MBA from the Cyprus International Institute of Management as well as an MSc in Finance and Banking from the Athens University of Economics and Business. From 1997 to 1999, she worked as a Senior Credit Officer at the Corporate Banking Division of Geniki Bank. Since 1999 she has been working for the Alpha Bank Group, initially as an Investment Banker in Alpha Finance and from 2006 until 2020 as an Associate Director of the Corporate Finance Division of Alpha Bank. She joined the Secretariat of the Board of Directors in May 2020 as an Assistant Manager of the Division. In December 2021, she was appointed Secretary of the Board of Directors. She has more than 20 years of professional experience in the investment banking industry in Greece, having participated in a large number of international and domestic capital market transactions as well as privatizations, Mergers and Acquisitions, tender offers and corporate restructurings.