BOARD OF DIRECTORS CVs
Mr. Samios holds a Master's degree in Banking and Financial Risk Management from Nord XIII University in Paris. He also holds a degree in Business Administration, specializing in Accounting from the Athens University of Economics and Business.
Dr. Panayotis Alexakis is a Professor of Managerial Economics and Markets at the Department of Economics, of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He has been a scholar of the "Alexander S. Onassis" Public Benefit Foundation. He has also taught at the Department of Business Administration of the University of the Aegean, at the Economic University of Athens, at the Hellenic and Cypriot Open Universities, and in business education programs.
During his career, he has also dealt with issues relating to the cooperation between universities and enterprises. He has also worked as a consultant or executive in commercial entities.
He has been chairman and CEO at the Athens Derivatives Exchange and the Athens Stock Exchange.
He has participated in scientific conferences with papers and has published articles in scientific journals. Currently, he serves as the scientific director of the Master’s Program, with specialization in Internal Audit, and also as the Director of the Center for Financial Studies in the Department of Economics of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Mr. Periklis Dontas carries extended experience for more than 32 years in senior positions in Private Banking and Insurance Sector in Greece and abroad. He has worked as Business Consultant in KPMG Advisors S.A. specialized in Risk Management Consulting and Business Development.
He has been member of the Board of Directors and Deputy CEO in EFG Eurobank S.A, in Poland. In addition, he has served as Vice President and Head of Bancassurance in AIG Life, one of the leading Insurance companies worldwide, and held the position of the General Manager of ING Bank NV. for several years.
He is currently serving as a Board member representative of HFSF in Piraeus Bank and an Audit Committee Member in Piraeus Bank SA. He holds an MSc in Economics from Essex University, UK.
Mr. Georgios Ioannidis before joining the BoD of Folli Follie he was CEO and Management Consultant of Lifecell Ventures a subsidiary of Turkcell.
Before this, he has been an ITC consultant in Turkey, Greece, Bosnia, and FYR of Macedonia. In Turkey, he was Executive Board Member and Management Consultant of Unisystems Turkey.
In the last 25 years, Mr. Ioannidis has been active as a Chairman of BoD, Board Member, CEO, and CTO in Telecom Companies in the Balkans and Azerbaijan.
Mr. Ioannidis was born and raised in Istanbul. He got his BSc in Electrical Engineering from Bogazici University and his MSc from UMass at Lowell. He is fluent in three languages (English, Greek, and Turkish) and has working abilities with French, Azeri, and Romanian.
Mr. George Momferratos is a seasoned Corporate Finance professional and has held various executive roles over 27 years in New York (with Mobil Oil and Royal Cruise Lines) and Athens (with Egnatia Bank, Factoring Hellas, and the National Bank of Greece).
Before founding the private alternative investment advisory firm, Diorasis International SA, he was a partner with Ernst & Young, heading the Transaction Advisory Services Teams across Central and Southeastern Europe between 2002 and 2012.
George holds a BSc degree from Leicester University, and an MSc from the London School of Economics.
Mr. Ilias Pentazos is an economist, with many years of experience in management. He has worked for many years abroad as high-level manager in the European Commission, for the Permanent Representation of Greece to the European Union, in the World Trade Organization and for the Investment Bank Morgan Stanley.
He has served as a counselor/expert in the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Development and Ministry of Defense. He also served as General Secretary of the Ministry of Finance and as President of the Public Debt Management Agency.
Mr. Zhang G. Haolei has many years of experience as Senior Investment Director and executive representative of Fosun International Group in Greece. From 2005 to 2011, he served in the consular and commercial office of the Consulate General of Greece in Shanghai. Mr. Zhang holds BA and MA degrees from Shanghai International Studies University, China. He is fluent in three languages (English, Greek and Chinese).