Biographies

Andreas Vgenopoulos, Chairman - Executive Member
Mr. Vgenopoulos studied Law at the Law School of the University of Athens . He is a lawyer and founder of the law firm Vgenopoulos & Partners. He previously held the position of Human Resources Director in Thenamaris Shipping and is now the Vice President of the board of directors of Diagnostic & Therapeutic Center of Athens Ygeia S.A.. He is also the Vice President of MPB.

Manolis Xanthakis, Vice Chairman - Non-Executive Member
Mr. Xanthakis studied Economics, Business Administration and Finance in Athens and Toronto . He is a professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Athens . Mr. Xanthakis has worked as financial consultant in the Ministry of National Economy and served on the board of directors of ETBA Bank, the then state owned industrial development bank. He has also served as Chairman of the ATHEX, the Central Securities Depository and held the position of President of Ernst & Young Finance in Greece. He is a Member of the BoD of Marfin Popular Bank Public Co Ltd.

Dionyssios Malamatinas, Chief Executive Officer - Executive Member
Mr. Malamatinas has served as CEO of Burger King Corporation, CEO of Smirnoff Vodka, Chairman and founding CEO of Priceline Europe, CEO of Pepsi-Cola Italy, Area Vice-President of Pepsi-Cola Middle East region, President of Diageo plc Asia Pacific region and held various brand management positions with Procter & Gamble, where he started his career.
He currently serves on the following boards as a Non-Executive Director: SSP Group Ltd, Saxo Bank, Sbarro Inc, MidOcean Partners and Celio Group. He has previously served on the boards of Diageo plc as an Executive Director and Reuters plc, and as a Non-Executive Director and Chairman of Metro International.

George Efstratiades, Executive Member
Mr. Efstratiades studied Economics at the University of Athens and holds a Postgraduate degree in Finance and Investment from Exeter University . He was a Financial Analyst and General Manager at Proodos Greek Investment and a senior loan officer at Ergasias Bank. In MIG he holds the position of Chief Operating Officer.

Panaghiotis Throuvalas, Executive Member
Mr. Throuvalas studied Economics at the University of Athens and holds a Postgraduate degree in Economics from Manitoba University (Canada). Since 1982 he has been working in the field of Finance and Investments. He is Financial Director of the Theoharakis Group and a member of the board of directors of Egnatia Mutual Funds S.A., Egnatia Bank S.A. and the Metropolitan Hospital . From 1995 to 2006, Mr. Throuvalas was a member of the board of directors of Hyatt Regency (Hellas) S.A.

Areti Souvatzoglou, Non-Executive Member
Ms. Souvatzoglou is holder of a degree in French literature. Ms. Souvatzoglou is “HYGEIA GROUP” CEO, while she is member on the BoDs of “INVESTMENT BANK OF GREECE S.A.”, “VIVARTIA S.A.”, “ATTICA GROUP S.A.”, “GENESIS HOLDINGS”, “OLYMPIC AIR”, “OLYMPIC ENGINEERING”, “OLYMPIC HANDLING”, “MARFIN FOUNDATION”, “ΜITERΑ S.A”, and Chairman of the Executive Committee and Board Member of HYGEIA Group of companies. In 2000 she assumed the duties of Human Resources & Administrative Services Manager of “MARFIN INVESTMENT GROUP S.A. HOLDINGS” and Board Member of MIG Group of companies. She has worked for “CARRIER” and “INTERBANK”. She speaks French, English, Spanish and Portuguese.

George Lassados, Non-Executive Member
Mr. Lassados holds a B.Sc. from Queen Mary’s College (London) and an MBA City University (London). He was Vice Chairman of the board of directors in Alpha Trust S.A. and Hambros Hellenic Mutual Funds Management S.A., a member of the board of directors in Hambros Bank Limited and a Non Executive Member of the board of directors in Marfin S.A. and Marfin Bank S.A. Since 1996 he has been Senior Administrative Officer at Union Bancaire Privee, and a member of its Management Committee and Credit Audit Committee in its London branch.

Fotios Karatzenis, Non-Executive Member
Dr. Fotios Karatzenis was born in 1964. He graduated from the Law School at the University of Athens and received a Legum Magister (LL.M.) as well as a Doktor Juris (Dr. Jur.) from the University of Freiburg i. Br. (F.R. Germany). He has been a Research Fellow in the University of Freiburg i. Br., Deputy Managing Partner in a reputable Athens Law Firm. Today he is Legal Advisor – Head of the Legal Department of MARFIN Group. Dr Karatzenis has instructed seminars and has a series of publications in the area of Capital Markets, damages, unfair contract terms and private international Law. Dr. Fotios Karatzenis speaks English and German.

Constantinos Los, Independent Non-Executive Member
Mr. Los holds a postgraduate degree in Economics (M.A.Econ., Tufts U. ) and Engineering (M.S.M.E., Tufts U. , B.S.Mfg.E., Boston U. ). He has worked in Boston as an Engineer in Teledyne Engineering Services and in Thermo Electron Corp. He was also Vice Chairman of Vrontados Shipping Co. and a founding member of the board of directors of American Radio Corp. in Boston . Since 2002 he has been a member of the board of directors in Delta Energy S.A. as well as a member of the board of directors and committees in MIG.

Marcos Foros, Independent Non-Executive Member
Mr. Foros studied Economics at the London School of Economics and holds an MBA from Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration (). Boston ). He has worked at the First National Bank of Chicago, Chandris Group, and has held positions as Chief Executive Officer, Financial Director and Vice Chairman at Celebrity Cruises Inc. and member of the Board of Directors of Chandris Group.

Costas Grammenos, Independent Non-Executive Member
Mr. Grammenos holds an Economics degree from Panteion University , Athens , a postgraduate degree in Finance from Bangor University (Wales) and a PhD in Shipping and Finance from City University . In 1983 he founded the Shipping, Trade and Finance Department at City University and has been its head ever since. He has also been President of the Management Team of International Hellenic University in Thessaloniki since 2006. Mr Grammenos is the author of many significant works, while he has also been a member and chairman of several committees and councils in Greece and abroad. He is a professor and Pro-Vice Chancellor at City University , London and Vice Dean at Cass Business School (London).

Alexandros Edipidis, Independent Non-Executive Member
Mr. Edipidis studied Hotel Management in Switzerland and has worked in the hotel industry since 1977. He organised the establishment of the first Holiday Inn hotel in Greece . Since 1977, his main activities focus on the shipping industry and currently he works at Bariba Corporation Shipping Company.