Andreas Taprantzis has been the CEO of Avis since November 2014. He planned and completed the radical reorganization of the Company with a view to its sale by Piraeus Bank. The transaction took place in 2017 at €325m. (EV) and was among the largest in the country. He continued in the same position with the new shareholders, establishing AVIS at the top in the country’s car market. Prior to his current position, he was the Executive Director of the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), from its inception in August 2011 until November 2014. He was responsible for the development of private public real estate, which included airports, ports, marinas, hotels and large tracts of land. During its tenure, HRADF implemented contracts amounting to €12.5 billion, such as the Hellinikon contract, Asteras Vouliagmenis and Regional Airports, attracting multiple secondary investments. In 2009, he was appointed COO and Managing Director of Retail Banking at TT Hellenic Postbank. In December 2010, he assumed the duties of An. Managing Director of T Bank (a subsidiary of TT). From 2005 to 2009, he was CEO of Hellenic Post (ELTA), while at the same time he was a member of the Board of Directors of Hellenic Postbank and Chairman of the Audit Committee. During his tenure, ELTA was profitable with a turnover of more than €600 million. and profits of €50m. annually, as a result of radical reorganization and investment in new technologies. His work at ELTA has been internationally recognized. In August 2008, he was elected by the 192 Postal Companies of the world, Chairman of the Universal Postal Council (POC) of the International Postal Union (UPU), a UN agency based in Bern, for the period 2008 to 2012. From July 2019 to June 2021 he was a member of the Board of Directors of Attica Bank, as well as Chairman of the Risk Management Committee. From June 2021 to November 2024 he was an independent non-executive member of the Board of Directors of TERNA ENERGY S.A. Dr. Taprantzis holds a degree in Chemical Engineering (MSc) and a PhD from the National Technical University of Athens, in the area of automatic regulation of systems with artificial intelligence (AI) models. He has an MBA and an AMP certificate from INSEAD.