MANAGEMENT

The present Board of Directors was elected by decision of the Ordinary General Meeting of the company’s shareholders on 01/07/2021. The composition of the Board of Directors is the following:

Peristeris Georgios - Executive BoD Member, Chairman of the BoD and Chief Executive Officer
Born in Athens in 1957, he received his degree in Civil Engineering in 1980 from the National Technical University of Athens.
His professional involvement with TERNA S.A. began in the early 80s. From 1982 to 1984 he was the Director of Construction of important Hydraulic and Railway projects. In 1984 he assumed the duties of President and CEO of TERNA SA. Since 1997 he has been developing intense business activities in the field of Renewable Energy Sources (RES) through the establishment of TERNA ENERGY.
It is also worth noting that Mr. Peristeris is the President of the Hellenic Association of Electricity Producers from RES. (HELASRES) since 2000.
He is also a BoD member of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises.
Capralos Spyridon - Independent Non-Executive Member, Vice-Chairman BoD, Lead Independent Director
He was born in 1955 in Athens. He studied Economics at the University of Athens, and received a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from INSEAD University in France. He speaks fluent English, French and Italian.
He is the President of the Shipping Company Star Bulk Carriers and the Managing Director of the Shipping Company OceanBulk Containers, while he is the Chairman of the Board of Euroclinic. He has served as Deputy Governor of the National Bank of Greece, President of ETEVA, President of Astir Insurance Company, CEO of EPIRUS SA, CEO of EFG Balkan Investments and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank of Athens, after a ten-year banking career as Vice President of the Bankers Trust Company (Paris, New York, Athens, Milan, London). In October 2004 he assumed the duties of President of the Athens Stock Exchange and CEO of the companies of the HELEX group, positions in which he remained until October 2010. At the same time, in June 2008 he was elected President of the European Stock Exchanges Association.
As an athlete he participated with the National Water Polo Team in the Olympic Games in Moscow in 1980 and Los Angeles in 1984 (a total of 154 international participations), while he was Greek and Balkan champion in swimming from 1969 to 1975. He is President of the Greek Olympic Committee from February 2009 and was recently re-elected for a third consecutive term (2017-2020). He has been a Member of the Executive Committee of the European Olympic Committees since 2010, a member of the Culture and Olympic Heritage Committee of the International Olympic Committee, and Chairman of the Coordinating Committee for the European Games in Baku (2015) and Minsk (2019). He participated in the Plenary Session of the Hellenic Olympic Committee in the period 1992-1996 and served as Head of the Greek Mission to the Atlanta Olympic Games. In addition, he was the Director of Sports of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games Claim Committee and a Member of the Board of Directors of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games Organizing Committee. As well as an Authorized Consultant of the Organizing Committee, while he also held the position of Deputy Head of Operations Management of Games. In March 2004, he was appointed as Secretary General of the Olympic Games of the Ministry of Culture by decision of the Prime Minister and was appointed City Manager during the Olympic Games.
Tamvakakis Apostolos -  Non-Executive Member, Vice –Chairman BoD
He was born in Athens in 1957. He is a graduate of the Athens University of Economics and holds an M.A. in Econometrics from the Saskatchewan University in Canada.
He is the Founder and Managing Partner of EOS Capital Partners, the investment manager of “EOS Hellenic Renaissance Fund”, the biggest greek private equity fund.
He has served as Chief Executive Officer of the National Bank of Greece, as Independent non-executive Vice Chairman of the BoD of Piraeus Bank, as Head of Strategy and Business Development on the management team of the Geneva-based Latsis Group, as Chairman and Managing Director of Lamda Development, as Deputy CEO of National Bank of Greece and Chairman of ETEVA, as Deputy Governor of National Mortgage Bank of Greece, as Deputy General Manager of ABN AMRO Bank, as Manager of Investment Banking at Hellenic Investment Bank and as Planning Executive at Mobil Oil Hellas.
Today he holds the positions of Vice Chairman of Plaisio Computers, Member of the BoD of Quest Holdings, Euroseas Ltd, Eurodry Ltd, Minerva SA Edible Oils and Food Enterprises, Eurocatering SA, ERGO Insurance Company, Member of the Board of Trustees of the Hellenic American University, Chairman of the Liquidations Committee of PQH Single Special Liquidation S.A and member of the Marketing Commission of the Hellenic Olympic Committee.
Gourzis Michail - Executive BoD Member
He was born in Lefkada in 1940. In 1965 he graduated from the Athens School of Engineering. He worked as a freelancer - Contractor of Public Works from 1969 to 1976. He holds an MEK D’ class degree and since 1977 he has been managing projects of TERNA SA., by participating since then in a number of major infrastructure projects as head of the construction sector, while since 2002 he is a Chief Executive Officer and Executive Member of the Board of Directors of TERNA SA and GEK TERNA SA. He is Executive Vice President of GEK TERNA Group since 2011 and Chairman of the Board of Directors of TERNA SA since 2019. He also holds the position of non-executive member of TERNA ENERGY and the position of Vice President in TERNA MAG, a company active in the mining sector. He has participated in a number of Corporate Social Responsibility actions throughout Greece, covering needs for the benefit of local communities in the geographical areas where major infrastructure projects are being carried out.
Lazaridou Penelope - Executive Director, Executive BoD Member
Ms. Lazaridou is a graduate of the Athens University of Economics and Business (ASOE Department of Business Administration) and holds an M.Sc. in Finance from the University of Strathclyde (UK).
She has more than 25 years of experience in the banking sector, holding for over 10 years the position of General Manager in the fields of Corporate and Investment Banking. At the same time - and in the context of the above responsibilities – she has successfully served (i) Chairman of the Board of subsidiaries and (ii) an executive member in senior committees of Banks. Through the above roles she has made a dynamic contribution to the rapid development of the country's infrastructure and renewable energy sources.
In 2017 she joined the GEK TERNA Group, assuming the position of General Manager of Financial Services with the main object (i) the determination of the financial strategy and (ii) the management of business risks.
Ms. Lazaridou is a member of the Executive Committee of the ICC (Hellas International Chamber of Commerce) women and member of the WOMEN OF BOARDS (WOB) Harvard Business School.
Benopoulos Angelos - Executive Director, Executive BoD Member
He was born in Athens in 1958. As an entrepreneur he has been active in the fields of construction, renewable energy sources, Real Estate and business - freight parks since 1995. He has experience in managing large companies and handling corporate affairs. With studies at the National Technical University of Athens and further training at the Athens University of Economics and Business, he started his career in technical projects working with the international technical company ARCHIRODON for five years and then worked as a freelancer until 1995, when he became the Founder and Chairman of the DOMIKI ANAPTYXI Group in which the companies DOMIKI ANAPTYXI SA, ILIOCHORA SA, DIKEVE SA, participated as well as the public works company ERGODYNAMIKI SA, which he was acquired in 1999, companies that were merged with the groups GEK and TERNA in 2002. As a result of this merger, he has since been a member of the top management of the GEK TERNA Group. He served as an Executive Director of the Board in TERNA since 2002 and since 2011 he is the Executive Vice Chairman of the GEK TERNA Group and senior executive of TERNA with executive responsibilities, such as those in matters of organizational structure, corporate governance, regulatory issues and the overall supervision at the General Management level, of Human Resources and Informatics & Technology. He is responsible for the Group’s Personal Data Service, of the IT PM Office and is the head of the IT Steering Committee for the digital transformation of the group, while he has been appointed head of the Incident Management Body with the responsibility of preparing and operating the Business Continuity Plan. Finally, he has served for many years as Corporate Secretary and member of the Nominations and Remuneration Committee.
Since 2008 he is head of the subsidiary VIPATHE SA and President of the body that manages the BUSINESS PARK OF THESSALONIKI.
Since 2018 he is Vice Chairman of the HELLENIC ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS PARKS. Since 2020, he has been an elected Member of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises General Council, while for the last decade he has been a member of several Steering Committees and Committees of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises, working on spatial planning, networks and infrastructure, business parks, supply chain, licensing, corporate governance. For a decade, he served as member of the Board of the Center for European Constitutional Law (CECL). He has been honored with distinctions for his scientific and social activities by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of National Defense and the Municipality of Athens.
Souretis Petros - Executive Director, Executive BoD Member
Born in Kavala in 1969. Studied Civil Engineering at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and continued his postgraduate studies at the City University of London in 1994 and since 2004 holds an MBA degree from the Athens University of Economics and Business.
Until 2003 was a director of the HELLENIC TECHNODOMIKI-TEB Group. He was INTRAKAT’s CEO from 2003 to July 2022 and Member of the BoD of INTRALOT SA Group from 2008 to 2019. Since 2010 he holds the position of CEO of KEKROPS SA and from 2019-2022 served as Vice Chairman of the BoD of ATHENS RESORT CASINO HOLDINGS SA and HELLENIC CASINO SA. At the same time, he held executive positions in subsidiaries of the INTRACOM HOLDINGS Group until 2022, while from 2014 to 2020 served as President of Church’s Real Estate Development Company SA of the Holy Archdiocese of Athens. In 2022 was elected Executive Member of the Board of Directors of GEK TERNA.
Lamprou Konstantinos - Executive BoD Member
Konstantinos Lamprou was born in Athens in 1974. He holds a Ms in Business Administration and has also studied Journalism and Public Relations & Management. He has been working for GEK TERNA Group since 2008, holding the position of  the General Manager of Corporate Relations and Sustainability. He has also been an Executive Director of the Group in Bulgaria (2009 - 2018) and a member of the BoD of Group’s subsidiaries. In the period 2012 - 2014 he held the position of the Vice President of the Hellenic Business Council of Bulgaria. In the past he had worked as a communications consultant with the Greek Government and as a journalist in various media.
Moustakas Emmanuel - Executive BoD Member
He was born in Athens in 1974 and graduated from the School of Civil Engineering of the NTUA in 1998.
He worked as a freelancer in the design, supervision and construction of private projects until 2003, when he began his collaboration with the Group (TERNA SA), initially as a construction engineer and then in project management positions.
Since 2005 he is active mainly in the fields of energy and concessions. He is a member of the Board of affiliated companies of the GEK TERNA Group.
Antonakos Dimitrios - Non-Executive Member
Born in Athens in 1952, graduated from Varvakeios High School in Athens, obtained B.Sc. in Engineering Surveying from the Polytechnic School of Thessaloniki (Aristoteleio) and a second B.Sc. in Civil Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), while holds the highest classification grade (4th Grade) in the Greek Engineering Association.
Started his professional career from GEK S.A. in 1979 and become a member of the Board of Directors in 1981; from 2000 until 2019 was an Executive Member of the BoD of TERNA S.A. (Chairman of BoD between 2011 and 2016), while since 2005 was heading the Group’s activities in the MENA region.
Chronologically, his participation in the management of GEK TERNA Group:
* From 1981 to 2004 Executive Member of the BoD of GEK.S.A.
* From 2000 to 2019 Executive Member of the BoD of TERNA S.A. (Chairman of BoD 2011-2016)
* From 2011 to 2015 Executive Vice President and from 2015 to date Executive Member of the BoD of GEKTERNA S.A.
From 2017 to date, he holds the position of Chief Compliance Officer, while since 2019 he also holds the position of Chief Risk Officer of GEKTERNA Group of Companies. Throughout his engagement with the Group, he has been representing GEKTERNA Group in his capacity as corporate manager and/or BoD member in various subsidiaries and affiliated companies both in Greece as well as overseas.
Afentoulis Dimitrios - Non-Executive Member
In 1993 he joined the Internal Audit Department of the Latsis Group. From 1997 to 2012 he worked as Assistant General Manager of the Latsis Group in Greece. From November 2005 until today he is a Member of the Executive Board of the Ioannis S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation, in which he served as Secretary until March 2019. From February 2012 to November 2016 he was a Member of the Board of Directors of the National Bank of Greece and chaired the Corporate Governance and Nominations Committee of the Bank, while he was a member of the Audit, Strategy and Human Resources and Remuneration Committees. From the beginning of 2018 until July 2020, he was a non-executive member of the Board of Directors of Lamda Development as well as a member of the Audit Committee of the company. Today he holds the position of CEO of Latsco Family Office, representing the interests of the family of Mrs. Marianna I. Latsi. He is a non-executive member of the Board of Directors of VIVA Wallet and VIVA Bank and participates, in various capacities, in several Boards of Directors of companies and institutions in Greece and abroad. He studied Business Administration & Accounting at the Athens University of Economics and Business and holds a Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the Athens University of Economics and Business.
Apkarian Gagik - Independent Non-Executive Member
Mr Apkarian has over 20 years of experience in private equity, venture capital, management consulting & investment banking in the U.S, Europe, Middle East and Australia. He is a judge on Harvard University’s “Innovation Challenge” and a visiting speaker at business schools and international conferences on businesses in transition and direct investment.
Mr Apkarian is the founder and CEO of Tetrad Capital Partners, a special situations & growth firm based in London with global operations. The firm has a broad approach, with its recent focus on telecom, media, technology, oil & gas, alternative energy, construction, infrastructure and general industrial.
Prior to Tetrad, Mr. Apkarian was the co-founder and General Partner at Vulcan Capital – the investment office of Paul Allen (co-founder of Microsoft). He built the team and established the processes to develop & implement a dual mandate: restructuring a diverse $10Bn+ portfolio of legacy public, private equity, and venture investments, and pursuing a range of investments in private equity, public securities, and infrastructure. He was a member of board of directors of these companies and a member of Vulcan’s Investment Committee
Prior to Vulcan Capital he was an investment banker with Morgan Stanley in London. During his career in New York and London he executed over $100bn of M&A, restructuring and financing transactions. Earlier Mr. Apkarian worked at McKinsey in New York and Australia with an emphasis on strategy, turnarounds, and operational consolidation.
Mr. Apkarian holds degrees in mathematics, physics, and electrical engineering with first-class honours. He also holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Delikoura Aikaterini - Independent Non-Executive Member
C-level Risk Management and Compliance Manager, with more than 20 years of banking experience, focusing on the markets of Central and Southeastern Europe, the United Kingdom, the USA, Turkey and Egypt. She is Director General of Regulatory Compliance Risk Management at the Bank of the Council of Europe, a European transnational Bank specializing in the financing of large projects. She is a Member of the Executive Committee, Risk, Compliance, Finance and ESG Committees. She is the Central Investigator of Financial Crime, Fraud and Corruption, in charge of Business Ethics and Personal Data Protection.
She has served as Group International Risk Head, at the EFG EUROBANK Group, at the Central and Eastern Europe, UK and Luxembourg, EFG Representative at the EBCI Vienna Initiative, Member of the Board of Directors of EUROBANK TEKFEN AS in Turkey, General Secretary of the EFG Group Risk Committee and Chairman of the Risk Committees of the EFG subsidiaries in Bulgaria, Serbia, Cyprus and Turkey.
She has been the Group Head of International Risk at the PIRAEUS BANK Group, in Central and Eastern Europe, United Kingdom, USA and Egypt, member of the Mergers and Acquisitions Committee and member of the BoD of TIRANA LEASING SA. She has worked at ALPHA BANK, as a Senior Risk Officer and started her banking career at ABN AMRO BANK in the Corporate Risk Department.
She holds an MBA degree from the ALBA Graduate Business School and a Law Degree from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, registered with the Athens Bar Association. She is also a Certified Financial Investigator and Certified Data Protection Officer. In 2019 she received the international award ‘Woman Chief Compliance Officer 2019, IFIs and Private Sector’. She speaks English, French, Spanish and Italian.
Skordas Athanasios - Independent Non-Executive Member
He was born in 1965. He studied at the Athens University of Economics and Business (ASOEE) obtaining a degree in Economics with a specialization in International Economic Relations. He was active in the field of private insurance and in the financial sector.
From 2015 to December 2019, he was President and CEO of the listed company, SELONTA SA, in which he successfully contributed to the achievement of the company's consolidation goals, the absorption of third companies as well as the completion of its sales processes by the systemic banks to the joint venture Amerra Capital Management (US) - Mubadala Private Equity (UAE).
For two years he served as Deputy Minister of Development, Competitiveness, Infrastructure, Transport and Networks with responsibility for Trade and Industry, Secretary General of the Ministry of Development, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance with responsibility for tax and customs affairs, Customs and Customs Region of Central Greece.
He has been a lecturer at seminars at the Hellenic Institute of Insurance Studies, as well as at the Institute of Financial Studies.
He has been distinguished for his social action and Corporate Social Responsibility actions by actively participating in Boards of Directors of recognized associations, while, among other things, he has been honored in 2019 with the gold award "Health & Safety Awards" for his activities for the consolidation of corporate health culture and employee safety. He has also recently been honored with the "Top Industrial Export Company" award.
Staikou Sophia - Independent Non-Executive Member
She studied Political Science at Panteion University and Industrial Psychology at the University of Sussex in England.
She worked at Citibank, at the Bank of Greece, at the Minister of Finance in the Government of National Unity (1974) and then at the Office of the then Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis.
From 1981 she worked at the IONIAN BANK, at the Marketing and Public Relations Department, at the Press Office of the Ministry of Environment, Spatial Planning and Public Works and at the Solid Advertising Company.
From 1992 to 2000 she took over the Personnel, Promotion & Communications Department of Piraeus Bank as the General Manager and from 2002 until 2018 she was the President of the Piraeus Group Cultural Foundation and the Bank's Corporate Responsibility Manager, implementing pioneering actions with a strong environmental and social footprint that later formed the basis for compliance with the ESG criteria.
Since 2019 she is Vice President of the Board of Directors of LYKTOS HOLDING and deals with the business activities of the Group and following her placement in 2020, she is the President of the company SEMELI WINERY. Since 2021 she holds the position of President and CEO of the same company.

 

  • Executive Members are company’s top executives, responsible for the implementation of its objectives.
  • Non-Executive and Independent non Executive Members are people with objective thinking, responsible for securing corporate governance.
  • The Members of the BoD are of Hellenic Citizenship, except for Mr. Gagik Apkarian, who is an Australian citizen.