Christos Megalou
Board position
Executive Board Member
Board appointment
December 2020
Executive position
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Executive committees membership
Chair of the Group Executive Committee Chair of the Asset-Liability Management Committee (ALCO) Chair of the ESG & Corporate Responsibility Committee Chair of the Transformation Committee Chair of the Emergency Humanitarian Relief Committee Member of the AI Committee
Joined Piraeus Bank
2017
PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATION
| 2016 | Advent International, Senior Advisor, London |
| 2015 to 2016 | Fairfax Financial Holdings, Senior Advisor, Toronto & London |
| 2013 to 2015 | Eurobank Ergasias S.A., CEO, Athens, Greece |
| 1997 to 2013 | Credit Suisse Group, Investment Banking, Vice-Chairman of Southern Europe, Co-Head of Investment Banking for Southern Europe, Managing Director, London |
| 1989 to 1997 | Barclays de Zoete Wedd, Director, Athens & London |
| 1986 to 1989 | Agricultural Bank of Greece, Internal Audit Division, Athens, Greece |
| 1984 to 1986 | Arthur Andersen, Athens, Greece |
OTHER MEMBERSHIPS
| 2025 to present | Hellenic Bank Association, BoD Vice Chairman |
| 2025 to present | Hellenic Observatory - Centre for Research on Contemporary Greece and Cyprus, Advisory Board Member |
| 2023 to present | Department of Finance & Banking Administration, School of Finance & Statistics, Advisory Board Member |
| 2022 to present | Snappi Bank S.A., BoD Chairman |
| 2022 to present | Association of S.A. and Entrepreneurship, A’ BoD Vice-Chairman |
| 2016 to present | American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce, BoD Member |
| 2016 to present | Global Federation Competitiveness Councils, Washington D.C., USA, Distinguished Fellow |
| 2016 to present | Safe Bulkers Inc, Independent Non-Executive Board Member |
| 2014 to present | Parents Leadership Council at Northeastern University, Boston, USA, Member |
| 2021 to 2025 | Hellenic Bank Association, Non-Executive BoD Member |
| 2013 to 2015 | Hellenic Bank Association, Greece, Deputy Chair |
| 2010 to 2013 | Hellenic Bankers Association, UK, Chairman |
| 1993 to 1997 | British Hellenic Chamber of Commerce, Greece, Deputy Chairman |
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS
- MBA in Finance, University of Aston, Birmingham, UK, 1982
- BSc in Economics, University of Athens, Greece, 1981
- Honorary Doctorate, University of Piraeus, Greece