#ΗΑΤ2024
4th International Treasury Summit

6 September 2024, Athens, Greece

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For the 4th year since the foundation of the No1 Treasury & Finance Community of Greece, it is my absolute honor and pleasure to welcome you to the #HAT2024 – 4th International Treasury Summit, Greece’s Crown Jewel Treasury event registration webpage.

On September 6th, we will host International Treasurers and an exquisite lineup of speakers from around the world in Athens, the lighthouse capital city of democracy.

We are very much looking forward to welcoming our distinguished members, honorable sponsors, esteemed guests, and the wider Greek and International business community from overseas interested in the Greek Market and its immense potential.

Welcome to Greece!

Alexandros G. Koliavras

HAT President

For Registration click HERE

Agenda

1. Registration & Breakfast

08:30 - 09:00

4. Empowering Finance: Harnessing New Technologies and Connectivity Strategies for Enhanced Treasury Operations

09:55-10:40

Moderator: Iliana Angelakis, HAT Secretary and BoD member

Panelists:

- Michal Czerniecki, Head of Presales - CEE & ME&A, Kyriba
- Dr. Jacques Yana Mbena, TIS

- Luca Crivellari, Sales Executive Greece, FIS

- Gilles Bonlong, Director, Centrus / TitanTreasury

7. Transforming Treasury Operations: Deep Dive into Solutions and Best Practices

11:30-12:00

Moderators:

- Manos Valsamakis, Treasury Manager, Kaizen Gaming

- Sotiris Agious, Financial Controlling Manager - Treasurer, SARKK. S.A.

Speakers:

- George Panou, Head of Innovation Center, Eurobank

- Olympia Kritsotaki, Head of Transaction Banking Solutions, Eurobank

10. Asset Management: A journey between Risk, Return and Sustainability

12:30-13:00

Moderator: Konstantinos Andritsopoulos, Head of Treasury, Volton

Panelists:
- Sandrine Rougeron, Global Head of Corporate Clients & Corporate Pension Funds & Head of Liquidity Solutions Sales, Amundi

- Daniele Curci, Head of Investment Specialists and Business Development - Liquidity Solutions, Amundi
- Maria Nefeli Bernitsa, Partner Bernitsas Law Firm

13. Hercules' 13th task: Greek NPLs

14:30-15:15

Moderators: Gerasimos Papaleventis, Head of Control and Monitoring, Bank Treasury, FIMBank plc

Chariton Papatriantafyllou, CFA, Strategy & Investments Officer, Alpha Bank
Panelists:

- Nicola De Caro, Sector Lead, European Financial Institution Ratings, Morningstar DBRS

- Vasilis Kosmas, Chief Financial Officer, Alpha Bank
- Apostolos Kazakos, General Manager Group Strategy, Eurobank

16. Transfer Pricing for the Treasury function

16:15-16:35

Speaker:
- Elina Chronopoulou, Partner International Tax- Transfer Pricing service line, EY Greece

19. HAT Awards 2024

17:40-18:00

Presenters:

- Alexandros Koliavras, HAT President

- Iliana Angelakis, HAT Secretary

- Chariton Papatriantafyllou, HAT Treasurer

22. 4th HAT International Treasury Summit Dinner & Drinks at Fuga

18:45-22:00

Accessible to all Summit participants

2. Opening Remarks

09:00-09:20
Speaker: Alexandros Koliavras, HAT President and BoD Member,

Director, Head of Treasury Finance & Finance Transformation, ING Americas

5. How Treasurers achieve enterprise-wide consensus for a TMS project?

10:40-11:00

Moderator: Gabriella Apergi, Senior Manager SEE, Kyriba

Speaker: Michal Czerniecki, Head of Presales - CEE & ME&A, Kyriba

8. European Debt Capital Markets and Credit Quality – Are we Finally Back to Normal?

12:00-12:15

Speaker: Alex Griffiths, Managing Director, Head of Corporate Ratings, Fitch Ratings

11. Gauging credit quality through times of change

13:00-13:30

Speakers:

- Anke Rindermann, Managing Director, European Corporate Ratings Morningstar DBRS

- Suneil Ramesh, Vice President, European Corporate Ratings, Morningstar DBRS

14. Optimizing FX Hedging and Automation

15:15-15:50

Moderator: Eva Gallou, Head of Treasury, Upstream

Panelists:

- Ioannis Seimenis, Head of Sales / Markets, Eurobank

- Kerim Sunguroglu, Business Client Advisory Services Manager, 360T

17. Coffee Break

16:35-17:05

Enjoy a typical Greek networking coffee break session with coffee, juice, bakery, cookies, and muffins!

A great time to socialize with professionals!

20. Closing Remarks & Strategy

18:00-18:15

Presenter:

Alexandros Koliavras, HAT President

3. Unlocking the mysteries of Cash Management: Daily Dynamics, Modern Structures & Future Skills.

09:20-09:55
Moderator: Nantia Protogeraki, Treasury Director, TDG

Panelists:
- Alexandros Bellos, Treasury Director, PVH
- Iliana Angelaki, HAT Secretary and BoD member

- Kostas Apostolidis, Incoming & Outgoing Payments Senior Manager, OTE Group

- Vasilis Mitropoulos, Senior Manager, EY

6. Coffee Break

11:00-11:30

Enjoy a typical Greek networking coffee break session with coffee, juice, bakery, cookies, and muffins!

A great time to socialize with professionals!

9. ESG and Sustainable Finance Update

12:15-12:30

Speaker: Craig Gosnell, Senior Director, ESG/Sustainability, Sustainable Fitch

12. Lunch Break

13:30-14:30

- Lunch will be provided for all the participants at the Sponsors' Hall

choose between peking duck rolls with sauce hoisin raspberry, arancini with mushrooms & truffle-scented lentils, and tomato jam dip, "san pastitsio" Macaroni paccheri with Beef ragout and parmesan béchame, and yokitori salmon, baked in Orange Miso caramel.

- Lunch will be followed by dessert of choice amongst: fruit salade, chessecake, chocolate tarte, and mont blanc with cremeux chestnut and aged rum

15. Trade Credit Insurance & Surety Bonds: Two powerful financial tools to increase business profitability and sales growth.

15:50-16:15

Moderator: François Masquelier, Chair of EACT

Panelists:

- Theresa Skarlatou, CEO Allianz Trade in Greece

- Philip Neighorn, Managing Director, European Surety Leader & Global Accounting Leader, Marsh

18. Impact of blockchain based solutions for Treasury & Finance

17:05-17:40

Moderator: Panagiotis Ziampras, CFA, Corporate Treasury Associate, BlackRock

Panelists:

- Kostas Stathopoulos, Partner, Assurance Services, EY Greece

- Chryssa Markopoulou, Director, Finance Consulting, EY Greece

- Vassilios Pierrakos, Partner, Innovation Leader in Greece & CESA South Cluster, EY

- George Samakovitis, Professor of FinTech, University of Greenwich

21.HAT General Assembly

18:15-18:45

Only for HAT members

Speakers

Eurobank

Apostolos Kazakos

Apostolos Kazakos, General Manager, Group Strategy, Eurobank SA

Mr. Kazakos has also served as Deputy CEO, Eurobank Equities, the investment banking and
brokerage arm of Eurobank Group (May 2010 – August 2013), Assistant General Manager, Head of Group Strategy & Investment Relations, National Bank of Greece (August 2014 – March 2015), General Manager and Head of the Investment Banking, Restructuring & Capital Investment Division,
General Bank, Piraeus Group (September 2013 – July 2014), Senior Executive and eventually Head of the Investment Banking Division, Eurobank Equities and Telesis Bank (January 1998 – May 2010).

He holds an MSc in International Securities, Investment and Banking, International Securities Market Association (ISMA) from the University of Reading, UK and a Degree in Accounting, Faculty of
Administration & Finance from the International University of Greece.

Eurobank

Olympia Kritsotaki

Olympia Kritsotaki Head of Transaction Banking Solutions in Corporate and Investment Banking in Eurobank. She is responsible for designing and formulating the offering for all Transaction Banking Products.
Olympia has expertise in product and business development for more than 17 years in the banking industry. She has experience in leading initiatives and special projects in the area of Deposits, Bancassurance Business and Cash and Payments product offering, aiming to cover tailor made customer needs.
She holds MSc in Marketing from the University of Stirling and Bachelor Degree in Organization and Business Administration from the Athens University of Economics and Business.

Eurobank

George Panou

George Panou is the Head of Innovation Center at Eurobank Greece being responsible for Digital Innovation, developing digital strategies and aligning business and technology.

Mr. Panou is also a Member of the Advisory Board for the for the 5G Infrastructure Public Private Partnership (5G PPP), an initiative between the European Commission and the European ICT industry. He is also a founding member and a member of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Blockchain Hub (HBH) and the 1st Certified Blockchain Professional (CBP) by IIB Council in Greece, providing thought leadership on Blockchain and emerging technologies.

He is guest Lecturer on ESADE Business School on the MSc in Business Analytics on the Fintech and Blockchain course and also a guest Lecturer at Swinburne University of Technology at Frontiers in Fintech for the Master Students. He has served as a Judge at the BeFinnovative program for Fintechs for National Bank of Greece and as a Mentor to Fintechs & Startups in VISA Innovation Program Athens Greece.

Eurobank

Ioannis Seimenis

Ioannis Seimenis is Assistant General Manager and Head of the Sales Unit at Eurobank Markets. With 34 years of experience in Treasuries Dept. in Greece (Anz-Grindlays, Société Générale, Eurobank) initially as a money market and fixed income trader, acted for almost 20 years as a distributor of FX, Rates & Commodities hedging instruments primarily to corporates. His team serves Eurobank's all networks clients daily needs but also provides cover for their asset and liabilities -market related- risks. He has also expsure in corporate’s debt issuance business and in structured products manufacturing and distribution. He participates with a key role in various projects regarding the transition to bank’s digital offering and the implementation of regulatory compliance updates.

EY

Christos Kourouniotis

Christos is currently Tax Partner with EY Athens and the TP Leader of EY for Central, Eastern, South-Eastern Europe, and Central Asia. Christos has 18 years of experience in the provision of professional tax advisory services and since 2009 specializes in the provision of structuring/planning and transfer pricing documentation services. Since 2017 Christos supervises the transfer pricing practice of EY Cyprus and also serves as a subject matter expert for other offices in Southern East Europe.
He has a Degree in Business Management from the University of Piraeus and holds an MSc in Internal Audit and Management from the Bayes Business School in London, UK (former CITY Business School). He is a member of the Hellenic Economic Chamber and he is a licensed Greek Account (A class).
Christos has worked on a wide range of projects covering tax strategy and planning, tax impact from restructurings, tax due diligence, forensic tax, tax controversy, IP box regimes, and transfer pricing. His experience spans all sectors, with more significant experience in Technology, Pharmaceutical, Consumer goods, Telecommunications, and Financial services sectors.
He is specialized in the operationalization of transfer pricing policies and combined analysis of transfer pricing with other tax considerations (PE issues, withholding tax issues, LoB, issues of substance for effective management, and GAAR purposes).

EY

Elina Chronopoulou

Elina is a Partner for the International Tax- Transfer Pricing service line of EY Greece, focusing on financial service operations. She joined EY in 2014, after 7 years of experience in the Banking sector.

Elina advices multinational companies in a variety of cross-border tax issues, covering Transfer Pricing compliance and planning, substance adequacy and risk assessments, Group restructurings and due diligence, whereas has significant experience in supporting clients with cross -boarder transfer pricing audits, MAP processes and APAs. Her experience also covers exchange of information matters, such as CbCR and DAC6.

Elina has significant experience in multinational projects, covering a variety of industries, with specialization in the financial sector where she has been involved in the development of linked cross border tax planning and transfer pricing solutions, particularly in the areas of financing and risk management.

She holds an MSc in Finance and Banking and a BSc in Economics from the Athens University of Economics & Business.

EY

Kostas Stathopoulos

Kostas is a Partner in the Consulting service line of EY Greece and leading the Consulting Services to CFOs, focusing on integrated solutions and projects to transform the finance operations through the use of new technologies. He holds 20 years of professional experience, being with EY since 2017. Previously he was a partner in another Big-4 firm, leading the Treasury and Financial Instruments team. He has an MPhil in International Finance from the University of Glasgow and a BSc in Economics from the Athens University of Economics & Business. He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) and member of Greek Institute of Public Accountants.

Kostas has led a large number of projects relating to Finance and Treasury Operations, Finance Transformation, Derivatives accounting and valuation, hedging and hedge accounting. He has managed engagements across all industries, focusing on banks and insurance companies but also with several large corporates.

EY

Chryssa Markopoulou

Chryssa is a Director in the Finance Consulting team of EY Greece, leading projects on finance and treasury transformation through the use of emerging technologies. Having joined EY since 2015, she now holds 15 years of professional experience focusing on financial risk management and finance transformation consulting services for financial services and large organizations.

Chryssa holds a PhD in “Correlation modelling with application to risk management” from the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB), an MBA with specialization in Financial Engineering from the same university and a BSc in Banking and Financial Management from the University of Piraeus. She has worked on a number of projects focusing on treasury transformation, liquidity management and planning, regulatory compliance as well as hedging structuring and hedge accounting. Her experience spans across several industries and Financial Services.

EY

Vassilios Pierrakos

Vassilios Pierrakos is a Partner within EY's Technology Consulting practice, serving as the Innovation Leader for Greece and the CESA South Cluster. With over 15 years of extensive experience in IT and large-scale transformation projects internationally, he possesses expertise in IT Strategy, IT-enabled Business Process Re-engineering, and Innovation. He has hands-on experience working with Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and other emerging technologies.

He holds both a Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) and a Master of Engineering (MEng) from the National Technical University of Athens. Additionally, Mr. Pierrakos is a member of the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance.

DBRS Morningstar

Anke Rindermann

Anke Rindermann is a Managing Director in the Global Corporate Ratings Team at DBRS Morningstar and manages the European team. She has been with Morningstar DBRS since July 2023. The European Corporate Ratings team covers a wide variety of issuers across Diversified

Industries, Utilities, Infrastructure, and Project Finance. Anke is based in Frankfurt, Germany.

Before joining Morningstar DBRS, Anke spent 16 years at Moody’s Investors Service on the European Corporate Team. Most recently, she managed a team of analysts focusing on a range of sectors including Auto OEMs and Suppliers, Real Estate, Building Materials,

Airlines and Aerospace and Defense, as well as Investment Holdings. In addition, she managed several cross-regional strategic projects, including drafting and updating rating methodologies, and was a regular speaker at industry conferences and other events.

Before her time with Moody’s, Anke spent seven years at Commerzbank in various credit risk functions as well as two years at Deutsche Bank. She holds a degree from Frankfurt School of Finance and Management and is a chartered Financial Risk Analysist as well as a certified Credit Rating Analyst (DVFA). Anke is fluent in English and German.

DBRS Morningstar

Nicola De Caro

He has been working with Morningstar DBRS for 11 years. He joined the London office in 2013 before moving to Frankfurt in 2018. During this time, Nicola has been working with several banks in Italy, Portugal, Greece, Austria and Germany. Since 2018, he is managing the Financial Institution Ratings team in Frankfurt.

Prior to joining Morningstar DBRS, Nicola worked in Corporate Finance M&A at ABN AMRO and the Royal Bank of Scotland in Milan and London. Nicola started his career in the structured finance/public finance division at Deutsche Bank.

Nicola holds a MSc in Business Administration summa cum laude from Bocconi University and completed a management executive program (MAP) at INSEAD.

DBRS Morningstar

Suneil Ramesh,

Suneil joined Morningstar DBRS in 2016 and has worked on public-private partnerships, project finance, container terminal operators, airports, renewable energy, regulated utilities and other infrastructure credits. Prior to joining Morningstar DBRS, Suneil was with CRISIL Ltd, a subsidiary of Standard & Poor's, for seven years, in structured finance, corporate credit ratings and infrastructure advisory. Suneil has led capital raising, commercial due diligence and other financial advisory projects in infrastructure. Suneil had also spent two years in management consulting with PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Suneil has a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Masters in Business Law and is a CFA Charterholder.

Fitch Ratings

Alex Griffiths

Alex Griffiths is Managing Director, Head of Corporate Ratings for Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Fitch’s EMEA corporate rating work is carried out by more than 110 dedicated corporate analysts, based in 10 cities, who cover all aspects of the rating and surveillance of non-financial corporates across the region. Alex joined Fitch in London in 2005 as a corporate analyst, and has held a number of different roles, most recently as Fitch’s Credit Policy Group with responsibility for monitoring the quality of global corporate ratings. He started at Fitch as an analyst specializing in Telecoms, Media and Technology, then became Head of Research for EMEA and Asia-Pacific. Between 2012 and 2016 he ran the EMEA Natural Resources team.

Prior to this, Alex spent eight years with Deloitte audit practice, where he gained experience ranging from transaction services work to audit, IFRS transitions, expert witness assignments and sector research.

Alex read economics at St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge, and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Sustainable Fitch

Craig Gosnell

Craig Gosnell leads Sustainable Fitch’s business development strategy for Corporate Issuers. Craig has had extensive engagement with Issuers and market participants on ESG/Sustainability both pre and post the launch of Sustainable Fitch in September 2021.

Craig has been at Fitch since 2009 in a variety of business development roles focusing on Corporates and has previously served as the Fitch Ratings Head of Relationship Development for EMEA Corporates.

Kyriba

Gabriella Apergi

Gabriella Apergi is a Strategic and Transformational Sales Leader who joined Kyriba’s sales team in May 2024 to drive the adoption of advanced treasury and finance automation solutions across Greece and Eastern Europe.
With a customer-centric approach, she has fostered a culture of strategic, long-term partnerships with clients, including many leading, high-profile businesses in her portfolio.

With over 20 years of experience in top ITC companies like Ericsson, Citrix, and BMC, Gabriella is passionate about digital transformation and customer success. She has held various roles in Sales Leadership, Sales and Channel Management, and Business Development, consistently demonstrating her expertise and commitment to impactful digital transformation initiatives in the finance and enterprise sector.

Gabriella holds an Executive MBA from the University of Piraeus and an MSc in Electronic Engineering from the Technical University "Gh. Asachi" in Iasi, Romania.

Kyriba

Michal Czerniecki

Michal Czerniecki brings nearly 3 years of experience representing Kyriba and collaborating with corporates in the CEE region. His role involves revealing the extensive benefits of adopting Kyriba, the World's #1 Liquidity Performance solution.

With a background as a former customer of Kyriba and various other technological solutions for Treasurers, Michal possesses a wide-ranging perspective which he passionately imparts during customer meetings, system demonstrations, and public speaking engagements.

Having served as a Treasurer and leader of teams for an extended period, Michal empathetically comprehends the myriad challenges encountered by Treasurers across all facets of their operations

Amundi

Sandrine Rougeron

Sandrine is Global head of Corporate and Corporate Pension Fund clients since 2020. She is also responsible for sales of the Liquidity Solutions investment platform.
Previously, she was responsible for the development of Liquidity Solutions in Europe and responsible for the development of corporate clients and pension funds in Scandinavia and Switzerland.
Sandrine joined Amundi in 2011 after having held several positions, in charge of large corporate clients at Crédit Agricole CIB, the Crédit Agricole Group's commercial and investment bank.
She began her career at Crédit Lyonnais in 1993 after obtaining a master's degree in management (NEOMA Business School) and a master's degree in Management and International Business (La Sorbonne University).

FIS

Luca Crivellari

Luca Crivellari is Sales Executive for Greece.

Based in Milan, but a regular visitor of Athens, Luca is in charge of the FIS Corporate Liquidity business in Greece and Italy. FIS is the largest fintech in the world and it offers advanced treasury management software solutions.

Luca is a member of AITI, the Italian Corporate Treasurers Association, and he writes regularly articles on the AITI magazine, as well as on other specialized media outlets. Before joining FIS, Luca spent eight years in UniCredit, working for their cash management division.

TIS

Dr. Jacques Yana
Mbena

SVP Solutions Architect

Dr. Jacques Yana Mbena, SVP Solutions Architect is a passionate entrepreneur and treasury professional, who has
implemented and worked with different TMS within corporates. Based on these experiences and in his role as VP solutions architect at TIS, his goal is to help companies decide to digitize their payment ecosystem, to go for a platform that helps to connect the CFO's office by integrating the ERP landscape and connecting it best to the bank, and to significantly reduce the total cost of ownership by removing complexity.

He strongly believes in the power of delivering on its promises, improving organizational agility and innovation.

TitanTreasury Centrus

Gilles Bonlong

Gilles leads the Analytics team at Centrus Financial Advisors, managing all titanTreasury implementation projects across London, Athens and Dublin. titanTreasury is the expert Treasury Management System (TMS) that offers financial departments and treasurers the best functionalities for monitoring and controlling operational market risk (rate, foreign exchange, commodities), credit and liquidity risks.

Allianz Trade in Greece

Theresa Skarlatou

Theresa Skarlatou is the CEO of Allianz Trade in Greece, responsible for Greece and Cyprus.

Specialized in Financial Management, she has an extensive and successful track record in the field of Trade Credit Insurance and Surety, having held senior positions in the Financial, Commercial and Market Management Divisions of Allianz Trade, as well as across major projects in the scope of business development, operations, transformation and customer centricity.

Prior to her current position, she held for 6 years the position of CFAO at Solunion Group, a joint venture between Allianz Group and Mapfre Group for Spain and Latin America.

She speaks English, French and Spanish.

Marsh

Philip Neighorn

Philip Neighorn is Managing Director, European Surety Leader & Global Accounts Leader - International Surety Practice based on Dallas and Madrid.

Philip Neighorn has several areas of responsibility at Marsh, where he is the European Surety Leader, Global Surety Accounts Leader and leads surety business development in India, Middle East, and Africa. In these capacities, Philip assists clients with placements and the structuring of global facilities and structures which allow them to access the surety market in a variety of geographies and for a variety of applications across all industry sectors.

Philip began his career a surety underwriter and worked for one of the largest writers of surety prior to joining Marsh in 2005. Philip has had various roles during his time at Marsh and was based in Amsterdam between 2018 and 2023 and currently splits his time between the U.S. and Madrid, Spain.

360T

Kerim Sunguroglu

Kerim Sunguroglu is a financial markets professional based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, with a track record of 10 years in Banking, Financial Services, and Technology. He possesses a wealth of experience in various facets of the industry, including treasury management, trading, and client management.

His expertise spans foreign exchange, fixed income, money markets, and execution
workflows for financial products. Currently serving as a Product Expert at 360T within the Deutsche Boerse Group, Kerim's role involves not only managing client relationships and projects, but also providing training and advice on diverse financial products.

Kerim's education includes a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Cankaya and is fluent in English, German and Turkish. Kerim is a PMP (Project Management Professional) Certificate Holder.

Greenwich University

George Samakovitis

George Samakovitis is Professor of FinTech at the School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences, University of Greenwich, UK. He specialises in banking and payment technologies and AI for FinTech and privacy preservation techniques. His research addresses deployment and governance of technologies for AML and FinCrime, uses of blockchain agents to develop Collective Intelligence capabilities in FinTech networks, and compliance models for programmable digital assets. Prof. Samakovitis has been a member of the Bank of England CBDC Technology Forum advising the UK Central Bank on the design of the Digital Pound; he previously worked with the Counter Fraud & Data Analytics Advisory Group of the HMG Cabinet Office, and the FinCrime Working Group at the UK Payments Strategy Forum, and the BSI UK Data Standards Expert Panel, which published the 2023 BSI Value of Data Report, informing the UK National Data Strategy. His past research focused on banking technology investment decisions and the risk/uncertainty relationship under disparate decision-making paradigms.

FIMBank plc.

Gerasimos Papaleventis

Gerasimos Papaleventis is a Banker and an Economist having 25 years of experience and progressive responsibility in the banking and finance sector. He is currently the Vice President and Head of Control and Monitoring of the Treasury department at FIMBank plc, an International Banking Group based in Malta, where he has been residing with his family for the last 6 years.

His previous work experience includes being in Operations and Foreign Settlements in NBG Securities Services and Beta Securities Services (Greece), where he was positioned as Head of Department in both companies. Gerasimos also delivers training and presentations to professionals and in-house staff training regarding Banking and Finance topics.

He is a Certified Securities Clearing Specialist from Hellenic Capital Market Commission, member of the Hellenic Association of Treasurers and a member of the Economic Chamber of Greece. He holds a Master II degree in Banking and Insurance Science from Université Sorbonne Paris Nord (Paris XIII). Apart from his mother tongue being the Greek language, he can also speak English and French.

Alpha Bank

Vasilis Kosmas

He was born in Athens in 1971. He holds a BA in Economics from the Athens University of Economics and Business (graduated in top 3rd percentile) and an MBA, concentration in Finance from the New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business. During his career, he held many positions of responsibility, such as Finance Manager at Procter & Gamble and Senior Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company. He served as Director in Structured Finance and Wholesale Funding as well as Corporate Development and Group Strategy in National Bank of Greece and as Chief Operating Officer in Ethniki Insurance. Moreover, he worked as Managing Director, Deal Advisory at KPMG LLP. He was partner at Alantra in London, UK until 15.5.2024. On July 23, 2024 he was appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

EY

Vasileios
Mitropoulos, ACMA, CGMA

Vasileios is a Senior Manager in the Financial Accounting Advisory Services team of EY Greece since 2022, specializing in treasury and financial advisory projects.

He has an MSc in Finance from the University of Strathclyde and a BSc in Business Administration from the Athens University of Economics & Business. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (ACMA), the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (CGMA) and Certified in Treasury by the Association of Corporate Treasurers.

Vasileios holds more than 17 years of professional experience with focus on treasury in large companies operating in various industries such as banking, financial services, tobacco and FMCG. He has worked in several projects related to treasury systems implementations, improvements in the internal control framework, enhancements of treasury reporting and regulatory compliance.

BlackRock

Panagiotis Ziampras, CFA

Panagiotis Ziampras is a Corporate Treasury Associate at BlackRock, based in London. Panagiotis has 7 years of Treasury experience in Financial Services, in areas spanning across liquidity, FX & risk management in sectors such as Asset Management, FX Brokerage & Global Payments.

Panagiotis earned a MSc in Investment Analysis from Aston Business School in 2017 and is a CFA Charterholder.

Volton

Konstantinos Andritsopoulos

Konstantinos Andritsopoulos is Head of Treasury at Volton Hellenic Energy. He has more than 13 years of International Corporate Treasury and Finance experience into Trading and Energy Sector. BSc into Financial Engineering and Management from University of Aegean and an MBA from National Technical University of Athens. He is a member of the Hellenic Economic Chamber.
Proficient in portfolio performance attribution and scenario assessment, with extensive skills in spreadsheet calculation and data validation. Managed Group Consolidate Cash Positioning, Forecasting & Liquidity with implementation of risk management policies and headging strategies.

EACT

Francois Masquelier

François has founded Simply Treasury, a company that delivers advisory in treasury, corporate finance and ERM. Before and until December 2019, he was Head of Corporate Finance, Treasury and Enterprise Risk Management at RTL Group, leading European media company. He joined RTL in 1997. Before, he worked for Eridania Béghin-Say and ABN.AMRO.
He is Doctor in Tax Law, has degree in Economy and Administration from the University of Liège and is graduated from the Solvay Business School as Executive master’s in management. He is certified ICIS and ICIP (Internal Controls Institute Professional) and ISO 31000 certified. He is also certified from Sacred Heart University (SHU) in Private Equity Funds.

He is Chair of Association of Corporate Treasurers of Luxembourg (ATEL), Chair of European Association of Corporate Treasurers (EACT), member of the Financial Instrument Working Group created by the IAS Board in 2004. He has also been appointed as Specialist at The Institute of Risk Management (IRM) since November 2009. He is a regular contributor to different corporate finance and treasury magazines and newspapers.
He is Editorial Director of the “Treasury Magazine”. He gives trainings and courses for House of Training Luxembourg and FEBELFIN Brussels. He is an active thought treasury leader in Europe and is known for his presentations, lectures, videos, and articles published in finance magazines for more than 20 years.

TDG

Nantia Protogeraki

Nantia Protogeraki is a seasoned finance professional with two decades of experience at prestigious companies including M.J. Maillis Group, Xerox Hellas SA, and currently, as the Treasury Director for TDG Group of companies. In her role, she oversees Treasury, Credit Risk (Vetting, Fraud & Revenue Assurance), and Collections.

Nantia has honed her skills in implementing new procedures, centralizing cash management, forecasting, and optimizing cash flow across various countries and continents, as well as FX trading. She is adept at managing bank relationships, ensuring compliance, and handling credit risk management and collections.

Holding an MBA in Banking, Nantia has been a member of the Hellenic Association of Treasurers (HAT) since 2023, demonstrating her commitment to professional development and active industry engagement.

OTE

Kostas Apostolidis

Konstantinos V. Apostolidis is an accomplished Greek professional, with extensive experience in business management within the telecommunications industry. He is currently the Senior Manager Incoming & Outgoing Payments for OTE Group Treasury, handling treasury operations for 13 subsidiaries in Greece. He has demonstrated expertise in payments, cash flow, budgeting, project implementation, and team building.

He has a Business Administration degree from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, an MBA in Telecoms from Athens University of Economics and Business and a Master’s in Management from Vrije Universiteit Brussel (with Distinction).

Konstantinos Apostolidis combines strong leadership and financial expertise with a dedication to enhancing operational efficiency and achieving long-term business
success.

Kaizen Gaming

Manos Valsamakis

Manos Valsamakis is the Treasury Manager at Kaizen Gaming, Greece's leading GameTech company and one of the fastest-growing globally.

With over 12 years of experience in treasury roles at international tech companies such as LG Electronics and PeopleCert, Manos specializes in cash and liquidity management, banking relationships, treasury controls, process optimization, and implementing treasury operations in new markets to support global expansion.

Manos holds an MSc in Financial Economics from Erasmus University of Rotterdam.

He currently serves as the Co-Head of the Cash Management & Treasury Infrastructure Working Group for the Hellenic Association of Treasurers (HAT), where he has been a member since 2021.

Upstream

Eva Gallou

Eva Gallou is a seasoned Finance Manager with extensive experience in industry operations, particularly within multinational company groups. She excels in negotiation, troubleshooting and planning. Currently, Eva is the Head of Treasury at Upstream, where she oversees liquidity management, debt facilities, and collections. Prior to this, she served as Treasury Manager at Creta Farm Foods SA, managing bank relationships and cash flow. Her previous roles include managing the accounting and finance department.

She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Piraeus and a Master’s degree in Marketing & Communication from the Athens University of Economics and Business.

Eva is a member of Hellenic Association of Treasurers (HAT) since August 2022 and is recognized for her ability to consistently meet deadlines and lead teams effectively.

SARKK S.A.

Sotiris Agious

Sotiris is Treasury Professional with over 14 years of experience in cash and payment management, liquidity management, cash forecasting. He is currently Financial Controlling Manager at SARKK SA ( official contributor of Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein in Greece, Cyprus, Romania, Bulgaria).

Bernitsas Law

Maria Nefeli Bernitsas

Maria Nefeli is specialised in financial services and ESG law, with a focus on high impact legislative changes, capital markets transactions and corporate transactions for listed companies.

She acts on finance and capital markets transactions involving listed and private companies, in
particular on large scale deals carried out in the context of regulatory changes.
She is highly experienced in private placements and IPOs, as well as mergers and acquisitions of listed companies. Maria Nefeli heads up the Firm’s Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG)
department and advises extensively on ESG legislation with a focus on the laws affecting firms in the financial services sector.

Prior to joining the Firm, Maria Nefeli was a senior associate in a tier 1 financial services and
markets team in London and was seconded to a global investment firm to implement European
ESG legislation. Maria Nefeli holds an LLB (Hons) from University College London (UCL) and an
MBA from INSEAD. She is admitted to the Law Society of England & Wales (2015) and the Athens
Bar (2019).

PVH

Alexandros Bellos

Alexandros Bellos is a treasury professional with an MSc in Finance & Investments from a top 10 UK university and over 13 years of experience in Treasury . Results driven, technology curious, excellent communicator who enjoys taking the lead. Interested in technology.

Alpha Bank

Chariton Papatriantafyllou, CFA

Iliana Angelakis

Iliana Angelakis is a seasoned and accomplished treasurer with over fifteen years of experience in finance and treasury operations.

Iliana's recent role as Head of Treasury Fintech at Public Group involves cash, liquidity and debt management, banking relationships, and introducing and implementing new payment providers.

At BEAT, she led treasury and payments across 10 markets, implemented a Treasury Management System, and reduced payment costs. In her prior role at INTRALOT, Iliana managed cash, credit facilities, and intercompany loans. She holds an MSc in Finance, a BSc in Business Administration, and PRINCE2 Foundation certification.

Iliana has been an associate member of the Hellenic Association of Treasurers (HAT) since 2021, and a Board Member since 2022.

ING Americas

Alexandros G. Koliavras

Alexandros Koliavras is a Director, Head of Treasury Finance & Finance Transformation, and member of the CFO MT at ING Americas.

Alexandros has strong International Finance and Treasury experience with more than 13 years in Corporate, Banking, and Public Administration sectors including but not limited to Corporate Finance, Business Advice, Risk Management, Cash flow analysis, Cash Management, Treasury Control and Operations and Regulatory Liquidity in the US, the Netherlands, UK, and Greece. During his time at Royal Philips, he has been part of the divestment project teams for Lumileds, Woox, and Philips Lighting (Signify).

Alexandros is also serving as the President and Founder of the Hellenic Association of Treasurers for the past 4 years, a Board Member of the European Association of Corporate Treasurers, and a Representative of the International Group of Treasury Association representing Greece.