Panayotis Thomopoulos Chairman of the Board of IOBE Τel: 210 92 11 233 E-mail: tthomopoulospa@gmail.com   Has long experience in international financial affairs and has very good knowledge of the global economy, holding through his career top management posts. • Sept. 2019- today Chairman of the Board of Directors (BoD) and Vice Chairman (1996-2019), Foundation for Economics & Industrial Research (IOBE), Greece • Nov.2016-2017 Chairman of the Board of Directors (BoD), National Bank of Greece • 2014 - Jan. 2015 Chairman of the BoD, Eurobank • 2010 - Feb.2013 Chairman of the BoD and Chief Exec. Officer (CEO) - Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF) • Oct.1994 -2009 Deputy Governor, Bank of Greece, overseeing the Banking Supervision Department, the Department Issuing and Placing the Public Debt (until the PDMA was created in 2008) etc. Member of the very restricted team which prepared Greece’s entry into the Euro Area. He participated, alongside the Governor (or standing in for him) in the Governing Council and the General Council of the European Central Bank (ECB). Member of the ECB International Relations’ Committee 2002-2010 and the Committee of Alternates of the European Monetary Institute (EMI), 1994-1998. • 2002 - 2009 Member - Economic and Financial Committee of the EU (EFC) • 2002 - 2008 Alternate Governor - IMF for Greece • 1966 - 1994 Senior Economist - OECD Paris, Economics Department, Head of Country Desks preparing the Economic Surveys and macroeconomic Forecasts (published in the Economic Outlook) for the UK, Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg, Greece, Ireland and Yugoslavia. • 1996-2011 President of the BoD - Electronic Interbanking Systems S.A. DIAS • 1998-2009 Member of the BoD - Greek Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) • 1992-1996 Member of the BoD - Onassis Foundation • 1995-2000 Member of the BoD - Athens Airport (Eleftherios Venizelos ) • 1999-2000 Chairman of the BoD- Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games, Athens 2004 S.A. Studies: B.Sc (Econ) and a M.Sc. (Econ) - The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Also attended a DEA course at the Université de Paris-I. Avid reader of history books, especially 19th and 20th century European History, he speaks three languages (Greek, English, French and reads Spanish). He often writes articles on Greek and global economic subjects in Greek newspapers. Mr. Thomopoulos was born in Patras, is married and has two adult children.