كونستانتينوس Venekes

Property acquisition and Property Management, From

Appointment made upon Compliance Function creation when it was started up from scratch, i.e. Compliance Function and Policy Development and Maintenance, for the Bank and its Group, as follows:
•Credit Policy and Lending approval through participation in the Credit Council and Credit Committees
•Compliance Opinions on Credit Files as a Member of the Credit Council
•Development and Maintenance of AML and KYC regulatory framework Procedures, Systems and Controls in the Bank.
•Securities Compliance reporting and group policy application (Capital Markets restrictions, US BHCA reporting, etc)
•Sensitive Persons and Privileged Information regulatory framework application,
•Compliance on Conflict of Interest issues,
•Set up of procedural documents in the form of circulars
•Investigations
•Handling of important AML suspicious reports,
•Development of Reporting procedures to the Senior Management and the Authorities.
•Compliance IT/Systems development (MLRO, KYC, etc)
•Training Programs set up and Training delivery,
•MiFID Application in the Bank.
•Corporate Governance issues.
Following my appointment on 03.

Within 17 years in the Investment Banking Unit, starting with a very profitable record in FX trading (5 years), following the deregulation and evolution of Financial Markets, in Greece, I set up the credit trading pricing system and tools as well as all relative procedures for cash instruments and the derivatives thereon inclusive of structured products and structured financing schemes, also, with high profitability record:

In the following positions, of the Treasury Division, as referred herein below (starting from the most recent

Derivatives trading and Structured products as follows:
•Listed Derivatives Trading in the Athens Derivatives Exchange (Market Maker) and in the EUREX through Brokers (Credit Instruments)
•OTC derivatives trading (swaps, options)
•Structured products set up (pricing, hedging, etc) for the Retail Banking Unit
•Structured products valuation for investment purpose (Risk assessment, hedging, investigation of any interrelation to the existing portfolio of the Bank)
•Derivatives Accounts Set Up and Management, Derivatives IT applications and Systems development,
•Secretary of the ALCO Committee,
•Supervision of the Branch in London,
•Support of the “Investment Bank” (subsidiary) and the Structured Finance function of the Corporate Banking Unit of the Bank

•Position: Department Head of the Primary Market Department (of the Securities Sector

Duties: Primary Market Credit Instruments Trading in:
•Greek Government Bonds Auctions,
•Eurodrachma issues underwriting (Pricing, Valuation, Execution, Documentation), swaps of the above mentioned issues.
•Securities Repackage related to the asset management of the Bank, mostly related to Medium Term Financial needs of the Bank in Foreign Currency.
•Long Term Investments (mainly Private Placements with Credit Derivatives integrated related to convergence of Greek Drachma to Euro)

Duties: Planning, infrastructure set up, application of new products of Money Markets,

Interbank Trading in USD/DEM, USD/GRD, DEM/GRD Jobbing and position taking in ECU/USD

ΕΛΔΑ Α.Ε. (Hellenic Petroleum Corporation)

of the Management Accounting Department reporting to the Financial Director
Duties: Oil Trading Finance, in USD (Short Term), Finance of the new Refinery and upgrade Plan of the existing, in USD and Multi Currency (Long Term Finance from EIB, and others), Corporate Debt Management, Financial Projections of the Corporate Accounts.

Duties: Shipping Finance and Refinance (Second Hand and New-buildings), Financial Agreements follow up and execution, Investments management.