Sr. Advisor, PE Investments, Corporate Finance & Strategy
National Capital
Total years of experience :27 years, 11 Months
Advising in topics related to Private Equity Investments and Corporate Finance (M&A), Strategy & Corporate Development
• Headed the execution M&As, Greenfield projects and the JV/ Partnerships;
• Manage a team of investment specialists /analysts;
• Preparation, Review & Management of the full cycle of the transaction;
• Preparation of the company’s periodical investment management reporting as well as preparation of committees & boards presentations;
• Acted as Partner & Director for the company’s Toronto office launching and was responsible for the full cycle management of mandates origination and execution;
• Worked for: (i) a VC fund establishment and structuring, the preparation of the Business Plan & the Feasibility Study of the fund; (ii) the pitching to LP investors (secured US$30m from family offices & asset management firms); (iii) the strategy (pre-seed & seed stage), the set-up and the capital raising process; (iv) the due diligence, deal sourcing / origination, closure, and the compliance of the fund; (v) the development of relationships & the monitoring of innovation bodies, incubators/accelerators and universities; (vi) valuation and fund raising assignments
MBUZZ is a Middle East registered and based Holdings Group with strong presence & operating offices in the greater GCC region & North Africa (MENA).
ADVISOR, HEAD OF CORPORATE FINANCE, INVESTMENTS & STRATEGY (& SENIOR ADVISOR to BOD)
• Maintain & expand group’s presence and investments within the MENA region into a wider range of industries / sectors such as real estate, professional & business services in the payments and FinTech industry,
• M&A origination, Negotiation & Execution, Business Plan, Feasibility Studies, Investment appraisal & valuations;
• JVs/Partnerships structuring & formation, investments origination, management & monitoring;
• Relationship management with banks & financial institutions for the Group’s corporate lending & financing activities.
FINEXTRA PARTNERS is a Corporate Strategy & Management advisory firm, working closely with PE funds, family offices, investors & corporate clients within the greater EMEA region.
• Managed 20 corporate finance advisory assignments exceeding US$ 100mn;
• Advised corporate clients on Corporate Finance/M&A, Valuations, Business Plans, Strategic Alliances/JVs, Structured Finance, Project Finance, Restructurings;
• Conducted & managed DDs, feasibility studies & valuations in projects & companies;
• Advised investors on related legislative policy incentives & national policy developments.
J• Negotiated & managed (term sheet-to-closing) Project Finance Debt arrangement with a syndication of international banks & achieved closings exceeded US$ 100mn;
• Conduct & lead feasibility studies & valuated potential investments for wind & solar projects;
• Efficiently managed the Operations P&L of project companies (achieved 15% increase of profitability within 2years);
• Lead technical, operational & legal teams for the preparation, negotiation & management of infrastructure & equipment agreements with major suppliers/vendors and project insurers;
• Managed relationships with banks, lenders, contractors, investors & other 3rd parties;
• Co-managed & participated in several IPO’s on the Athens Stock Exchange (over 20 transactions within 4 years);
• Participated in investor road-shows and in M&A transactions, including selling of majority stake of Aluminum of Greece to a Hellenic conglomerate, share capital increase for an ASE listed shipping company and the privatization tender of the state owned air carrier.
September 2002 - November 2005: Senior Project Manager, Banking Sector. - ALTEC S.A. is a Telecom & IT integration Group of companies in Greece (listed at ASE market), which also has a strong presence in the South-Eastern
Europe countries. Position reported directly to General Manager of the company who was also
responsible for the Banking & Finance sector.
April 2001 - September 2002
Senior Business Analyst (Cards & Payments) - INFORMER S.A. at an IT company (listed at Athens
Stock Exchange market), which concentrates on software development and project management for banking institutions (preferred partner of TEMENOS, GLOBUS core banking software solutions),
worldwide.
January 2000 - April 2001
Card Business Supervisor, NovaBank S.A. (today known as Millennium Bank BCP) - Credit Cards
Operation division. NovaBank is a subsidiary bank of Millennium bank in Greece. Operating in credit & debit cards business. Main responsibilities were the clearing & settlement with the
international card organizations, cash flow / liquidity management, M.I.S. reporting.
September 1998 - January 2000
DELTA Informatics S.A. (DELTA Informatics was an internationally certified card processing
company and now is known as First Data Hellas) -Payment Systems dept., as Operations Manager,
managing projects for the Retail Banking Sector.
November 1994 - March 1997
DELTA Informatics S.A., (DELTA Informatics was an internationally certified card processing
company and now is known as First Data Hellas) as Officer in the Card Authorization Center
department in on-line banking transactions processing systems, with VISA, MASTERCARD and AMEX
card organizations.
Certificate Law & Economics, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
Certificate - Corporate Finance (Accounting & Financial Analysis, Valuation & Funding, Risk & Restructuring), from London Business School,
Master of Science (MSc) in Finance from University of Leicester / School of Business & Economics
BA in Business Administration @ Piraeus University of Applied Sciences, School of Business & Economics