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Key people

Vasilios Rapanos, Chairman of the Board (Non Executive)

Vasilios Rapanos was appointed Non Executive Chairman of the Board of the National Bank of Greece in December 2009.

He has been actively involved in research in the field of Economics, not only as a Researcher at the Center of Planning and Economic Research, but also as a Professor at the University of Athens, where he has been teaching Economic Analysis and Public Economics since 1992. His research interests focus on taxation, the role of the government in the economy, as well as European Union Economics.

Apart from his academic and research activity, he has also served in several posts; as Counselor at the Ministry of Economy and Finance, as Counselor to the Permanent Greek Delegation to the European Union, and as Deputy Head of the Greek Delegation to the OECD.

For the period 2007-2009, he was Research Associate at the Foundation for Economic & Industrial Research.

During the years 2000-2004, he was Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors at the Ministry of Economy and Finance.

Moreover, during the time period 1998-2000 he has served as Chairman of the Board of the Hellenic Telecommunications Organization, whereas in the years 1995-1998 he was appointed initially 
 Deputy Governor and later Governor at the National Mortgage Bank of Greece.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the Athens University of Economics & Business, a Master’s degree in Economics from Lakehead University (Canada) and a PhD in Economics from Queen's University (Canada).

Apostolos Tamvakakis, Chief Executive Officer

Apostolos Tamvakakis was appointed Chief Executive Officer at the NBG Group in December 2009.

In March 2009, he joined the management team of Latsis Group in Geneva as Head of Strategy and Business Development of the Group, whereas in 2004 he was appointed Executive Chairman & Managing Director at LAMDA Development.

From 1998 to 2004 he served as Vice Chairman at the National Bank of Greece, whereas during the years 1996 1998 he served as Deputy Governor at the National Mortgage Bank.

From 1989 to 1996 he was Deputy General Manager for Greece at ABN AMRO Bank and from 1986 to1989 he worked at the Hellenic Investment Bank as Manager of Corporate Finance. 

From 1984 to 1986 he worked at Mobil Oil Hellas as strategic planning Executive.
 
He has also served as Vice-President of HELEX (Hellenic Exchanges SA); Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Interalpha Group of Banks; Chairman of Ethnocard (National Management & Organization Co), National Securities SA and ETEVA (National Investment Bank for Industrial Development); President of the Southeastern European Board of the Europay Mastercard group; and a member of various other boards and committees. 
 
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Athens, and a Master of Arts in Econometrics from Saskatchewan University (Canada).