The members of the Board of Directors of the non-profit civil partnership “e Komvos – e Node: Networks of Global Hellenism”, following the General Assembly of 25 October 2026, are as follows:
Michael Haliassos, President
Michael Haliassos is a Research Professor at the Institute for Monetary and Financial Stability at Goethe University Frankfurt and Founding Director of the CEPR Network on Household Finance (2015–present). He has been a long-standing Research Fellow of the pan-European Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and the Netherlands-based NETSPAR, and an adviser to the European Central Bank on household finance and consumption in the euro area. He held the Chair of Macroeconomics and Finance at Goethe University Frankfurt from 2004 to 2026.
He graduated from Athens College as valedictorian in 1978, earned a first-class degree from the University of Cambridge in 1981 and completed his PhD at Yale University in 1987 under the supervision of Nobel laureates James Tobin and William Nordhaus. His research focuses on household finance, a field in which he is recognised as one of the pioneers worldwide. He recently co-authored a review of household finance for the Journal of Economic Literature, commissioned by the American Economic Association (2021), co-edited the Review of Financial Studies special issue on household finance (2026) and received the 2021 Hillcrest Award for the best paper in behavioural finance. In 2025, he was named a Founding Fellow of the Royal Economic Society. He has served as Director of the Center for Financial Studies and the SAFE research centre.
He has also been actively involved in economic policy analysis and advice, contributing articles and interviews to the Greek, German and international press. Together with Yannis Ioannides (Tufts), Thanasis Stengos (Guelph) and Dimitri Vayanos (LSE), he edited the policy blog Greek Economists for Reform, addressing the Greek fiscal crisis (October 2010–September 2018). He served a three-year term as the youngest member of Greece’s 11-member National Council for Research and Technology, chaired by Stamatios Krimigis, advising the Greek government on funding and promoting research and innovation (2010–2013). He is currently President of Komvos – Networks of Global Hellenism, an initiative that mobilises distinguished Greeks in Greece and abroad to design and implement projects that advance quality of life and prosperity in Greece.
George Prevelakis, Vice-President
Originally from Crete and a graduate of Athens College and the National Technical University of Athens, George Prevelakis served as a full professor at the Sorbonne (Paris 1). He specialises in the geopolitics of Europe, the Balkans and the Eastern Mediterranean, diaspora studies and spatial planning. He has held teaching and research positions in Paris, Baltimore, Boston and London. He held the Constantine G. Karamanlis Chair in Hellenic and Southeastern European Studies at the Fletcher School (2003–2005). He represented Greece at the OECD as Ambassador (2013–2015 and 2019–2023).
Selected books include: Who Are We? The Geopolitics of Greek Identity, Athens, 2019; The Wooden Walls: The Geopolitics of Greek Networks, Athens, 2020; At the OECD: Geopolitical Theory and Diplomatic Practice, Athens, 2024; and Qui sont les Grecs? Une identité en crise, CNRS Éditions, 2017 (in French). He is a co-founder of Dialogues FrancoHelléniques Appliqués, through which he has organised Greek-French geopolitical conferences in Greece and France.
Alekos Kritikos, Secretary General
Alekos Kritikos worked for many years in Brussels as a senior official at the European Commission and at the Permanent Representation of Greece to the EU.
He has also held senior public-sector positions in Greece, including Secretary General at the Ministries of the Interior and Development, Regional Secretary General of Attica and Chairman of the Deposits and Loans Fund. He has worked in the private sector on the management of European programmes, as well as in banking, focusing primarily on financing development programmes through international banking institutions. He is currently a Special Adviser to the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP).
He holds a degree in Architectural Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens and a Diplôme d’Études Approfondies (DEA) in Spatial Planning from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University.
Harris Antoniou, Treasurer
Harris Antoniou is the founder and CEO of Neptune Maritime Leasing Ltd, of which the Latsco Family Office is a major shareholder. He is also the Managing Director of Neptune International AG, focusing on transformative investments and advice in the fields of Real Assets, Technology and Financial Services. He is an investor and member of the board of Natech SA Financial Services. He is a former CEO of Amsterdam Trade Bank, and he has held management positions at leading institutions for the last 25 years, having served as President & CEO at AMCI Group with investments in raw materials, goods and shipping and as the Managing Director, Energy, Commodities & Transportation at ABN AMRO Bank N.V. Recently, as a partner and board member of Advent Technologies Inc., he contributed to the raising of private equities and the listing of the company on the Nasdaq. He was one of the first signatories of the Poseidon Principles, a supporter of United World Colleges in the Netherlands, and member of Abundance 360.
Anna Grimani
She is a journalist. Born in Athens, she studied journalism in Paris. She began her career at the newspaper TA NEA, and in the magazine sector, working with ENA, EIKONES, and other publications.
Her column PATRIDOGNOSIA & GREEKS ABROAD in the K Magazine of KATHIMERINI SUNDAY (2008-2017) highlighted over 450 distinguished Greek scientists excelling in academic institutions and research centers abroad. She also conducted prominent interviews with distinguished academic personalities, featured in K Magazine, GK (Kathimerini), and Limited Edition (Kathimerini/Eurobank).
Her publication, PATRIDOGNOSIA – 100 PERSONALITIES SEARCHING FOR HELLENISM (published by GOVOSTI), with paintings by Yiannis Psychopaidis and sponsored by N.J.V. ATHENS PLAZA, includes 100 interviews with distinguished Greeks from abroad and personalities of international academic renown. This book highlights the enduring significance of these articles.
She served as the editor-in-chief and presenter of the show REMARKABLE GREEKS (broadcasted on state television ET1), an hour-long program featuring portraits of top international Greek scientists, filmed across Europe and the U.S., and presented for the first time on Greek television.
As president (2015-2018) of a humanitarian organization for impoverished children in Greece with congenital heart disease, she collaborated with prominent figures in the arts, organizing major events at the Megaron Concert Hall and the Herodes Atticus Theatre. Under her voluntary leadership, 106 children with heart conditions were supported.
She authored the biography Eleni Glykatzi-Arveler, 600 Pencils and 10 Poems (2021, published by GOVOSTI).
She is a member of the Honorary Mentors Committee of the non-profit organization HOPEgenesis, founded by Dr. Stefanos Handakas, president of MITERA.
She writes for the Greek edition of Huffington Post and the business magazine WOMEN IN BUSINESS & SCIENCE.
She also served as the senior editor of the official historical documentary 2,500 Light Years, produced by the Honorary Deanery for the 2020 anniversary year of Thermopylae-Salamis (Marianne V. Vardinogianni Foundation).
Sophia Drossopoulou
Sophia Drossopoulou grew up in Greece and studied Computer Science at the University of Karlsruhe in Germany. After completing her PhD, she worked as a lecturer at the same university. She now divides her time between Greece and London, where she is Professor of Programming Languages at Imperial College London. During her career, she has also worked at Microsoft Research and Meta. She has two daughters and six grandchildren.
Fokion Karavias
Fokion Karavias is Chief Executive Officer of Eurobank SA and has been a member of its Board of Directors since 2014.
His previous roles at Eurobank include Senior General Manager for Group Corporate and Investment Banking, Capital Markets & Wealth Management and member of the Executive Board (2014–2015); General Manager and member of the Executive Board (2005–2013); Deputy General Manager and Treasurer (2002–2005); and Head of Fixed Income and Derivatives Trading (1997).
He began his banking career in 1991 in the Market Risk Management Division of JP Morgan in New York. From 1994 to 1997, he worked at Citibank in Athens as Head of Fixed Income Products and Derivatives. In 2000, he served as Treasurer of Telesis Investment Bank.
He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Bank Association, a member of the General Council of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV) and a member by distinction of the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE). He also served on the Board of Directors of Eurobank Private Bank Luxembourg SA from 2012 to 2022 and on the Board of Directors of the Athens Exchange from 2013 to 2015.
He holds a PhD and a master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA. He also holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens. He was born in Athens in 1964.
Costas Mitropoulos
Costas Mitropoulos is a management consultant with extensive experience in financial services, energy and industry. He serves on the Boards of Directors of HELLENiQ ENERGY, MOTODYNAMICS SA, ELTRAK SA, the Cyprus Development Bank and the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE).
He has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Attica Bank, Executive Director of PwC in Greece and Chief Executive Officer of PQH SA. He was the first Chief Executive Officer of the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), Executive Chairman of Eurobank Equities SA, and founder and Executive Chairman of KANTOR Management Consultants SA. He began his career as a management consultant at Coopers & Lybrand in the United Kingdom.
He has served on the Boards of Directors of the Hellenic Bank Association, Hellenic Exchanges and several companies in Greece and abroad. For many years, he was a member of the International Advisory Board of London Business School. He is Co-Chair of the Greek-British Symposium.
Costas Mitropoulos holds a degree in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, an MSc from Imperial College and a PhD from London Business School. He has published articles on energy and strategy in academic journals, as well as in professional publications and newspapers. He is the author of Privatisations in Greece: The End of the Road?
Nikolaos Mavridis
Nikolaos Mavridis holds a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and is an academic and consultant specialising in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, with more than 90 publications. He founded and served as Director of the Interactive Robots and Media Laboratory (IRML) and has taught at universities worldwide, including New York University Abu Dhabi, NYU Poly and UAEU, reaching the rank of Professor and Institute Director. His professional experience includes the SAP Global Center of Excellence in AI and Data Science and Aramco Digital, as well as numerous advisory roles.
Nikolaos’s research and innovation projects have received international recognition, from the Arabic-speaking robot Ibn Sina, which attracted worldwide coverage on the BBC and in more than 20 countries, to the Microsoft ER Award-winning Facebots, the widely cited collaborative robot (cobot) Ripley, and a range of projects in computer vision, interaction, collective intelligence and social robotics.
Beyond his professional roles, he contributes to the public good in several ways. He has served as a member of the MIT Educational Council, a start-up mentor for the MIT Enterprise Forum, a judge in the UAE Prime Minister’s Office competitions “Drones for Good” and “Robotics & AI for Good”, founder of the IEEE UAE Robotics & Automation Society, and Vice-President of the Hellenic Artificial Intelligence Society, among other roles.
He has delivered more than 100 invited talks worldwide in academic, business and public settings, including TEDx talks in Geneva, Athens, the UAE and Tunis, as well as talks for Singularity University and appearances at other international forums.
