Mr. Sachinis is the Chairman and CEO of DEPA, the Greek Public Gas Corporation. DEPA imports both pipeline gas and LNG, and distributes it to electricity producers, industrial users and, through a set of three subsidiaries, to retail customers. DEPA is also planning to build regional pipelines to supply Caspian gas to South Eastern Europe, Italy and beyond.

Most recently he was an Operating Partner for Advent International, one of the world’s leading global private equity firms, where he was responsible for the global information and media space. Prior to that he was President of The McGraw-Hill Companies’ Business Information Group, comprising Platts, McGraw-Hill Construction, and McGraw-Hill Aerospace & Defense. Under his ...

Mr Spiros Paleoyannis was born in Greece in 1953.He is married and has two children.

He has a scientific background in chemistry and holds an MBA, with specialization in strategic management. He joined Public Gas Corporation of Greece (DEPA) SA since its establishment in 1988 and was successively appointed Head in company’s Strategic Planning and Development Department (1991-1993), General Manager (1993-1996), General Director of Trading Division (1997-2004), Senior Advisor to CEO (2005-2009) and Vice Chairman and Deputy CEO (2009-today) In the period 2003-2009 Mr Spiros Paleoyannis served as Deputy Chairman at the Institute of Energy for South East Europe (IENE). He is also member of the Advisory Board at Kingston University’s Faculty of ...