Mr. Giannis Papadopoulos is the Chairman of Public Gas Corporation of Greece, DEPA SA.
He holds both a Degree in Mechanical Engineering, with a specialization in Production Engineering and Management, at the National Technical University of Athens, as well as an MBA from Cass Business School London.
Since December 2017 onwards, he has been Partner of EOS Capital Partners, one of the largest Greek Private Equity Funds.
From July 2003 until the end of 2017, he was the co-founder and CEO of Attica Ventures, a venture capital investment firm that invested in Greek SMEs, creating more than 800 direct new jobs. Four of them were listed on the Athens Exchange Alternative Market, while the company achieved one of the first sales of a Greek technology start-up company – Antcor to a foreign group, namely the large Swiss multinational u-Blox. (2014).
In the context of his more than 20 years presence in the investment market, Mr. Papadopoulos has acquired specialized experience in mergers and acquisitions, business development, reorganization and implementation of large investment projects.
In October 2011 he was awarded by the Athens Chamber of Commerce and Industry with the Employment Growth Award for his long-term investment presence and contribution to the creation of new jobs.
He has participated in more than 20 Boards of Directors of listed companies of ATHEX, investment companies, and public organizations and has gained significant and many years of experience in the management of large companies by participating in their BoDs (ETEAN 2012-2015, PPC 2009, ETAP 2007-2009, ISAP 2004-2007).
He is the Chairman of the Hellenic Association of Venture Capital (HVCA), member of the Advisory Committee of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission and of the Alternative Market Advisory Committee of the Athens Stock Exchange, as well as, member of the MBA International Business Council of the Athens University of Economics and Business.
From 2001 to 2013, he was an elected member of the TEE (Technical Chamber of Greece) Board of Directors, responsible for the domains of Industry, Small and Medium Enterprises, and Entrepreneurship.
