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PROFILE AND KEY STRENGTHS

A senior property professional with strong track record in SEE/CEE and a solid academic background, able to lead teams and projects, set-up joint ventures and meet challenging organizational goals

∙ Strategic and investment thinking: successful planning and implementation of investment and asset management strategies for REO/NPL, private equity and real estate activities having concluded over €1.2bn transactions at a regional level, strong knowledge of the Greek REO and NPL framework having concluded over 300 DtA and 1,700 auctions

∙ Leading projects and teams: strong knowledge and experience in managing large property portfolios and high-budget projects, expertise in leading and developing diverse, cross-cultural teams ∙ Negotiation and problem-solving skills: broad experience in successfully establishing relationships, creating joint ventures and handling negotiations with investors, banks, domestic and international tenants, advisors, and key stakeholders; strong network of investors, banks, retail/office occupiers, agents and advisors in SEE/CEE

WORK EXPERIENCE

08/2018 – today Alpha Real Estate Management & Investments SA, Greece General Manager & member of the Board

∙ Mandated by the BoD of Alpha Bank to set-up the new subsidiary to assume control and manage the Group’s REO (€1bn)

∙ Implement the new operating and governance model for Group’s REO and NPL

∙ Set-up underwriting, asset management and reporting procedures for REO

∙ Define real estate appetite and holding structure for Alpha Bank

∙ Advice on NPL liquidation transactions organized by Alpha Bank

∙ Participate in Alpha Banks’s relevant committees

Main achievements:

∙ 1bn of real estate under management

∙ Increase the participation rate of Alpha Bank in e-auctions and Debt-to-Asset swaps (over €400mn acquisitions)

∙ Organize and monitor divestment transactions (c.€250mn exits)

∙ Set-up a team of 21 professionals in Greece and Cyprus

04/2017 – 07/2018 Alpha Bank, Greece Real Estate Advisor

∙ Participate in the strategic remodeling of the REO and NPL management of Alpha Bank

∙ Advising on the setup of a new real estate investment vehicle (REIC) to be listed with initial capitalization in excess of €250mn

∙ Participating in fund/debt raising

Main achievements:

∙ Indicative terms from EBRD for €75mn financing for the new REIC

∙ Set-up of a c. 120mn REOCO

04/2004 – 03/2017 Bluehouse Capital (Private Equity Investment Firm), CEE Senior Investment Director

∙ Developed and implemented the investment strategy of the Funds in SEE/CEE: sourcing and structuring investment opportunities in all property sectors, raising debt for financing acquisitions and refinance existing assets, executing investment exits

∙ Defined asset and property management strategy

∙ Organized and monitor portfolios’ valuations

∙ Represented company in negotiations with investors, banks, tenants, contractors and JV partners

∙ Participated in roadshows for fund raising

∙ Participated as CIO in setting up a Dutch REIT to be listed in the Warsaw Stock Exchange

∙ Led a local team of 3 professionals and a group of 4 professionals in regional offices, coordinating cross-functional teams regionally

Main achievements:

∙ Concluded transactions over €600mln in over 200,000sqm across CEE

∙ Raised and negotiated €350mn of bank debt

∙ Participated in 4 successful equity raisings for 4 Bluehouse Funds

∙ Set-up JV partnerships including McArthurGlen

∙ Set-up offices in Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia and Croatia

02/2010 – 12/2016 RICS Hellas (Global Property Professional Body), Greece Chairman

∙ Lobbied with key stakeholders (IMF, EU, government) to promote RICS

∙ Raised funds

∙ Linked RICS with the Academia

Main achievements:

∙ Recognition of RICS by the Greek State

∙ Tripled RICS Hellas members within 6 years

∙ Created the 1st National Chapter for the application of the IVS

03/2002 - 03/2004 Technical Olympic SA (Construction and Real Estate Conglomerate), Greece

Real Estate Manager

∙ Acted as a liaison between the Greek HQ and US subsidiary; monitoring subsidiary’s financial performance; representing company in property negotiations

∙ Monitored high-budget projects (Porto Carras Grand Resort – Residential developments, Luxury vacation homes in Parnassos)

∙ Participated in the restructuring of the Group’s assets into the formation of a new REIT

∙ Set-up and implemented commercial real estate strategy for Greece and Romania

∙ Led diverse teams for tenders and project implementation

∙ Analysed investment and development opportunities: investment and financial structuring, feasibility studies, cost estimation, debt raising

Μain achievements:

∙ Appointed as member of the BoD of Agrotouristiki SA, representing Technical Olympics SA and handled €3.5 mln pilot investments

∙ Achieved high success rate in awarded tenders

09/2001 - 03/2002 OTE Estate SA (Real Estate subsidiary of OTE SA, Deutsche Telecom), Greece Associate

∙ Contributed in the restructuring of the Group’s corporate real estate portfolio from cost center to profit center

∙ Negotiated with international advisors and unions the restructuring of the CRE

∙ Conducted property valuations and investment appraisals

∙ Coordinated a team of 5 for the housing policy development

Main achievement:

∙ Implementation of OTE Estate database (2,600 properties, €1bn value) - considered exemplar for the Greek market

09/1999 - 09/2000 Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE), Greece Department of Public Finance

Research Assistant

∙ Contributed in a special study on the tax evasion in Greece assigned by the Ministry of Finance

∙ Monitored a field work project and analyzed the resulting raw data

∙ Responsible for reviewing and critiquing the Greek real estate taxes

Main achievement:

Co-Author of IOBE’s publication “Hidden economy and tax evasion in Greece”

MEMBERSHIPS

Economic Chamber of Greece, Hellenic Retail Business Association, Global Real Estate Institute (GRI), RICS UK, Global Real Estate Group of LSE (Country Representative), Investment Property Forum-UK, ULI

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Chartered Surveyor (MRICS), Greek real estate and tax law, International Accounting Standards

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Greek native speaker

English fluent

PUBLICATIONS

∙ Editorial, Journal of Property Investment and Finance, Special issue Greek Property Market, 2014 ∙ “Property valuations during crisis: consequences and risks” conference proceedings, “The real estate market in the current financial crisis”, Bank of Greece, 2/12/2011

∙ “Hidden economy and tax evasion in Greece”, with N. Tatsos, D. Christopoulos, A. Tragaki and V. Manika, IOBE, Papazisis Publications, 2001

∙ “Age restrictions in the process of exercising rights”, with D. Mellisas, T. Vidalis, V. Zabaza and N. Kanellopoulou, Centre for European Constitutional Law, Sakoulas publications, 1998