Vasileios Rapanos

Vasileios Rapanos

Chair of the Board of Directors

Alpha Bank, Greece

He is Professor Emeritus at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Athens and has been an Ordinary Member of the Academy of Athens since 2016. He studied Business Administration at the Athens School of Economics and Business (1975) and holds a Master’s in Economics from Lakehead University, Canada (1977) and a PhD from Queen’s University, Canada. He was Deputy Governor and Governor of the Mortgage Bank (1995-1998), Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Telecommunications Organization (1998-2000), Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors at the Ministry of Economy and Finance (2000-2004), member of the Board of Directors of the Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA) (2000-2004) as well as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Bank of Greece (2009-2012) and of the Hellenic Bank Association (2009-2012, 2021-2023).

Moreover, he is a member of the Board of Directors of the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE), a member of the Board of Directors of the Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens (BRFAA) and he is the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Alpha Bank Cultural Foundation.

He has been the Chair of the Board of Directors of Alpha Bank since May 2014.