Konstantinos Sarafopoulos
Konstantinos Sarafopoulos
Chief Investment Officer
Alpha Bank, Greece
He joined Alpha Bank in 2021 as the Group Head of ALM and has been the Group’s Chief Investment Officer since January 2023. Previously, Mr Sarafopoulos spent 16 years at JP Morgan predominantly in the Chief Investment Office holding various roles as a Portfolio Manager. From 2013 onwards he was an Executive Director/Senior PM, heading the CIO’s EMEA Rates & FX Division from 2016-2020. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics and an MSc in Applied and Computational Mathematics, both from Oxford University.
Thursday 11
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14.25 - 15.25
Banking Sector in Greece and Challenges Ahead
Leto Hall | Amalia Hotel
Programming Partner: European Stability Mechanism (ESM)
The banking sector in Greece has made big strides in recent years to improve performance and strengthen balance sheets. Greek banks’ profitability should continue to improve this year, even amid a weak economic outlook in Europe and higher funding costs. The question is how can banks ensure that growth is sustainable in the long-term? What are the weaknesses they still need to address to compete in a financial sector which evolve quickly?