Panayotis T. Kapopoulos
Chief Economist, Head of Economic Research, Alpha Bank
He holds a PhD from the Athens University of Economics and Business and an MA in Economics and Econometrics. He was Head of Risk Management at Emporiki Bank, Crédit Agricole Group (2005-2013) and served as member of the BoD of Tiresias S.A. and of the Scientific Council of the Hellenic Bank Association (HBA). During his career, he served as Advisor to the Management on Strategic Planning at Emporiki Bank and Alpha Bank. He has taught macroeconomics, banking and risk management at the University of Piraeus and the Athens University of Economics and Business. He is the author of four books, for one of which (co-authored with G. Provopoulos) he received the Award of the Class of Ethical and Political Sciences from the Academy of Athens in 2003, as well as numerous articles in academic scientific journals such as, inter alia, the European Journal of Political Economy, the Journal of Policy Modeling, Corporate Governance, the Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, the Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Managerial and Decision Economics and Economics Letters. He was appointed Head of Economic Research in 2014 and Chief Economist in 2022.