Eugenia (Venia) Papathanasopoulou
Director Legal Affairs & Corporate Governance, Secretary to the Board, Athens International Airport
Eugenia Papathanasopoulou, Attorney-at-Law at the Supreme Court of Athens, Director Legal Affairs & Corporate Governance, Secretary to the Board at Athens International Airport as of 09/2012.
Eugenia is an Accredited Mediator (CEDR UK), certified by the Greek Ministry of Justice, holding an LL.M. in Commercial and European Law from the University of Essex, UK.
She is currently Vice President of the Board at “Athens Airport Fuel Pipeline Company S.A.”, as well as independent member of the Board and Chair of the Audit Committee of the company “Alter Ego Media” and brings an extensive experience in negotiations with Ministries, Local Authorities and wider public sector, regarding commercial and concession agreements, regulatory, compliance, procurement and corporate governance issues, as well as arbitral proceedings in front of LCIA, as she has assumed the duties of General Counsel, Legal Advisor and Company Secretary in various corporations of energy, transportation, IT, gambling, media, stock market and sports industries, among others, Athens Olympic Games 2004 S.A., Athens Stock Exchange S.A., OPAP S.A., Press Institute S.A., Quest Holdings S.A.
She was from 01/2020 till 06/2023 Chair of the Board of the Greek National Opera and she served as a General Secretary to the Board (as of 2010) and as of 3/2016 General Secretary and Vice-President of the BoD at “Transparency International-Greece” until 2020, providing also “pro bono” legal services, while she is also member of many Greek and International institutions. Member of the Legal Council of the Association of Public Companies & Entrepreneurship.
She had been included in the first edition of “GC Power List Greece and Cyprus 2018” as well as of those of 2022, 2023 and 2024 of the International Independent Guide “The Legal 500” for Corporate Lawyers.
She has been nominated ICC Hellas representative to the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR as of 25.7.2022.