Alexandros Karagiannidis was appointed Group Chief Risk Officer in November 2024 and is a member of the Group Executive Committee.

He has extensive experience in risk management and held many senior roles in credit risk, market risk, structured finance and risk management at large financial institutions in Europe and the US. He has also worked with regulators and supervisory boards within the banking industry.

Mr. Karagiannidi’s former appointments include: Head of Risk Management & Control for Hellenic Financial Stability Fund; Global Head of Group Risk Governance & Reporting for Nordea; Senior Manager for Deloitte; Senior Financial Risk Officer for ING among others.

Mr. Karagiannidis has an MBA in Finance and MIS from Rutgers University in the USA, a MSc in Finance from Michigan State University and a BA in Political Science from the University of Crete.