Tag Archives: CEO

Motorway operator Attiki Odos on Tuesday accepted the resignation of its CEO, Bill M. Halkias, after hundreds of motorists were trapped on the company’s tolled highway around Athens in the Elpida snowstorm. In a company statement, Halkias, CEO of the company since 1999, stated that the last motorists had been freed …

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A new drug to treat Covid-19 could be available soon, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said on Friday and reiterated that he is against the vaccines patents waiver. He added that a third dose of the Pfizer mRNA vaccine would be needed and the vaccination should be repeated every year. Speaking …

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Albert Bourla, the Chief Executive Officer of Pfizer pharmaceutical, warned that a third vaccine dose might be necessary in comments published on Thursday. Bourla said he expects those fully vaccinated against Covid will need a third dose  within 12 months. Those who have been fully vaccinated might be required to …

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U.S. drugmaker Pfizer and German partner BioNTech on Monday became the first drugmakers to show successful data from a large-scale clinical trial of a coronavirus vaccine. The companies said the vaccine was more than 90% effective and they have so far found no serious safety concerns, priming it for possible …

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The economic situation and the fate of the Greece Public Power Company PPC (DEH) is top on the agenda of the new government. PPC Chairman and Managing Director, Manolis Panagiotakis, submitted hois resignation on Wednesday afternoon during the meeting with Energy and Environment Minister Kostis Hatzidakis. During the meeting with …

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Former Executive of private power supplier ENERGA Aristidis Floros was arrested again on Friday night and is heading back to prison in Halkida on Saturday. The 39-year-old entrepreneur was released from prison on Aug 24, submitting a medical document asserting  him 67 percent disability and triggered an outcry on media …

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The chief executive of Greece’s National Bank (NBG) Leonidas Fragiadakis resigned on Friday after completing his three-year term in the post, the bank said.  Greece’s second-largest lender by assets said in a filing to the Athens bourse that the end of Fragiadakis’ term coincided with the completion of the main …

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I think we have turned into a country where everyone considers he owns a free pass to transform into a law every crap that comes into his mind. The Executive Director  of the Athens Public Transport company (OASA) seems to be one of them. OASA CEO Grigoris Dimitriadis told the …

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Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis announced a 40% cut to the salaries of broad of directors of the Greek Financial Stability Fund (HFSF). The decision refers to the salaries of the HFSF President, CEO, deputy CEO etc. Varoufakis stressed that the cuts will “save 300,000 euro per year” for the …

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Alexei Miller, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Management Committee of Russian energy company Gazprom will be in Athens tomorrow, Tuesday to talks with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Energy Minister  Panagiotis Lafazanis. Miller, Tsipras and Lafazanis will discuss “current energy issues of interest,” Greek …

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Chairman and CEO of Greece’s Public Power Company (DEH) Arhtouros Ζervos submitted his resignation on Wednesday evening after a judicial council decided that he should stand trial on breach-of-duty charges related to approving unlawful wages/benefits for some 19 company executives in the 2010-12 period. “The damage for the company was …

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In an surprise move, managing director of state broadcaster NERIT Antonis Makrydimitris and deputy CEO Rodolfos Moronis submitted their resignation on Thursday afternoon.Both Makrydimitris and Moronis were appointed to these positions by the Greek government and are reportedly members of Nea Dimokratia. Although there no no immediate press release on …

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Former CEO of Hellenic Postbank Aggelos Philippidis was arrested on Friday night in Turkey, according to Greek media. Initial reports say that he was arrested due to an Interpol international arrest warrant and that Turkish police located him via to his mobile phone and a credit card move. He has …

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The president of the board of Bank of Cyprus Andreas Artemis submitted his resignation to Finance Minister Michalis Sarris  short before 12 o’ clock noon on Tuesday. According to local media, Artemis disagreed with the handling of the bank recapitalisation and said that the selling of BOP branches was decided without …

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 CEO of Greece’s privatization fund (TAIPED) Costas Mitropoulos resigned on Thursday afternoon. According To Vima, Mitropoulos will officially submit his resignation on upcoming Monday and he will explain the reasons for his decision. The daily stresses on its online edition that Prime Minister Antonis Samaras wanted anyway to replace high-ranking …

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