Dr. Ilias Lekkos is the Group Chief Economist and Head of Investment Strategy with Piraeus
Bank, one of the largest banks in Greece. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the
Foundation of Economic and Industrial Research (IOBE) and a member of the External
Advisory Committee of MSc in Quantitative Management at Actuarial and Financial Risk. He
is also a member of the Council of Economic Advisors of the Hellenic Bank Association. As
Chief Economist with Piraeus Bank, he leads the division which reports on developments in
the Greek economy and the Greek banking system. He also monitors macroeconomic
developments at the G7 economies and is responsible for devising the investment strategy
and asset allocation policy of Piraeus Bank Group. Before joining Piraeus Bank he was a
Senior Economist at Eurobank-EFG and prior to that he has worked at the Bank of England,
HBOS-Treasury Services and Standard and Poor’s. Dr. Lekkos holds a Bachelor’s degree in
Economics from Athens University of Economics and Business, an MSc in Economics and
Finance from Warwick University and a PhD in Finance from Lancaster University. His
research has been published in a number of academic journals.