Ioannis Gyftakis is the Chief Human Resources & Organization (HR&O) Officer of DESFA. He is an energy professional with a demonstrated international experience in the O&G industry, mainly in the areas of Organization Design, Business Transformation and Growth Strategy for NOC’s and IOC’s in the Middle East and Europe. Ioannis Gyftakis joined DESFA as Head of Corporate System & Transformation, having previously led the development of the business transformation model for the organization as a Strategy Manager in the Energy & Utilities team of PwC Greece. Prior to 2019, he was actively involved in the organizational setup and growth of the Middle East practice of the Energy Strategy (ATIOS) team of Accenture UK in the UAE and Saudi Arabia. Over the last 15 years of his career, he has worked on process optimization for International Petrochemical major, IPO support of a major O&G NOC as well as the development of business restructuring program for low-performing companies of the NPL portfolio of a Greek major in banking. He is a graduate from the Athens University of Economics & Business (AUEB) in Athens, Greece and he holds a Masters in Development Economics from the Westminster Business School in London, UK.