Mr. George Handjinicolaou is non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Piraeus Bank since October 2016. He is also Chairman of the Piraeus Bank Group Cultural Foundation, a non-profit foundation, and member of the Board of Directors of Hellenic Energy Exchange. Mr. Handjinicolaou has also served (until Jan 2026) as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Athens Stock Exchange (ATHEX) since 2018, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Bank Association (2019-2021), which represents Greek and foreign credit institutions operating in Greece. His career in the financial services sector spans over 40 years, the vast majority of which was spent at global financial institutions based in London and New York. Mr. Handjinicolaou held the position of Deputy CEO of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) in London for 8 years (2007-2009 and 2011-2016), where he was also a member of the Board of Directors. Previously and for over 25 years, he held senior management positions in the derivatives and fixed income markets at several global financial institutions including Bank of America, Dresdner Bank, Merrill Lynch and UBS in London and New York. He started his career at the World Bank in Washington, DC (1983-6). Mr. Handjinicolaou also has had leadership experience in Greece from his roles as CEO of TBANK (2010-11) and as Vice Chairman of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission (2009-10). Mr. Handjinicolaou holds a PhD in Finance from the Graduate School of Business at New York University, where he also earned an MBA. He has an undergraduate degree in Economics from the Law School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.