Petros Tzannetakis serves as Deputy Managing Director, since 2005 and Chief Financial Officer, since 1991 of Motor Oil Group of Companies. He is Member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Management Committee of the Group.
Motor Oil is a significant independent player in the European Oil refining and broader energy market and one of the largest Companies in Greece, listed on the Athens Stock Exchange.
He leads Corporate, Financial, Treasury, Banking and Investor Relations functions and participates in all corporate decisions.
Milestones include the IPO of Motor Oil (Hellas) during 1999 – 2001, the introduction of the Group to the Greek, European and US Investment community, the Placement of Motor Oil (Hellas) shares doubling the Free Float of the company attracting foreign institutional investors in September 2005 when Saudi Aramco sold its holding.
For the past five years he has been heavily involved in the Transition - Transformation of the company for the future.
He is also
-Chairman of the Board of Directors Korn Ferry International S.A. (Greece)
-Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Optima Bank S.A.
He holds a BA degree in Economics from the University of Surrey (UK) and an MA Degree in European Union Economics from the University of Sussex (UK). He continued at the University of Sussex studying toward his PhD specialising in Regional Economics and the interaction between Industry and Government policies