Spiros Raptis is the BoD President and CEO of Schneider Electric AEBE, representative for the countries of Greece and Cyprus. He joined Schneider Electric in 2010, in the beginning as Power & Energy VP and thereinafter as Industry & Energy VP. In 2016 he was appointed Commercial Director for the Distributors and Integrators Channels, right before undertaking his current position on June 2017. After completing his studies of Electrical Engineering & Computer Technology at the Polytechnic Department of the University of Patras, Spiros built over 28 years of business management experience in several segments of the Energy and Industrial market, covering managerial positions both in Greek and Multinational organizations and successfully leading diverse Sales and Marketing teams active in Distribution of Electrical Energy, Control, Automation and Motion Control. Spiros is married with 2 children and despite his daily commitments he pursues his lifelong interests, studying history and painting.