Ourania Ekaterinari, Independent non-executive member
Rania is an electrical and computer engineer graduate from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, with an MBA from City University Business School in London (Bayes Business School).
She has extensive professional experience in senior positions across different sectors (industry, energy, networks & infrastructure, corporate and investment banking and advisory services) in Greece and abroad. Today, she is Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV) and President of its Executive Committee.
Rania was CEO and executive member of the Board of the Hellenic Corporation of Assets and Participations S.A. (currently GrowthFund or the National Fund of Greece). Before that, Rania was a Partner in Ernst & Young (EY) in Financial Advisory Services and EY energy sector leader for Southeast Europe. During 2010-2015, she served as Deputy CEO and executive member of the Board of Public Power Corporation S.A., the leading Greek electric utility.
During the period 2000-2010, she worked as senior banker in London and in Greece in both corporate and investment banking in leading financial institutions like BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank and Eurobank. She began her career in London working for Texaco in business development in the oil and gas industry in the Caspian region. She is administrator of EKATI CONSULTING SINGLE MEMBER LTD.
She currently holds the following board positions:
- Independent Non-executive Member of the Board of Directors, Member of the Audit Committee and Member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee of ELVALHALCOR S.A.
- Independent Non-executive Member of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee of MOTOR OIL S.A.
- Non-executive Member of the Board of Directors of HELLENIC ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION NETWORK OPERATOR S.A.
Rania is also member of the advisory board of Dianeosis (the leading Greek think tank on social, economic and reform policy matters), member of the Leadership Committee of the Greek American Chamber of Commerce and co-chair of the Greek chapter of the US-based organization WomenCorporateDirectors. Previously she was member of the Hellenic Corporate Governance Council (HCGC) and member of the Council of Competitiveness in Greece.