Ernestos Panayiotou is General Manager of Transformation, Strategy and International Activities and member of the Executive Committee of the National Bank of Greece (NBG) Group. He leads the Group’s business strategy – including sustainability and partnerships –, the implementation of the Bank’s Transformation Program, and the oversight of the NBG’s international subsidiaries.
Before rejoining NBG in 2019, he was Partner at McKinsey & Company, where he worked during the periods 2001-2005 and 2012-2018. At McKinsey, he focused on serving financial institutions in Greece, Cyprus, the USA and the Middle East on strategy, transformation and risk management topics. During the period 2006-2011, he worked for the NBG Group as strategy advisor.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Politics & Economics from the University of Oxford and a Master in Public Administration & International Development from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
