Professor Charikleia Apalagaki, born in Crete in 1959, holds, since March 2017, the position of the Secretary General of the Hellenic Bank Association. Since July 2022 she is appointed as acting General Director of the association. She is also full Professor in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, since 2004, and Member of the Thessaloniki Bar Association since 1984.
Professor Apalagaki joined Piraeus Bank in 2001, and hold the following positions: Management Consultant in Legal Issues, Chief Legal Counsel, Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors, Member of the Audit Committee, Executive Member of the Board of Directors, and interim Chairperson.
Her studies in law (Civil, Commercial, Banking, European Financial, and Criminal) were undertaken at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, where she was awarded her PhD in Civil Procedure Law. She has intensive course and longer research stay in Germany (Hannover Law Faculty).
Ms. Apalagaki is specialized in enforcement law (and in insolvency proceedings) and has also extensive legislative drafting experience, as she has been appointed Member in various committees of the Ministry of Justice, for law amendments in civil procedure, and banking law. She has participated in numerous congresses, as Speaker, and has published a remarkable number of scientific working papers.
Ms. Apalagaki has a long experience, both on theoretical and practicable basis on Civil Law, Commercial Law, Banking Law, European Financial Law and Criminal Law (Financial Offences). She has also obtained a remarkable business intelligence due to her long experience in banking.
She is fluent in German and English and furthermore working knowledge of Italian.
