Yannis Hatzis is the President of the BoD at the Hellenic Hotel Federation (HHF) and First Vice President at the Greek Tourism Confederation (SETE).
He is the executive chairman and co-owner of Blue Sea Resort Collection in Rhodes. The group owns and operates 7 hotel units, with a total capacity of 4,000 beds, operating under 5 brands.
He graduated in 2008 from the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) and continued his postgraduate studies, initially in Paris, ESSEC Business School and then in London, London School of Economics (B.Sc., MBA, M.Sc.). In 2016 he was awarded the CFA Charter.