Ernestos Panayiotou
General Manager Transformation, Strategy & International Activities
Member of the Executive Committee
Ernestos Panayiotou was appointed General Manager of Transformation, Strategy and International Activities in September 2020. He joined NBG in May 2019, as General Manager of Transformation and Business Strategy. He is also a Member of the Board of Directors of National Bank of Greece (Cyprus) Ltd.
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 of 2006-2011, he worked for the NBG Group as strategy advisor.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Politics & Economics (First Class Honours) from the University of Oxford and a Master in Public Administration & International Development from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.