Attorney at law LL.M. / Financial Mediator
Stavros Tsormpatzoglou is an Attorney-at-law and Accredited Mediator (Hellenic Ministry of Justice member No.29), with in-depth knowledge of dispute resolution techniques in domestic and cross-border commercial and civil law disputes. ADR Specialist (Negotiation, Arbitration, Mediation).
He participated as a Member of the Law Preparatory Committee for the reform of Law 3598/2010 regarding Mediation in domestic commercial and civil law disputes (Law 4512/2108). He then served as a member of the Central Mediation Committee of the Hellenic Ministry of Justice for the Supervision and implementation of Mediation Law 4512/2108, as well as of Mediation Law 4640/2019. Former member of the Committee for the Examination of Mediators, the Accreditation Committee of Mediation Training Bodies, and the Register Committee of Mediators. Former Director for Vocational Education and Training regarding Mediation at Panteion University Mediation Institute.
He holds an LL.M. from the International Hellenic University in “Transnational and European Commercial Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution”, specializing in arbitration and mediation (thesis subject: “Compulsory Mediation: A contradiction?”). Furthermore, he has been trained in mediation by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London), as well as the Harvard Negotiation Institute (Boston).
Senior Executive Economist MBA / Certified Financial Instructor
Professional Experience
Business Analytics and Corporate Management, Corporate Finance, Business Consultancy, Banking, Accountancy. Extensive experience in the process of transforming data into insights to improve business decisions. Data management, data visualization, predictive modeling, data mining, forecasting simulation, and optimization are some of the tools used to create insights from data. Able to build deep competency in the skills needed to implement and oversee data-driven business decisions, including (i) collecting, managing and describing datasets, (ii) forming inferences and predictions from data, and (iii) making optimal and robust decisions.
Certified Instructor of the Ministry of Education, in the areas of banking, investment products and insurance products related to investments, combining extensive experience in preparing executives for the examinations of the Certification in the Regulatory Framework of the Capital Market of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission and the Bank of Greece.
Areas of Practice
Finance, Accounting, Banking, Corporate, Investments, EU Programmes Innovation Fund
Languages
Greek, English
Academic Education
Department of Accounting and Finance – Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens
MBA, Full-Time Postgraduate Diploma in International European Economic Studies- European Economic Policy – Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens
Professional Experience
Loukas Spanos is an ESG and sustainability professional, economist, and accredited mediator with extensive experience in corporate sustainability, ESG, corporate governance, and public policy. He is currently ESG Manager at Qualco Group, listed on Euronext Athens, where he leads the Group’s ESG strategy and CSRD/ESRS reporting across subsidiaries. He has served as Senior ESG Expert in projects with the Council of Europe Development Bank and as an ESG consultant for organisations in Greece and abroad, focusing on ESG monitoring frameworks, ESG metrics and executive training. He has also held senior institutional roles, including Director of the Hellenic Financial Mediation Center and Special Sustainability Advisor to the Chair of the Board of the National Bank of Greece.
Earlier in his career, Loukas served as Head of Office to Greek Ministers, including at the Ministries of Labour and Economy, and held senior advisory positions in the Greek Government and the Hellenic Parliament. In these roles, he was involved in policy coordination, legislative initiatives, structural reforms and institutional engagement, including work connected with the Troika / international institutions and reform implementation. Loukas holds a BA in Economics from the University of Athens and two master’s degrees: in Applied Economics & Finance from the University of Athens and in Climate Risk & ICT from the University of Piraeus. He has completed professional certifications in ESG Investing by the CFA Institute and Sustainability & Climate Risk by GARP. He has teaching experience in ESG, corporate governance and finance, and has published in international scientific journals on corporate governance and sustainability-related topics.
Areas of Practice
Finance, Accounting, Banking, Corporate, Investments, EU Programmes Innovation Fund, ESG
Languages
Greek, English
Academic Education
BA in Economics from the University of Athens
Master Degrees: in Applied Economics & Finance from the University of Athens
Master Degrees: in Climate Risk & ICT from the University of Piraeus
ESG Investing by the CFA Institute and Sustainability & Climate Risk by GARP