Georgios D Stephanides

Experience

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  KPMG

  May 2006 - Dec 2007

  Consultant - Financial Advisory Services

  Provision of advisory services to companies on structures for separating property assets from other operations; undertaking several reorganization studies for both public and private companies, assisting on equity valuations and cash flow projections for various enterprises, as well as undertaking customers financial due diligence.

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  National Bank of Greece

  Jan 2008 - Mar 2018

  * Responsible for managing the Bank’s structured and project finance division; liaising with sponsors to develop credit-worthy and bankable financial structures; identifying and allocating project risk;* Supported the execution of project financing mandates, including financial modelling, preparing presentation packages/financial proposals, reviewing documentation and client negotiation;* Responsible for monitoring and control of portfolios; on-going monitoring of assets; analysis of financial and technical reports, contractor analysis, site visits and attending client and bank syndicate meetings. Show less * Personally accountable for a portfolio of major corporate clients; managing a team of Relationship Officers; Appointed key member of a team interfacing directly with the Bank’s largest corporate clients;* Responsible for evaluating new credit proposals, analyzing financial data, preparing and reviewing financial models and submitting to the Bank’s Credit Committee for approval;* Line responsibility for investment monitoring and reporting on client performance, undertaking systematic analysis of client business reports to determine the accuracy of client financial reporting and ensure full contractual compliance;* Managed a portfolio of corporate clients listed on both the Cyprus and other Foreign Stock Markets, with total credit exposure exceeding EUR 150million;* Evaluation and assessment of several multi-million projects, personally handed by the Bank’s CEO;* Appointed by the Bank’s CEO as Secretary of the Supreme Credit Committee; in position since 2011. Show less

  • Head - Structured and Project Finance

    Jul 2015 - Mar 2018

  • Relationship Manager - Corporate Banking

    Jan 2008 - Jun 2015
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  Alpha Bank

  Mar 2018 - Oct 2023

  Responsible for the origination and execution of project finance transactions in the energy and infrastructure sectors. Acted as senior project manager for the implementation of a 50MWe solar power generation project. Involved – inter alia – with the following tasks:* Debt and equity raising; responsible for communication and negotiation with commercial banks, ECA’s, multilateral institutions, private equity funds and alternative investment funds, * Responsible for identifying and establishing relationship with legal (international and local), insurance, technical and other advisors; drafting proposed scope of work, negotiating engagement letter for provision of services, assessing proposals, and appointing the best possible partner based on a variety of characteristics,* Liaising between project company and legal advisors for the performance of company due diligence reports; assessing the outcome and ensuring that the reports contain the minimum number of qualifications,* Working closely with financial advisors in providing an economic and financial analysis of the project,* Working closely with international legal advisors for drafting project documents and local legal advisors for drafting debt restructuring agreements and localization of project documents; ensuring that project documents were aligned with restructuring agreements,* Participating in the negotiations with EPC and O&M project contractors; liaising with international legal advisors ensuring bankability of project documents. Show less

  • Director - Project Finance and Investments

    Mar 2019 - Oct 2023

  • Head - Project Finance and Investments

    Mar 2018 - Mar 2019
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  CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency

  May 2024 - now

  Financial Expert

  Selected by the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency of the European Commission to act as an independent financial expert during the evaluation of proposals under the Innovation Fund call for Net Zero Technologies. Innovation Fund is one of the world’s largest funding programmes for the demonstration of highly innovative clean technologies and big flagship projects with European added value that can bring significant emission and GHG reductions. Responsible for the assessment of proposals (total investment cost > EUR 2,5billion) focusing on the award criteria of the call text such technical, financial, and operational maturity, replicability, and cost efficiency. Show less