Present Composition of the Board of Directors
According to the Company’s Articles of Association, the BoD members range from seven (7) to eleven (11) members. The present BoD consists of eight members, four (4) executive and four (4) non-executive. From the non-executive members, three (3) are independent, fulfilling the conditions set by Law 3016/2002 and Law 4706/2020. With the decision of the Ordinary General Meeting of 25.06.2021, the position of the non-executive Vice-President of the Board of Directors was established, according to the provisions of law 4706/2020, in parallel with the position of the Executive Vice-President. The persons who comprise the Board of Directors of the company today, are the following:
- Efstratios Andreadis son of Konstantinos, executive member, President of the BoD and CEO.
- Anastasia Andreadou nee Kozlakidi, executive member and Executive Vice-President.
- Apostolos Petalas son of Dimitrios, independent non – executive member, Non Executive Vice-President
- Theodora Koufou, daughter of Dimitrios, executive member.
- Konstantinos Andreadis son of Efstratios, executive member.
- Athanasios Chrisafidis son of Paschalis, independent non executive member of the BoD
- Georgios Vletsos son of Christos, independent non – executive member.
- Theofilos Mechteridis son of Ioannis, non – executive member.
The term of the Board, as defined by the General Meeting of 02.06.2022, is three years and expires on 02.06.2025, being automatically extended until the convergence of the Annual Ordinary General Meeting of the year 2025, should it take place after 02.06.2025.
Short CV of the members of the Board of Directors
- Efstratios Andreadis, President of the BoD, executive member of the BoD and Chief Executive Officer.
He was born in Vienna in 1957, Austria. He studied Mathematics at the University of Degli Studi Di Perugia, Italy. He has been active in commerce since 1980. Along with the Vice-President of the Board, Mrs. Anastasia Andreadou, they established “AS Company SA” in 1990 and since then he helds the position of the President of the BoD and CEO.
- Anastasia Andreadou, Executive Vice-President and executive member of the BoD.
She was born in Thessaloniki in 1950. She studied Accounting at “Svarna School” in Thessaloniki. She has been active in commerce since 1982. Along with the President of the Board, Mr Efstratios Andreadis, they established “AS Company SA” in 1990.
- Apostolos Petalas, Non Executive Vice President of the BoD and Independent non-executive member of the BoD, President of the Audit Commitee, President of Nomination and Remuneration Committee
He was born in 1961 in Soufli, Evros. He holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Piraeus, certified in special programs in Leadership, Executive Management, Economic and Strategic Analysis in the internal education system of Colgate Palmolive and PepsiCo in the USA. From 1985 to 1990 he worked at Colgate Palmolive in various areas of Financial Services. From 1990 to 1999 he held management positions in the Financial Sector of PepsiCo and until 2007 he was President and CEO of PepsiCo in Greece. He is the CEO of the listed “Fourlis S.A. Holdings ” and Member of the Board of the Hellenic Retail Business Association (SELPE).
- Theodora Koufou, Executive Member of the Board of Directors, General Manager
She was born in USA in 1972. She holds a BSc in Financial Studies from New York University and a postgraduate Diploma in Economics from Pace University. She has been working for the Company since September 2001. She was appointed General Manager of AS Company from July 2015. She held the position of Internal Audit Officer of the Company from September 2001 to June 2015. Prior to AS Company, she worked in the USA in the companies John Kaldor USA, Angelika Films and others.
- Konstantinos Andreadis, Non Executive Member of the Board of Directors
Konstantinos Andreadis was born in Thessaloniki in 1980. He attained a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration at Kingston University –ICBS and a Master Degree in Marketing Management at Middlesex University. He was employed at the Company’s Sales Department from 01/12/2004 to 30/09/2016. Since 25.05.2016 and to this day, he is the General Director of AS COMPANY subsidiary company in Cyprus under the name “AS Company Cyprus Ltd”.
- Athanasios Chrysafidis , Independent non-executive member of the Board, member of the Audit Committee, member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee
He was born in 1962 in Didimoticho. He is a graduate of HUNTER COLLEGE in New York and holds a postgraduate degree from the same institution. He has long-term experience in the financial services sector and extensive knowledge of capital markets and corporate governance. From 2018 until today, he serves as a Non-Executive President to the Board of the company “NBG ASSET MANAGEMENT M.F.M.C” of NBG GROUP, while from 2015 to 2021 he was CEO and Executive Member of the Board of Directors of the company “NBG SECURITIES S.A” of NBG GROUP. From 2016 to 2021 he was a member of the Investment Committee of “NATIONAL BANK OF GREECE”, while in previous years he has worked in various managerial positions in banking institutions and companies, in Greece and abroad (BANK OF ATTICA S.A., ERNST & YOUNG, Hellenic Investment Co., INTERBANK, BANKERS TRUST Co. New York). From 1998 to 2015 he worked as a Treasurer at BANK OF ATTICA S.A.
- Georgios Vletsos, Independent non-executive member of the BoD, member of the Audit Committee
Mr. Georgios Vletsos was born in 1985. He studied Business Administration at the University of Macedonia. He continued his studies in Applied Auditing and Accounting at the Institute of Training of Chartered Accountants and received a Master’s degree in Banking and Finance from the International Hellenic University. He worked for 8 years at the Audit firm SOL S.A. receiving the title of Certified Public Accountant. For the last 4.5 years he has been working in the group of “Redestos SA” in the Industrial Area of Sindos, Thessaloniki, as Chief Financial Officer of the group, overseeing the financial strategy and financial management of the group’s companies domestically and abroad. The companies of the “Raidestos” group deal with wholesale trade in the agri-food sector and the provision of services in the same sector. He has extensive knowledge of accounting principles in IFRS and Greek Accounting Standards, tax legislation, international auditing standards and audit planning in both the private and public sectors. He has managed various special projects such as mergers, acquisitions, conversions and liquidations. He participates as a member of the Board of Directors of the companies “BIOS AGROSYSTEMS S.A.”, “VITRO S.A.” and “RAIDESTOS”.
- Theofilos Mechteridis, Non-executive member of the BoD, member of the Audit Committee, member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee
He was born in 1966 in Thessaloniki. He studied Business Administration and Economics in the Department of Business Administration of the Technical University of Kavala, Greece. He received his degree as a customs agent in 1989 and since then he has been involved with this profession. He has been cooperating with the company over the last 20 years as customs agent, having specialized experience in international transit trade, import and trading of games.