The Hellenic Financial Stability Fund (HFSF) announces that, according to the
Minister of Finance’s decision Mr. Yannis Stournaras, the new non-Executive
members of the General Council of the HFSF are Messrs. Wouter Devriendt, Spyros Zarkos, and Avraam Gounaris.
Mr. Devriendt replaces Mr. Andreas Beroutsos, while Mr. Zarkos and Mr. Gounaris
replace Mr. Efthimios Gatzonas and Mrs. Eftychia Michailidou respectively, following
their request for replacement. Mr. Zarkos will represent the Bank of Greece and Mr.
Gounaris the Ministry of Finance. All members’ mandates are valid until June 30,
2017.
Mr. Devriendt acts as an independent advisor to the Belgian Government (Federal
Participation and Investment Company) on Belgian state intervention and
restructuring in the financial sector since 2011.
He is also a member of the Supervisory Board of Belfius, and the Chairman of
Amsterdam Trade Bank. He has over 15 years of international experience in a variety
of roles in ABN AMRO’s and Fortis, with global coverage responsibility for Financial
Institutions and Public Sector clients.
Mr. Devriendt is a Belgian national and holds a MBA from the Rotterdam School of
Management as well as a Master’s degree in Applied Economic Sciences from the
Catholic University of Leuven.
Mr. Zarkos is Director of the Department of Private Insurance Supervision of the
Bank of Greece. In the past he has worked as adviser to the Bank of Greece,
primarily on banking supervision and financial stability issues, as Chief Risk Officer at
Geniki Bank, and as management consultant at National Bank of Greece.
He holds a degree in Economics from the University of Athens and an MBA and a
Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Southern Illinois, Carbondale, USA with
specialization in Monetary economics, International Trade and Finance, and
Econometrics.
Mr. Gounaris is the General Secretary of the Public Property at the Ministry of
Finance. During his twenty years of working experience he has held senior
management positions and has worked in the private sector in Greek and foreign
banks (Macedonia-Thrace, Barclays and HSBC), as well as in the public sector.
He holds a Bachelor degree in Business Administration (Finance) and an MBA from
the University of Nevada, Reno, USA.