PCS Athens Symposium

Speakers

Sep 2, 2025 - Mar 6, 2025

Join us for the first event in the 4th Annual PCS European Symposia Series

European finance is in a new era.
Join us in Athens for a full-day symposium on securitisation, focusing on Greek markets, regulatory shifts, expert insights, and cross-jurisdictional challenges.

Agenda

2025-10-21

2025-10-21

09:00

Networking Breakfast

10:00

Opening Remarks

Michael Haralabidis
Group Chief Risk Officer, Growthfund

Michael Haralabidis

Group Chief Risk Officer, Growthfund

10:10

Keynote - Greece's Economic Transformation: Outlook and Prospects

Michael Arghyrou
Head of the Economics Office of the Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic

Michael Arghyrou

Head of the Economics Office of the Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic

Prof. Michael Arghyrou is currently the Head of the Economics Office of the Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic.

Since July 2019 he has served as Head of the Council of Economic Advisors of the Ministry of Finance of the Hellenic Republic, representing Greece at the Eurogroup Working Group (EWG) and the Economic and Financial Committee (EFC).

Since July 2023 he has been Greece's national representative at the Board of Directors of the European Investment Bank (EIB).

Since July 2019 he's been a Professor in Economics at the Department of Economics of the University of Piraeus.

10:40

Adapting to a New Era

Playing with possible evolutionary outcomes for European finance, to help decide what is needed from securitisations.

Ian Bell
CEO | PCS

Ian Bell

CEO | PCS

Ian Bell has worked in securitisation in various capacities since 1988, first as a lawyer and partner at Clifford Chance, then as general counsel and head of structured finance at Standard & Poor’s Europe and finally as CEO of PCS.

12:00

Refreshment Break

12:30

Higgs boson

Like the mass of the Higgs determines the structure of our universe, the precise parameters of securitisation regulation define the financial universe - change them even fractionally, and what can exist and how it interacts is completely different.

Harry Noutsos
PCS

Harry Noutsos

PCS

Harry Noutsos started working in securitisation in 2000 where, after working in research and structuring at CSFB, he took on responsibilities for modelling and structuring at Bank of America and Santander before taking the position Global Head of ABS for ING.

13:20

What's Next for Securitisation in a Less Traditional World?

Jessica Littlewood Moderator
Partner, Clifford Chance

Jessica Littlewood

Partner, Clifford Chance

Christina Papanikolopoulou
Managing Partner, PPL

Christina Papanikolopoulou

Managing Partner, PPL

Christina has been practicing financial law since 1998, leading groundbreaking transactions in the Greek market. Notable achievements include the first securitisation in the Greek banking sector, the first Greek synthetic securitisation, the first CMBS transaction, the first issuance of preferred redeemable shares offered to U.S. retail investors and listed on the New York Stock Exchange by a Greek systemic bank and the first relisting from the ATHEX to an international stock exchange (LSE) for a major Greece-based group.

Christina also led the first real estate investment company (REIC) IPO and combined offering to Greek and institutional investors in Europe and the US, as well as (in 2024) the first IPO and combined offering of a Greek company after almost 20 years of standstill; during the Greek financial crisis, Christina worked on the Greek PSI, on the recapitalisations of systemic banks, and on the first special liquidation of a failing Greek bank. In the field of non-performing loans, Christina provided the legal structure for the first sale of a nonperforming loans portfolio for a medium size Greek bank, as well as for the first securitisation of commercial nonperforming exposures for one of the systemic banks; moreover, she worked on most of the NPL-related transactions that have taken place over the past years, including HAPS transactions and the set-up of the Greek arm of one of the largest NPL servicers in Europe.

Augusta Vrachnou
Associate Director, EBRD

Augusta Vrachnou

Associate Director, EBRD

14:05

Lunch

15:00

Synthetics in Greece: New Rules, New Opportunities?

Frank Benhamou
Risk Transfer Portfolio Manager, Cheyne Capital

Frank Benhamou

Risk Transfer Portfolio Manager, Cheyne Capital

Timothy Cleary Moderator
Partner, Clifford Chance

Timothy Cleary

Partner, Clifford Chance

Andreas Koutris
Senior Managing Director, Aon

Andreas Koutris

Senior Managing Director, Aon

Som-lok Leung
Executive Director, IACPM

Som-lok Leung

Executive Director, IACPM

Andrea Modolo
Head of Securitisation - Italy, UniCredit

Andrea Modolo

Head of Securitisation - Italy, UniCredit

15:50

The Greek Market Today: Trends, Risks & Opportunities

Ioannis Asimelis
Director Capital Instruments and Securitisations, Alpha Bank

Ioannis Asimelis

Director Capital Instruments and Securitisations, Alpha Bank

Vaggelis Atherinos
Chief Growth Officer, Avis Greece

Vaggelis Atherinos

Chief Growth Officer, Avis Greece

Kanella Gerontidou
Head of Transaction Origination and SRT Monitoring, Eurobank

Kanella Gerontidou

Head of Transaction Origination and SRT Monitoring, Eurobank

Canella has been working in securitisation since 2003. From 2003 till now has run, amongst others, the first Greek RMBS transaction, the first HAPS NPL transactions and the first Greek synthetic securitisations.

Georgios Koptsialis
Director Structuring & Execution, Piraeus Bank

Georgios Koptsialis

Director Structuring & Execution, Piraeus Bank

Nimesh Verma
Managing Director, Head of Credit Risk Sharing Origination, Man Group

Nimesh Verma

Managing Director, Head of Credit Risk Sharing Origination, Man Group

Nimesh Verma is Head of Origination for the Credit Risk Sharing (CRS) strategy at Man, focusing on bank relationships. Prior to joining Man Group in 2024, Nimesh worked for 17 years in the Bank Advisory Team at BNP Paribas Corporate and Investment Bank, advising banks on strategic balance sheet management issues, including capital efficiency, Basel regulations, value management, CPM and risk transfer. Nimesh previously worked as a banking industry management consultant at Oliver Wyman. Nimesh holds a MEng in Manufacturing Engineering from Cambridge University

Konstantinos Voulgarakis Moderator
Senior Associate, Clifford Chance

Konstantinos Voulgarakis

Senior Associate, Clifford Chance

16:40

Closing Remarks

16:45

Cocktail Party

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