Audit Committee
The members of the Audit Committee are:
Evanthia Andrianou – Independent, Non- Executive Member, Chairman of the Audit Committee
Year of birth: 1970
Mrs. Evanthia Andrianou is a graduate of the American College (Pierce) (1987). She holds a degree in Business Administration from the Athens University of Economics and Business (ASOEE) and holds an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management.
In 1992, she started her professional career as an auditor at PWC, from 1998 to 2014 she worked as an Investment Banking executive at Telesis SA, at Accentis Corporate Finance and at EFG Telesis Finance, where she was Director of Investment Banking. Since 2014, she has been working exclusively as a fund manager in the field of Private Equity, one of the co-founders of the investment funds SouthBridge Europe Mezzanine, which invest in developing Greek companies. She holds a non-executive board position in companies in the portfolio of SouthBridge Europe Mezzanine and she is a founding member and shareholder of SouthBridge Advisors AEDOEE. She has sufficient knowledge in the field of business and in the field of activity of the Company, having evaluated and investing in the field of organized retail companies.
Fotios Tzigkos- Independent, Non- Executive Member
Year of birth: 1959
Mr. Tzigkos is a graduate of the Athens University of Economics and Business, (1981). After a solid career of more than five years as a chief accounting and tax manager of a multinational company, Mr. Tzigkos co-founded a new Greek company focusing on Tax and Accounting Services, in 1988 (TZIGKOS I BANTRAS Accounting and Tax Consulting S.A.). Mr. Tzigkos maintains primary responsibility for accounting and tax services in the retail, financial and shipping industries and he specializes in consulting both private individuals and companies concerning tax legislation and compliance. He has sufficient knowledge in the field of activity of the company, because for a number of years he has been an accounting and tax consultant in many commercial public limited companies. He also has sufficient knowledge in auditing, because he has been for a number of years an auditor in public limited companies, which are not subject to Part B article 2 sub-paragraph A1 of Law 4336/2015.
Marios Lasanianos- Independent, Non- Executive Member
Year of Birth: 1974
He is a Certified Public Accountant and member of the Greek Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Ηe also holds the title of Fellow Member ACCA (Association of Certified Chartered Accountants). He is a Certified Fraud Examiner, member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and also of the Hellenic ACFE. He holds a BA in Business Administration from the Economic University of Athens.
During 1998 - 2018 he worked as an auditor and business consultant in Grant Thornton Greece where he reached the rank of Partner. During his career he led numerous projects in internal and external audits in private and public entities. He also served as a business consultant in the area of Transactional Advisory and Forensic Advisory services. During 2014 - 2018 he served as Grant Thornton Greece’s representative to the Global Audit Quality Committee of Grant Thornton International with the purpose of establishing standards and processes for the enhancement of quality in audit. During 2018 - 2019 he worked as a Director of Finance in Mart Cash and Carry (subsidiary of Sklavenitis group) while from 2019 onwards he works as a CFO in one of Greece’s largest companies in the wholesale trade of garments Shop and Trade S.A.
Evanthia Andrianou – Independent, Non- Executive Member, Chairman of the Audit Committee
Year of birth: 1970
Mrs. Evanthia Andrianou is a graduate of the American College (Pierce) (1987). She holds a degree in Business Administration from the Athens University of Economics and Business (ASOEE) and holds an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management.
In 1992, she started her professional career as an auditor at PWC, from 1998 to 2014 she worked as an Investment Banking executive at Telesis SA, at Accentis Corporate Finance and at EFG Telesis Finance, where she was Director of Investment Banking. Since 2014, she has been working exclusively as a fund manager in the field of Private Equity, one of the co-founders of the investment funds SouthBridge Europe Mezzanine, which invest in developing Greek companies. She holds a non-executive board position in companies in the portfolio of SouthBridge Europe Mezzanine and she is a founding member and shareholder of SouthBridge Advisors AEDOEE. She has sufficient knowledge in the field of business and in the field of activity of the Company, having evaluated and investing in the field of organized retail companies.
Fotios Tzigkos- Independent, Non- Executive Member
Year of birth: 1959
Mr. Tzigkos is a graduate of the Athens University of Economics and Business, (1981). After a solid career of more than five years as a chief accounting and tax manager of a multinational company, Mr. Tzigkos co-founded a new Greek company focusing on Tax and Accounting Services, in 1988 (TZIGKOS I BANTRAS Accounting and Tax Consulting S.A.). Mr. Tzigkos maintains primary responsibility for accounting and tax services in the retail, financial and shipping industries and he specializes in consulting both private individuals and companies concerning tax legislation and compliance. He has sufficient knowledge in the field of activity of the company, because for a number of years he has been an accounting and tax consultant in many commercial public limited companies. He also has sufficient knowledge in auditing, because he has been for a number of years an auditor in public limited companies, which are not subject to Part B article 2 sub-paragraph A1 of Law 4336/2015.
Marios Lasanianos- Independent, Non- Executive Member
Year of Birth: 1974
He is a Certified Public Accountant and member of the Greek Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Ηe also holds the title of Fellow Member ACCA (Association of Certified Chartered Accountants). He is a Certified Fraud Examiner, member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and also of the Hellenic ACFE. He holds a BA in Business Administration from the Economic University of Athens.
During 1998 - 2018 he worked as an auditor and business consultant in Grant Thornton Greece where he reached the rank of Partner. During his career he led numerous projects in internal and external audits in private and public entities. He also served as a business consultant in the area of Transactional Advisory and Forensic Advisory services. During 2014 - 2018 he served as Grant Thornton Greece’s representative to the Global Audit Quality Committee of Grant Thornton International with the purpose of establishing standards and processes for the enhancement of quality in audit. During 2018 - 2019 he worked as a Director of Finance in Mart Cash and Carry (subsidiary of Sklavenitis group) while from 2019 onwards he works as a CFO in one of Greece’s largest companies in the wholesale trade of garments Shop and Trade S.A.