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.
Theodoros Gakis, Independent Non-Executive Member, Member of the Audit Committee
Year of birth: 1980
Mr. Theodoros Gakis is a graduate of the Athens University of Economics and Business (2004) and holds a Master’s degree with a specialization in Accounting (2005). Following the completion of his studies, he began working as a trainee certified public accountant at the audit firm PwC, while also attending the professional auditor training courses at SOEL (Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Greece). In 2013, he obtained the title of Certified Public Accountant. Since 2013, he has worked as a freelancer, and since 2014 he has been a shareholder in the consulting firm FK Consulting Services, where he has also served as Chief Executive Officer for the past 3 years. He has extensive experience in financial reporting of Financial Statements under IFRS and in other financial advisory services, having led project teams for multinational groups, companies listed on the Athens Stock Exchange, and other major Greek companies in the sectors of energy, telecommunications, transport, manufacturing, raw materials, food and beverages, technology, marketing, and the public sector. He served as a member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee of SPACE HELLAS from July 2020 to October 2022.
Marios Lasanianos- Independent, Non- Executive Member, Member of the Audit Committee
Year of Birth: 1974
Mr. Lasanianos is a Chartered Accountant, a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a Fellow ACCA (member of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants) and a certified anti-fraud auditor (CFE - member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and the Hellenic Association of Anti-Fraud Examiners). Between 1998 - 2018 he worked as a Chartered Accountant and Business Consultant at Grant Thornton Greece where he led numerous projects in assurance services (internal external audits), reconciliation services (Transactional Advisory) and Forensics services in listed, private and multinational entities. At the same time, he represented Grant Thornton Greece in international committees of the Grant Thornton International network with the aim of enhancing the quality of audit internationally in local firms.
For the period 2018 - 2021 he worked as Director of Financial Services in large retail and wholesale companies. Since October 2022 he has taken over as Director of Transaction Advisory Services at Baker Tilly Business Consulting S.A., a member of the international network of Baker Tilly International.