Takis Spiliopoulos

Greek, born 1970

Panagiotis "Takis" Spiliopoulos has been Chief Financial Officer since 2019. Before this appointment, he was Head of Research and member of the Investment Banking management team at leading Swiss bank Vontobel, where he successfully built the #1 franchise in Swiss equities over the last ten years, as recognized by Thomson Extel. Over the course of this employment he advised clients on capital market transactions including the successful execution of several IPOs. He advised institutional clients as key opinion leader on technology investments. Before that, he led the technology research practice at the same bank and had the lead on numerous capital market transactions. Before joining Vontobel in 2001, Takis was Head of Investments and member of the Executive Management Board at a venture capital technology company where he was responsible for due diligence, company valuation, investment proposals, deal negotiations and setup of deal structure.

Before switching to the investment side in 1999, Takis worked as management and technology consultant for leading international players, including, among others, Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting, where he started his career in 1995), advising financial institutions on strategy and information technology matters, including the implementation of new processes and applications.

Takis holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science and Business Economics from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich), Switzerland. He also holds an Executive MBA and a degree in Financial Analysis (CEFA/EFFAS).