Ourania (Rania) Ekaterinari, Independent non-executive member
Rania is an electrical and computer engineer graduate from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, with an MBA from City University Business School in London (currently Bayes Business School).
She has many years of professional experience in positions of high responsibility in different sectors of the economy (industry, energy, networks and infrastructure, corporate and investment banking and advisory services) in Greece and abroad. She is currently Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV) and Chairman of the Executive Committee of SEV.
Rania was CEO and executive member of the Board of the Hellenic Corporation of Assets and Participations S.A. (currently GrowthFund, the National Fund of Greece). Before that, Rania was a Partner in Ernst & Young (EY) in Financial Advisory Services and EY energy sector leader for Southeast Europe. During 2010-2015, she served as Deputy CEO and executive member of the Board of Public Power Corporation S.A., the leading Greek electric utility.
During the period 2000 – 2010 she worked as senior banker in London and in Greece in both corporate and investment banking in leading banks like BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank and Eurobank. She began her career in London working for Texaco in business development in the oil and gas industry in the Caspian region. She is administrator of “EKATI CONSULTING SINGLE MEMBER LTD”.
She also holds the following board positions in boards and board committees of legal persons:
- Independent non-executive member of the Board of Directors, member of the Audit Committee and member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee of ELVALHALCOR S.A.
- Independent non-executive member of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee of MOTOR OIL S.A.
- Non-executive member of the Board of Directors of HELLENIC ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION NETWORK OPERATOR S.A.
- Member of the Board of Directors of SEV Institute Single-Member S.A.
Rania is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Foundation for Economic & Industrial Research (IOBE), member of the Advisory Board of Dianeosis, member of the Leadership Committee of the Greek American Chamber of Commerce, Vice-chair of the BoD of Alba Association and co-chair of the Greek Chapter of the US-based organization WomenCorporateDirectors, the largest international women BoD member network. Previously she was member of the Hellenic Corporate Governance Council (HCGC) and member of the Council of Competitiveness in Greece.