Efthymios N. Christodoulou (; born 1932) is a

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economist and banker.

Biography

Christodoulou was born in 1932 in

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. He holds a degree from

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, a B.A. in Economics from

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, and a M.A in Economics from

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. Christodoulou has served as Director General of the National Investment Bank for Industrial Development (ETEBA), Executive Chairman of the Board of Olympic Airways, Governor of the National Bank of Greece (1979-1981), President of the Greek Union of Banks, and Governor of the

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(1992-1993). He has also been Governor for Greece at the

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and the

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. A member of the

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, Christodoulou has been elected a member of the

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(General Rapporteur for the E.E.C. budget, head of the Greek delegation for New Democracy party, 1984-1990 and 1994-1999). He has also served as the alternate Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister of National Economy. From 2004 to 2009 he was Executive Chairman of Hellenic Petroleum S.A. From 2010 to 2013, Christodoulou has been a board member of European Financial Group EFG (

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) SA, the operating holding company of EFG Group and served as Chairman of the Board of Eurobank. Christodoulou is an International Advisor of

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. Efthymios Christodoulou is married and has three children.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Christodoulou, Efhtymios 1932 births Politicians from Larissa Living people 20th-century Greek economists New Democracy (Greece) MEPs Hamilton College (New York) alumni Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni Goldman Sachs people Governors of the Bank of Greece MEPs for Greece 1984–1989 MEPs for Greece 1989–1994 MEPs for Greece 1999–2004 Athens College alumni