Board of Directors
The Company is governed by a Board of Directors, consisting of five (5) to eleven (11) members, elected by the General Meeting of the Shareholders. The term of office of the members of the Board of Directors is five (5) years.
Following Masdar’s acquisition of 70% of the Company shareholding, the composition of the Board of Directors is the following:
Georgios Peristeris
Chairman, Executive Member
He was born in Athens in 1957. He graduated as a Civil Engineer from the National Technical University of Athens in 1980. His involvement with TERNA S.A. begun in 1981. Between 1982 and 1984 he was a Constructions’ Manager in important hydraulics and railway projects. In 1984 he became Chairman and CEO of TERNA S.A. In 1997 he establishes TERNA ENERGY and assumes the position of the Chairman. Since then he has developed intense entrepreneurial activity in the field of renewable energy sources (RES).
He also occupies the position of the Chairman of the Hellenic Association of Renewable Energy Electricity Producers since 2000. This Association constitutes a founding member and is represented in the BoD of the corresponding European Federations (European Renewable Energies Federation – EREF).
Emmanuel Maragoudakis
Chief Executive Officer, Executive Member
He was born in Evia in 1951. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Newcastle University and a post graduate degree in production management and manufacturing technology from Strathclyde University of Scotland. He commenced his professional career as a plant manager at Vidomet S.A., a manufacturing company, where he was employed from 1980 to 1988. From 1988 to 1989 he was plant manager at Sabo S.A., a company specializing in the construction and installation of industrial machinery. He was the managing director of Viomek S.A.from 1988 to 2013. He initiated a co-operation with TERNA ENERGY in 1997, and today occupies the position of the company’s CEO and that of the General Manager of the Environment and Renewable Energy Sources Sector.
Georgios Mergos
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, Independent non-Executive Member
He was born in Evia in 1948. He is Professor Emeritus, Department of Economics of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, where he has been teaching since 1986. He studied Economics at the University of Athens and holds an MSc Degree from Oxford University, UK and a PhD degree from Stanford University, USA. Before joining the University of Athens, he worked for the World Bank. He has served as Secretary General, Ministry of Finance, Governor of the Foundation of Social Security and Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy. He has conducted research with research institutions in Greece and abroad, and consulting with various international organizations and the European Commission (DG External Relations) on issues of development programme and project evaluation in numerous countries (China, India, Egypt, other South Asia countries, all countries of the former Eastern Europe and several countries of the former Soviet Union). He has served, inter alia, as a member of the BoD of GEK TERNA, PPC, NBG, Alpha Bank and as a member of the Board of Governors of Black Sea Trade and Development Bank. He is member of the BoD of Piraeus Bank Real Estate since 2014 and a BoD member of the Foundation of Economic and Industrial Research, a non-profit think tank, since February 2020.
Marina Sarkisian Ochanesoglou
Independent Non – Executive Member
Ms Sarkisian Ochanesoglou holds a degree in Civil Engineering from Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine in London and an MSc in Environmental Engineering from the same university. She has been a Member of the Board of Directors of Cenergy Holdings since May 2020. She has over twenty years of experience in environmental management and climate change issues. She has worked in the Environmental Department at Athens International Airport S.A. for a period of 15 years, holding positions of responsibility in climate change, air quality and aircraft noise issues Previously (1994-1997) she was an independent environmental consultant collaborating with Ecosystems Analysis Ltd and Panagopoulos & Associates participating in a wide range of Environmental Impact Assessment Studies for infrastructure projects and other studies.
Tatiana Karapanagioti
Independent Non – Executive Member
Ms. Karapanagioti is the founder and CEO of FULLVIEW, a strategic communication company with a clientele from the banking, industrial and wider business areas. Also, she is currently the President of the Civil Non-Profit Company, Initiative for Journalism, Member of the Advisory Committee of ELIAMEP, Member of the Advisory Committee of DESMOS, member of the Board of the Association of Friends of Music and member of the Board of insidestory.gr. She has received the Gold Medal of Honor from the Republic of Austria in 2018. She has served as Minister of Culture and Tourism in the caretaker Government of Pikrammenos, May – June 2012, as well as Member of Parliament, February – April 2012. She has extensive experience as a Communication Consultant, 09 / 2011-12 / 2017. As the founder and CEO of FULLVIEW she has deep knowledge and long experience in matters of communication, relations with the media as well as perception of the operation of the State and market players. Previously, as Executive Producer of LYNX PRODUCTIONS, 09/2005-08/2011 she was involved in the production of journalistic and news programs in collaboration with private and public television channels. Also, as founder and CEO of URGH PRODUCTIONS, Founder and CEO, 09/2005-09/2015 in the production of educational and cultural documentaries in collaborations with private and public television channels, with OMMA (Athens Concert Hall), La Foundation, etc. She was a publisher in THEATIS MAGAZINE, 2005-2006, publisher in SALVO PUBLICATIONS, ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART, London, 2001-2003 and participated in individual and group photography exhibitions, Athens & London, 2000-2010
Abdulaziz Mohamed Abdulla Alobaidli AlHammadi
Non-Executive Member
Mohammed Mazin Khan
Non-Executive Member
Nikolas Meitanis
Non-Executive Member
Faisal Tahir Bhatti
Non-Executive Member
Ahmed Abdelrahim Yousif Mohamed Alawadhi
Non-Executive Member