Ioannis A. Costopoulos is Member-General Council at The Federation of Greek Industries, Member-Scientific Council at Foundation for Economic & Industrial Research and Member of Housemarket SA and on the board of 5 other companies.

In his past career Mr. Costopoulos held the position of Chief Executive Officer of Hellenic Petroleum SA and Vice Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Petrola Hellas SA (a subsidiary of Hellenic Petroleum SA), Director at EKO SA, Chief Executive Officer for Metaxa SA, Principal at Booz Allen Hamilton International (U.K.) Ltd., Regional Director-Central & Eastern Europe at Johnson & Johnson Hellas SA, Vice President for JP Morgan Ltd. (London) and Vice President at Chase Manhattan Plc.

He received an undergraduate degree from The University of Southampton and an MBA from The University of Chicago.