Gikas Hardouvelis
Gikas A. Hardouvelis (born October 8, 1955) is a Greek economist and former senior government official serving as chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Bank of Greece (NBG). He was the Minister of Finance of the Hellenic Republic from June 2014 to January 2015.
Gikas A. Hardouvelis | |
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Γκίκας A. Χαρδούβελης | |
| Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Bank of Greece | |
| Assumed office 30 July 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Konstantinos Michailidis |
| Minister of Finance | |
| In office 10 June 2014 – 27 January 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Antonis Samaras |
| Preceded by | Yannis Stournaras |
| Succeeded by | Yanis Varoufakis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 October 1955 Poulithra, Greece |
| Political party | Independent |
| Alma mater | Harvard University (BS, MS) University of California, Berkeley (PhD) |
Hardouvelis is professor of Finance and Economics in the Department of Banking and Financial Management of the University of Piraeus.
Hardouvelis has a lengthy and broad career in four separate areas: Academia in the United States and Greece, central banking at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Bank of Greece, banking in two Greek systemic banks, and government, having worked closely as an expert technocrat with three different prime ministers from across the political spectrum.
Currently he is also active in several non-profit organizations in Greece. He is the President of MIET, a Greek cultural foundation for the support of the humanities, fine arts, and sciences. He is a Trustee of Anatolia College, a non-profit primary, secondary and tertiary private educational institution. He is also the First Vice Chairman of the board of directors and member of the executive committee of the Foundation for Economic & Industrial Research, a non-profit research institute.