Board of Directors' CVs

Babis Mazarakis
Chief Financial Officer
National Bank

Babis Mazarakis was appointed Chief Financial Officer at National Bank of Greece in November 2010. He is also a Board Member of the NBG subsidiaries Ethnoplan S.A., Ethnodata S.A., NBG Bancassurance S.A., Ethniki Factors S.A., Ethniki Kefalaiou S.A., Astir Palace Vouliagmeni S.A. and NBG Pangaea Real Estate Investment Co..

Before joining NBG, he was Chief Operating Officer (COO) at the NYSE-listed Corporation Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd, while from 2008 until 2010 he was Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Member of the Group Executive Committee at TITAN Cement Company (listed in the Athens Stock Exchange), where he was responsible for the financial and IT management of 70 active companies across 12 countries.

From 1999 to 2008 he served in various executive positions in Vodafone Greece and Hungary; he was Group CFO and Member of the BoD in Greece (1999-2006), Interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in Hungary (2006-2007) and in 2007 he returned to Greece as COO and Vice-Chairman of the BoD.

During the period 1997-1999 he held the position of Finance Director and Member of the BoD at Georgia Pacific-Delica, while from 1992 until 1997 he worked as Financial Analysis Group Manager at Procter & Gamble, first in Athens and then in the European Headquarters in Brussels.

Babis Mazarakis holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Piraeus (with distinction) and an MBA from Ohio State University, The Fischer School of Business (Wielder Scholar), where he was Teaching Assistant in Finance. He has been listed within the 30 most distinguished CFOs in Europe below 40 years old (2002, CFO Europe).