HELLENIC PETROLEUM S.A.

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Mr. John Costopoulos is Chief Executive Officer of HELLENIC PETROLEUM S.A., serves on the Boards of EKO and of Hellenic Fuels - the Group's marketing subsidiaries - and serves on the BoD of Elpedison - the Group’s power generation subsidiary / JV with Edison.

Mr. Costopoulos holds a BSc Honours in Economics from the University of Southampton, U.K. and a MBA from the University of Chicago, U.S.A.

From 1979 to 1982 he worked with Procter & Gamble in Geneva, Switzerland. From 1982 to 1986 he held VP and Director’s positions in Corporate and Investment Banking at the Chase Manhattan Bank in New York and London. From 1986 to 1991 he was a Principal at Booz Allen & Hamilton based in London, working on strategy development and organiσational change projects.

Returning to Greece in 1991, he assumed a number of senior management positions: CEO of Diageo - Metaxa S.A. (1991-1997). CEO of Johnson & Johnson Hellas S.A. and Regional Director of Johnson & Johnson Central and Eastern Europe (1998-2000). From 2001 to 2003 he was Vice Chairman and CEO of Petrola Hellas S.A., an Athens stock exchange-listed oil refiner.

In 2003, after the merger of Petrola Hellas S.A. to HELLENIC PETROLEUM SA, he joined the latter’s Board of Directors. In June 2006, he became an Executive Board Member and in December 2007 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the same company.

He currently serves on the Boards of the Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV) and of  "Fourlis Holdings S.A.".