WHO WE ARE
Leadership
Our leadership team is responsible for the long-term success of Qualco Group, driven by operational and business excellence.
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors comprises two executive and three non-executive members, all aligned with the Group’s vision and corporate culture:
Orestis Tsakalotos
Group Executive Chairman
Mr. Tsakalotos is the Executive Chairman and Founder of Qualco Group, serving on its Executive Committee and overseeing its client and business areas, including broad strategy-setting and resource management.
Looking to a new era of sustainability and solidarity, Mr. Tsakalotos has a broad range of academic, cultural, environmental, and public service interests.
Miltiadis Georgantzis
Group CEO
Mr. Georgantzis is the CEO and founding partner of the Qualco Group.
Over the past two decades, he has expanded the business into new markets internationally with an increased workforce of more than 800 employees globally.
Robert Scott
Investor Director, Non-Executive
Nils Melngailis
Independent Director
Steven Edwards
Independent Director
Executive Management Team
The Management Team comprises acknowledged executives who are committed to the Group’s purpose, values, and mission.
Orestis Tsakalotos
Group Executive Chairman
Mr. Tsakalotos is the Executive Chairman and Founder of Qualco Group, serving on its Executive Committee and overseeing its client and business areas, including broad strategy-setting and resource management.
Looking to a new era of sustainability and solidarity, Mr. Tsakalotos has a broad range of academic, cultural, environmental, and public service interests.
Miltiadis Georgantzis
Group CEO
Mr. Georgantzis is the CEO and founding partner of the Qualco Group.
Over the past two decades, he has expanded the business into new markets internationally with an increased workforce of more than 800 employees globally.
Dimokritos Amallos
Advisor to the Management
Mr. Amallos has served as Non-Executive Director on the Board of Hellenic Petroleum SA (2009-2013) and as a Partner at Singular S.A, where he held the positions of Financial Director and Assistant General Manager.
He is a former Director of Oneworld SA, Decision SA, Euroskills SA, Sanyocom SA, AMTE SA and Panathinaikos FSA.
Spyridon Retzekas
Group COO
With more than 20 years of experience, Mr. Retzekas is responsible for overseeing the organization’s expansion and has a key role in developing new products or services, identifying new markets to enter, and creating strategies to achieve the growth targets of the Group.
John Fourlis
Group Executive Director
Ioannis Gkikopoulos
Chief Innovation Officer and Head of the AI & Analytics Business Unit
Mr. Gkikopoulos worked in Sales & Trading and Industrial Production before joining McKinsey.
In 2016, he set up IPSoft’s European cognitive business out of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. From 2018 to 2022, he established Infosys’ Global AI and Automation practice.
As the Chief Innovation Officer at the Qualco Group, he is responsible for the overall strategy, setting an Enablement Office to implement Group-wide strategic projects.
Nikolaos Kontopoulos
Group CFO
Mr. Kontopoulos has been Qualco Group’s CFO since 2019.
Prior to that, he held various senior positions, most notably at Intralot as Commercial Operations Director and SingularLogic as Chief Financial Officer.
He has a Master of Business Administration from Northeastern University and a BA in Economics and Computer Science from Boston University.
Athanasios Pittaras
Executive Director of Data Science
As an experienced quantitative trader, Mr. Pittaras is a team leader in both trading and research environments in various organisations, from boutique hedge funds to top-tier investment banks, such as IKOS CIF Limited and Axiom Market Neutral Fund.
With a long track record in statistical arbitrage and factor-neutral strategies, he holds the position of Executive Director of Data Science at the Qualco Group.
Christos
Lygeros
Compliance Head
Being specialised in regulatory compliance (Banking – Non-Performing Exposures – Credit Servicing), anti-money laundering prevention, and anti-bribery and corruption, Mr. Lygeros has held various senior positions prior to his role at the Qualco Group as a Compliance Head, in multiple firms, such as Alpha Bank, Ionian Bank, and more.
Kyriakos Foinikopoulos
Group Audit and Compliance Executive
With more than 24 years of international experience in the Banking Industry, Securities Services Businesses and Information Technology Industry, Mr. Foinikopoulos has a proven track record in Audit, Operational Risk (OpR), Compliance, Anti-Fraud, Project Management, Business Continuity and Information Risk areas.
WHO WE ARE
About the Group
By bringing together a unique combination of technology, data analytics, operations, and capital, we deliver innovative solutions that optimise the finances of both businesses and individuals.
WHO WE ARE
Governance
Aiming to ensure business sustainability, we build Corporate Governance on integrity, transparency, and openness following the legal and regulatory framework.


