Appointments of Chief Corporate Development Officer and Chief
Generation Officer, as of January 10, 2017.
1. Mr. Ioannis Kopanakis is appointed as Chief Corporate
Development Officer. Since 2009, Mr. Kopanakis held the
position of Chief Generation Officer, while in the previous
years he served as Director of the Thermal Power Plants
Operation Department and Director of the Planning and
Performance Department of Generation Units. Since joining PPC
in 1985, and for 15 years he has worked as Senior Engineer,
Maintenance Supervisor and Manager of a Thermal Power Plant
(TPP). He holds a diploma in Electrical Engineering from the
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and an MBA degree .
2. Mr. Dimitrios Metikanis, is appointed as Chief Generation
Officer. Mr. Metikanis has been working in PPC since 1986,
initially in the Ptolemais Thermal Power Plant, where he
remained for more than five years, gaining experience in the
operation of thermal power plants. Later, he was appointed to
several technical and administrative positions in the Generation
Division, dealing with various projects concerning the
environment, fuels (lignite, oil and natural gas) as well as
plant operation. Since May 2008, in his capacity as Director of
Planning and Performance Department of Generation Units, he was
responsible for the development of Generation's Strategic and
Business Plan, the Units' operational planning as well as the
monitoring of their operational and financial performance. He
holds a diploma in Chemical Engineering from the National
Technical University of Athens and an MBA degree.