Panagiotis Vourloumis was born in 1937 and is a graduate of the London School of Economics.

He headed the South-East Asia division of the IFC (International Finance Corporation) from 1966 to 1973, was head of the Commercial Bank of Greece Group from 1979 to 1981 and was Chairman and CEO of Alpha Finance, ALPHA Mutual Funds and ALPHA BANK ROMANIA, while at the same time serving as Executive Director of ALPHA BANK, from 1988 to 2000.

From 2000 until 2004 Mr. Vourloumis was Chairman of the FRIGOGLASS Group and of the AEGEAN BALTIC BANK.  In 2004 he became Chairman and CEO of HELLENIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS ORGANIZATION S.A., of COSMOTE S.A. and ROMTELECOM S.A., where he remained until end 2010. 

Mr. Vourloumis’ current positions are:

-       President of Food Bank

-       Member of the Board and Treasurer of the Spastics Society

-       Member of the Board of Eliamep

-       Member of the Executive Committee of IOBE

-       Senior Adviser N.M. Rothschild.

He has written many articles on business, economics and management and a book "To Asfalistiko me apla logia".