Sofoklis
CEO - Greece - iCEO #92677

Experience

- Chairman of BoD / INED / Chairman of Audit Committee / CEO / CFO with over 28 years’ broad experience in Food Retail, Wholesale, e-Commerce, Tobacco, Banking, Real Estate and Tourism sectors. - Extensive experience in strategy / business planning, M&A / equity / assets / real estate transactions, systems implementation, change management including post-M&A integration.

Major Achievements

- Revenue 2 bn, EBITDA 220 mio, FCF 200 mio managing 15,2k associates. - International M&A experience (equity, asset deals, warehouses, e-commerce) - Annual Savings of more than 1,5% of total cost base - Business development on Franchise expansion from 60 to 300 stores through proper financing. - Establishment of cash pooling, finanicing through hybrid derivative instruments, establishment in South East Europe of supply chain finance reducing payment terms to suppliers. - Indirect procurement under management of more than 250 mio with annual saving rate of ~8 mio for 5 consecutive years (OPEX and CAPEX) - Associate Engagement Score over 88 / 100 - Implemented ESG action plans to improve ESG objectives and established reporting system on ESG for Annual Report at Group level - 4 times implementation of full SAP (FI, CO, MM, SD), implementation of Hyperion Planning and Reporting tool, PowerBI and SAP BW.

Industry Sector Competencies

Systems Integration

Consumer Goods

Office Supplies

Private Equity

Food Retail, Wholesale, Franchise, e-commerce

Professional Objectives

Function: CEO, CFO, Chief of Staff, M&A

Sector: Retail (any), Apparel, Luxury, Energy, Telecommunications, Media, Oil and Gas Tobacco

Interim Manager: Yes

Permanent Position: Yes

Operational: Yes

Availability: Full time, part time, coaching on demand

Prefered Locations: Greece, UAE, Switzerland, Germany, UK, USA, France

Additional Professional Interests

Operational coaching on demand

Non executive director assignments

Personal financial investment: 150-350K USD

Countries Covered

Germany

Greece

Netherlands

Romania

USA

Operational Competencies

AI strategy (Professional)

DEI strategy (Professional)

ESG & sustainability strategy (Expert)

Technologies to market (Expert)

Business development (Expert)

New product or service launch (Professional)

Geographical expansion (Expert)

Company rescue or turnaround (Expert)

Close down or sell off (Expert)