George Panagopoulos is a Certified Public Accountant and Partner in the Assurance Department of Grant Thornton Greece, where he has been occupied since 2003. He is a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Greece (SOEL).
George participates in rendering assurance services to listed and non-listed entities as the head of the audit team. He is experienced in various sectors of the Greek economy, such as commerce, construction and energy. He has participated as head of projects in listing the bond loans issued by companies on the ATHEX. George has also been involved in projects such as due diligence, corporate transformation, and entities’ organization for IFRS implementation.
He is a member of the Methodology and Technology Committee of Grant Thornton and is in charge of the application of Grant Thornton International audit tools.
George holds an MSc in Financial Economics from Cardiff University and a Degree in Physics from the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Ioannina.
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Cyber Resilience and businesses
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