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Ο κ. Σωκράτης Λαζαρίδης είναι Διευθύνων Σύμβουλος του Ομίλου του Χρηματιστηρίου Αθηνών. Παράλληλα, είναι Πρόεδρος της Διοικούσας Επιτροπής του Χρηματιστηρίου Αθηνών, μέλος του Διοικητικού Συμβουλίου της Ελληνικής Επιτροπής Κεφαλαιαγοράς, μέλος του Διοικητικού Συμβουλίου του Ελληνο-αμερικανικού Επιμελητηρίου και μέλος του Διοικητικού Συμβουλίου Ανταγωνιστικότητας της Ελλάδος. Επιπλέον, τον Οκτώβριο του 2018 εκλέχθηκε Αντιπρόεδρος της Ομοσπονδίας Ευρω-Ασιατικών Χρηματιστηρίων (FEAS) .

Στον Όμιλο εργάζεται από το 1994 σε διάφορες θέσεις στο Κεντρικό Αποθετήριο Αξιών, στην εταιρεία «Ανάπτυξη Συστημάτων & Υποστήριξη Κεφαλαιαγοράς Α.Ε.» (ΑΣΥΚ ΑΕ) και στο Χρηματιστήριο Αθηνών, ενώ έχει διατελέσει μέλος του Διοικητικού Συμβουλίου του Χρηματιστηρίου Παραγώγων και της Εταιρείας Εκκαθάρισης Συναλλαγών Επί Παραγώγων.

Επίσης, υπήρξε μέλος του Διοικητικού Συμβουλίου της εταιρείας Link Up Markets και της Ένωσης Ευρωπαϊκών Χρηματιστηρίων (FESE).

Σπούδασε στο Τμήμα Οικονομικών Επιστημών του Εθνικού Καποδιστριακού Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών και συνέχισε για MSc στo Queen Mary College του Λονδίνου, με ειδίκευση στην Οικονομετρία. Το 1987 ιδρύει την εταιρία EFFECT ΕΠΕ, που ειδικεύτηκε στο χώρο ανάπτυξης λογισμικού για την κεφαλαιαγορά. Γεννήθηκε το 1962, είναι παντρεμένος και έχει μια κόρη.

Chairman, Capital Partners SA – Investment Banking Advisors
Member of the Board, Kustom Kolor Paint Research Laboratories SA
fm. Member of Parliament – Attica Region
fm. Deputy Minister of Finance
fm. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
fm. Chairman of the Board: PEPSICO Greece, ERICSSON Greece, AGET-HERACLES CEMENT, NOVA PAY-TV GROUP
fm.Country Head: CITIBANK Greece
President, The Hellenic Golf Federation
Ph.D Econ. NYU, MBA Fin. Columbia U., MA Econ. NYU, BA Intl’ Affrs GWU

EDUCATION

1971 Athens College High-school
1974 BA in International Affairs and Economics, George Washington University
1976 MA in Economics, New York University
1978 MBA in Finance, Columbia University
1984 Ph.D. Economics, New York University
1983, 1985 Adjunct Lecturer, Economics, Pace University and Fordham University

CITIBANK

1979-1981 Economist, Currency Forecasting Dept.
1981-1982 Advisor, Foreign Exchange Exposure Management Advisory Dept.
1982-1984 Dealer, Foreign Exchange Dept.
1984-1985 Dealer, Money-Markets Trading & Positioning Dept.
1986-1989 Country Head (General Manager) for Greece, Investment Banking Group and Country Treasurer. During me tenor, we registered record-high profits for all Citibank around-the-world branches!
1989-1992 Country Head (General Manager) for Greece, Corporate Banking Group, Financial Institutions Group, Investment Banking Group and Country Treasurer. Similarly, during my tenure, Citibank Greece recorded its highest profits ever, and the highest return of capital for all Citibank entities around the globe!

OTHER EXECUTIVE, NON-EXECUTIVE AND ADVISORY POSITIONS

1996-present, Chairman and Principal of Capital Partners SA, a boutique investment banking and M&A advisory firm
1998-2004 Senior Economic Advisor for Greece to Merrill Lynch London, Sanwa Bank London, and Eurobank Athens
2001-2003 Chairman of the Board, AGET HERACLES CEMENT, the largest cement manufacturer in the region
2002-2004 Chairman of the Board, Ericsson Greece (Resigned to participate in the 2004 general elections in Greece)
2003-2004 Co-Chairman of the Board, Pepsico-Ivi Greece (Resigned to participate in the 2004 general elections in Greece)
2002-2004 Chairman of the Board, Netmed SA/Nova/Filmnet Television Group (a subsidiary of NASPERS’ Ltd of South Africa) (Resigned to participate in the 2004 general elections in Greece)

GOVERNMENT

1992-1993 Deputy Minister of Finance responsible for sovereign debt management, public lands management, State Lotteries dept., etc.
2004-2009 Elected Member of Parliament, Attica Region (40,600 votes)
2004-2007 Deputy Minister of Finance responsible for The General Accounting and Budget Office, State Land Holdings, Sovereign Debt Management Dept., European Funds Audit Dept., International Economic Affairs Dept., and all investment and share-holdings of the Hellenic Republic. Within that three-year period, we reduced budget deficit from 8.2% to 3.3%, improved the Republic’s credit rating, managed to borrow for 30- and 50-year periods at 0,30% over Bunds and at the same cost as Italy, effectively engaging in the first ‘restructuring’ of Greek State debt!
Also drafted legislation for the new Directorate of Internal Economic Audits, on the uses of lands around Greece’s coastal perimeter and a host of other.
Also actively engaged in the very successful privatization of Hellenic Petroleum, of The Commercial Bank of Greece (to Credit Agricole of France) and of OTE Hellenic Telecom (to Deutsche Telekom)!
2007-2009 Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs responsible of all international economic relations. We commenced an unprecedented initiative for State visits (with the President of the Republic or organized directly by my office) to promote Greek businesses’ access to the world markets.

CAPITAL PARTNERS

In 1996 we started-up with Mr. Thanassis Tsoukalas, Capital Partners SA, an M&A and investment banking advisory firm. Soon, Capital Partners became the leader in banking acquisition initiation and execution, acting as Lead Advisors in the sale of Chase Manhattan Greece, Chase Manhattan Romania, Credit Lyonnais Greece, Bank of Athens, Bank of Nova Scotia Greece, National Westminster Bank Greece, and Kerdoos Hermes stockbrokerage. These were sold through us to other Banks or group of investors. Also we acted as Senior Advisors for the listing of Kathimerini SA Publishing Group on the Athens Stock Exchange.

HELLENIC GOLF FEDERATION

1999-present, President, the Hellenic Golf Federation

AUTHOR of

a 1000-page book, currently being edited for its 7^th edition, on “Modern Economic and Management Theories and Classical Greek Thought”
a 400-page tome, to be published this August 2015, on “The Causes of the Rise and Fall of the Ancient Athenian Democracy”.
a 200-page tome to be published this October on “25 Centuries before Marx: Socialist Ideas in Ancient Greece”