G+P Law Firm Senior Partner John Giannakakis has joined ELTA Hellenic Post as its Chief Legal Officer.
Giannakakis, who will continue in his role with G+P, where he has been working since 2018, previously served as the Group General Counsel, Chief Compliance & Risk Officer for Avramar between 2019 and 2022. Between 2018 and 2020, he also served as the Data Protection Officer of Ziraat Bankasi. Giannakakis, who will continue in his role with G+P, where he has been working since 2018, previously served as the Group General Counsel, Chief Compliance & Risk Officer for Avramar between 2019 and 2022. Between 2018 and 2020, he also served as the Data Protection Officer of Ziraat Bankasi.
Between 2016 and 2018, he was the Regional General Counsel and Data Protection Officer Southern Europe at the G4S security solutions group. Before that, he was the Head of Legal and Compliance at Novartis between 2014 and 2016. Earlier still, he was the General Counsel & Business Integrity Officer for Greece & Cyprus at Unilever between 2005 and 2014 and an Associate Group General Counsel for Babis Vovos International Construction between 1996 and 2009.
I took up the role of the chief legal officer of Hellenic Post SA a Greek government-controlled group undergoing a large-scale functional and organizational transformation. I consider this as a major challenge for me – not having ever worked for a public sector employer – to support the management and the shareholder in transforming the historic and oldest Greek corporation into a modern digital and financially strong organization equipped to cope effectively with the VUCA world challenges.
