- Programme studied: MSc Management & Strategy
- Year of Graduation: 2014
- LinkedIn profile
After graduating Georgios joined the EDF leadership scheme, diving into renewable and nuclear energy across London and Paris. There, he mastered energy markets, financial modelling, and technical skills. Now, he’s making waves in investment banking, driving renewable energy investments across the UK, Europe, and the Middle East.
Current job title and description of what this role entails:
My current role is Director at HSBC, renewable energy investment professional. I have built up ten years of experience across equity, financing, M&A in nuclear energy, offshore wind, solar, gas, transmission assets, smart metering in the UK, Europe and Middle East.
Tell us about your career journey since graduating from LSE?
I always wanted to work in the energy sector, and was very focused on achieving that, which often wasn’t well received when interviewing for generalist roles in consulting or banking. Fortunately, I managed to secure a graduate role with EDF 6 months after graduating. This provided me with the opportunity to rotate across the business. During my time at EDF I had the pleasure to work closely with the CFO, giving me significant exposure to the EDF leadership team. That was one of my best experiences as a young professional since it has influenced my working culture and mentality since, allowing me to understand the importance of humility and humanity within demanding working environments.
During my time in EDF, I managed to develop my financial modelling and management skills, before transitioning to the world of investment banking at Mizuho Corporate & Investment Bank, and now at HSBC.
My time in banking has been rewarding, it has involved a lot of travelling from South Korea to Japan, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Jordan, US and across Europe. I have had the pleasure of working with strong clients in the energy sector, supporting their energy transition strategy.
How has the programme you studied helped your career since you graduated?
The Management & Strategy programme combined a balanced mix of economics, corporate finance, strategy, and organisational governance. This curriculum provided us with the fundamental technical and soft knowledge to understand how to approach complex problems in the real world. Now I understand why LSE’s motto "Rerum cognoscere causas" meaning "to know the causes of things" resonated with our Programme Director, Mr Jorn Roth, so much. This programme, and the LSE brand has helped my career enormously, and has always been remarkable in the banking world, with an extensive alumni network across the City of London and Canary Wharf.
What’s the best piece of career advice you’ve received?
Try to find your passion as early as possible, something that will inspire you to wake up every Monday, and success will come.
What’s the greatest challenge you’ve had to overcome?
When I graduated in 2014, the job market was not great and has been very volatile throughout the past 10 years, with Brexit, COVID, and the financial crisis in Europe. This has meant I had to keep learning, developing myself and keeping an eye out for opportunities. Looking back, I feel the ongoing crisis gave my generation a fantastic opportunity to become more flexible and develop new skills, from finance, to studying, now AI, coding, etc.
What are your hopes for the future?
I’m going to continue supporting our clients in their energy transition business and establish my name as one of the key leading experts in this space. It feels great when you hear clients looking for the “Greek guy Georgios” ! Longer term I would be delighted to offer my expertise in my home country Greece, where there is a significant potential for renewable energy to become a core part of an overall economic transition the country needs.
Share with us your fondest memory of the Department of Management.
The best memory was organising a two-day alumni conference for the first time ever. We invited people that had been very successful post-graduation, to talk about exactly what you're asking me today. It was an eye opening event for everyone, students and alumni. Of course our pre graduation summer trip with all the students to Mallorca was amazing as well!
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