Podcast “Open Executive Boardroom” (3/7/2025),
Episode 8
The Open Executive Boardroom is home to a personality who has left and continues to leave her own imprint on the business world. Dimitris Aletraris describes himself as a restless spirit and opens his cards to Nestor Vassiliou. He describes his exciting career, which begins in his childhood in the Belgian Congo, where he spoke Swahili and French, and reaches the important positions he held in large companies and the responsibility of managing investments of €10 billion.
The CEO of EMMA Capital explains how he had created the largest fund in Cyprus and how the Czechs came into his life, who were to determine his professional career. The establishment of EMMA Capital Ltd brings its first major investment of €1 billion. with the acquisition of 34% of OPAP Greece. How did he find himself at the helm of OPAP Cyprus and why does “nothing more permanent than temporary” fully apply to his case?
Dimitris Aletraris assesses, among other things, his ten years of experience as head of OPAP Cyprus, revealing how he managed to skyrocket turnover and profits from €130-€140 million. and €1 million. profit in 2014, to €300 million. turnover and €12 million. profit in 2023. A success that, as he points out, could not have been achieved without the contribution of his colleagues. How did he start his career at KPMG London, why did he switch to KPMG Cyprus and what pushed him into the insurance industry?
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2xh9JeCy9u8aNAq0ajny1h
