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Economist Conferences – Greece

George Karakousis

Group deputy chief executive, retail, PPC

Mr George Karakousis is a commercial executive with significant experience in senior commercial roles across technology, telecoms, and energy sectors. He has successfully designed and implemented the commercial strategy for major corporations in Greece and the United Kingdom and has spearheaded large-scale transformation projects. 

Over the last 20 years, he has worked for companies in commercial roles with increased responsibility such as Forthnet and Wind Hellas, successfully launching new products and services. In the UK he was responsible for the redesign of the product strategy for Talk Talk, while in British Telecoms (BT) he led the largest service transformation project for nine million customers. In recent years, he has been leading the commercial transformation of PPC with very positive results. 

He holds an electrical & computer engineering degree from the National Technical University of Athens, a master’s degree (MSc) from Imperial College London and an MBA from ALBA Graduate Business School.