Apostolos Petalas: He was born in 1961 in Soufli, Evros. He holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Piraeus. He was certified in special programmes in Leadership, Executive Management, Financial and Strategic Analysis, in the internal training system of Colgate Palmolive and especially of PepsiCo in the USA.
From 1985 to 1990, he worked for Colgate Palmolive in various areas of financial services. From 1990 to 1999, he held management positions in the Finance division of PepsiCo and until 2007 he served as Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo in Greece. From June 2007 to 2023, he took over as CEO of the FOURLIS Group (IKEA, Intersport, Holland & Barrett, Trade Estates, Trade Logistics).
Since 2017, he has been a Member of the Board of Directors, Non-Executive Vice Chairman and Member of the Audit, Remuneration and Nominations Committees of AS Company SA.
In June 2023 he was appointed General Manager of the HELLENIC SUPERMARKET ASSOCIATION.
The Hellenic Supermarket Association is the institutional body of the supermarket chains, composed of members from all the major chains of the Organized Retail Trade of food and consumer products in Greece.
He is married and father of two children.