Alex Fotakidis is a Partner at CVC and Head of Greece. He is based in Athens and responsible for all of CVC’s investment activities in Greece. Alex has been working at CVC for more than 16 years and previously spent 5 years at CIBC World Markets. He holds an MSc in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics and a BSc in Economics and Geography, both from University College London.

Established in 1981, CVC is a world leader in private equity and credit with €123 billion of assets under management, €157 billion of funds committed and a global network of 25 local offices: 16 across EMEA and the Americas and nine in the Asia Pacific region.

CVC is one of the most active institutional investors in Greece, having invested more than €1.5bn of equity since 2017 across various sectors. Today, CVC has 8 portfolio companies in Greece: Hellenic Healthcare Group, eTravel, D-Marin, Skroutz, Vivartia, Dodoni, PPC and Ethniki Insurance.