Ernestos Panayiotou serves as a Non-executive Member of the Board of Managers at NBG Capital. He has been serving as General Manager of Transformation, Strategy, and International Activities at National Bank of Greece (NBG S.A.) since May 2019. Prior to rejoining NBG in 2019, Ernestos served as a Partner at McKinsey & Company during the periods 2001–2005 and 2012–2019. At McKinsey, he specialized in advising financial institutions in Greece, Cyprus, the United States, and the Middle East on strategy, transformation, and risk management matters. Between 2006 and 2011, he held the role of Strategy Advisor at the NBG Group. Ernestos holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (First Class Honours) from the University of Oxford and a Master in Public Administration and International Development from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.