Prof. Christos Hadjiemmanuil

Christos Hadjiemmanuil is a Professor of International and European Monetary and Financial Institutions at the University of Piraeus, and a Visiting Professor of Law at the London School of Economics & Political Science. On 10 April 2020 he was appointed by Presidential Degree as Member of the Monetary Policy Council, Bank of Greece. He is a member of the Athens Bar Association.

A specialist in European and international financial law and regulation, he has acted as a consultant to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), where he advised in the Global Bank Insolvency Initiative. He has served a member of the Advisory Board of the UNDP’s Regional for Public Administration Reform (RCPAR) for Eastern Europe and the CIS. He has held a number of visiting academic and consultancy positions. He is a member of the Monetary Law Committee of the International Law Association (MOCOMILA) and an initial member of the Academic Board of the European Banking Institute (EBI). His research and publications focus in the areas of EMU and the Banking Union, banking resolution, banking and securities regulation, and financial law reform.

From 2004 to 2007, he served as President and CEO of Hellenic Olympic Properties, the special-purpose company responsible for post‐Olympic management of the Athens 2004 Olympic facilities. From 2007 to 2009, he was Chairman and CEO of the OPAP S.A., one of Greece’s largest public corporations. From 2014 to 2020, he served as Advisor to the Governor of the Bank of Greece.