New BSTDB Secretary General Assumes Duties

Press Release | 16-Mar-2015

The Board of Directors of the Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB) appointed Mr. Serafeim Tsokas as Secretary General for a period of four years.  Mr. Tsokas assumed his duties on March 16, 2015.

Mr. Tsokas started his career in the private sector and held senior managerial positions in various Greek companies in 1990 -2004. In 2004-2009, he served as Secretary General of the Decentralized Administration of the Region of Crete. In 2006, Mr. Tsokas was elected President of the Committee of Island Regions of the EU for a period of three years. In 2010-2012, he was the CEO of the Hellenic Association of Automobile & Touring. In 2012-2014, Mr. Tsokas served as Secretary General of the Ministry for Development and Competitiveness. In October 2014, he was appointed Secretary General for Civil Protection of the Ministry of Public Order and Citizen Protection of the Hellenic Republic. 

Mr. Tsokas has served as Board member in various state-owned Greek enterprises dealing with investment, trade and economic research. He represented Greece on the BSTDB Board of Directors for two years starting from September 2012.

Mr. Tsokas graduated from the Economics faculty of the Athens University and holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration and Computer Science from the University of New Haven, USA.

He speaks Greek and English.

Mr. Tsokas is married and has two children.

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The Black Sea Trade and Development Bank (BSTDB) is an international financial institution established by Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Türkiye, and Ukraine. The BSTDB headquarters are in Thessaloniki, Greece. BSTDB supports economic development and regional cooperation by providing loans, credit lines, equity and guarantees for projects and trade financing in the public and private sectors in its member countries. The authorized capital of the Bank is EUR 3.45 billion. BSTDB is rated long-term “A-” by Standard and Poor’s and “A2” by Moody’s. For information on BSTDB, visit www.bstdb.org.

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