Athens, June 30, 2025 – DESFA announces that following the company’s General Assembly the new Board of Directors has been elected. Mr. Paschalis Bouchoris is appointed as the new Non–Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors. Maria Rita Galli continues to serve as CEO of Desfa.
Mr. Bouchoris has 30 years of international experience in asset management, corporate banking, and strategic advisory. Throughout his distinguished career, he has held senior leadership positions at leading organizations in both the public and private sectors, across Europe and the Middle East.
Over the past decade, he served as Managing Director at BlackRock, most recently holding the position of Head of BlackRock for the Middle East, based in Dubai. He remains a Senior Advisor to BlackRock, providing advisory services in the asset management sector.
In the past, he has also held executive roles at National Bank of Greece, served as CEO of the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund (HRADF), Executive General Manager of Intracom, and worked as a strategy consultant at Monitor Company in New York.
He holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and an MBA from the Rotterdam School of Management.
DESFA would also like to express its sincere appreciation to Mr. Konstantinos Kosmadakis, the outgoing Chairman, for his dedication, leadership and significant contributions to the evolution of the company during his tenure.
