The Hellenic Bank Association (HBA) expressed its condolences on Tuesday over the death of Yannis S. Costopoulos, citing him with a sector description as ‘the patriarch of bankers’ for his service at the helm of Alpha Bank and his contribution to the contemporary Greek banking system, ANA reports.
Costopoulos, a former president of the HBA, was born in 1938 and had studied naval engineering at King’s College at Durham University. His banking career started in 1963 at the Commercial Credit Bank (Emborikis Pisteos). Originating from a family of bankers, he was associated with the history of Alpha Bank from 1996 to 2014, when he was recognized as emeritus chairman of the board.
Among his interests were promoting Greek culture, language, and the arts in Greece and abroad, through the Ioannis F. Costopoulos Foundation. His interests included ancient coins, and he started the Alpha Bank Numismatic Collection in 1972. The collection currently holds 11,000 coins of the ancient Greek world and is considered one of the outstanding ancient coin collections globally.
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