‘Confident, smart and sharp’ according to nominators, Eugenia Papathanasopoulou has served as the director of legal affairs and secretary to the board of directors of Athens International Airport since September 2012. Amassing extensive experience working in the transportation, energy, media, stock market and sports industries – she is a true asset to the company.

With this robust portfolio of legal experience she has continued to impress peers with her competency in negotiations, privacy law, legal compliance, arbitration, mediation and general legal affairs. It is to this end that Papathanasopoulou also concurrently serves as the general secretary to the board of directors of Transparency International Greece, an international non-governmental organisation with a non-profit purpose to combat global corruption and prevent criminal activities arising from corruption. Bringing her standout knowledge as a legal professional to the role, she has served in this position from March 2016 until October 2017 and then was appointed as of January 2018 to her current position within the board of directors.

Described by nominators as a ‘well-established lawyer who is effective in what she does’ Papathanasopoulou impresses with her confidence to navigate a variety of legal issues with clear and efficient goals in mind and a strong ability to see everything through successfully, one nominator adds ‘once she sets her eye on a task, she sees it through completion’. Possessing excellent leadership skills, she has also been noticed by nominating also for being very well orientated in team work and ‘disposes collegial spirit’ which wholly contributes to a leading and well-established legal function.