
The internationally recognized Private Banking Division of Alpha Bank is significantly strengthened with Mr. Andreas Katsogiannos, who assumes the duties of Director, according to a relevant announcement of the bank.
Born in Switzerland and with a long experience, he has been the Head of Private Banking at UBS and Credit Suisse, where for the last two years he has been the Head of Private Europe at Private Banking International. Mr. Katsogiannos is another executive who is repatriated to our country and is expected to contribute with his experience to the most dynamic development of the Bank, in the field of providing high quality Private Banking services.
Alpha Bank has as its primary goal the continuous improvement of the services to its Customers and the provision of innovative solutions according to their specialized needs. Alpha Bank, based on its high know-how, as the first Bank to introduce Private Banking (Alpha Private Bank) services in the Greek market in 1993, stands out for three consecutive years (2018, 2019 and 2020) “Best Private Bank in Greece ”, In the context of the “Global Private Banking Awards” organized by the publications“ Professional Wealth Management (PWM) ”and“ The Banker ”of the Financial Times Group.
Brief CV
He was born in 1970. He studied economic law and social sciences at the University of St. Gallen holds three master’s degrees in Business Administration from ESLCA Paris, Wealth Management from the University of Rochester in the USA and in Finance from the University of Bern.
He started his career in the banking sector in 2004, as an Auditor at UBS Wealth Management, where in a short time he took over as a Customer Advisor, while later, he was appointed Head of the Global Emerging Markets Office of the same company, in Greece, Turkey and Israel. In 2019, he joined Credit Suisse Private Banking International, as Head of Greece and Cyprus and in December 2020, he took over as Head of the Southern European Market.


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