Mr. Konstantinos Gkravas is a capital markets professional and an academic fellow at the Department of Economics of the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB). He was appointed to teach at the Postgraduate Program of the Department of Banking and Financial Management of the University of Piraeus (academic year 2021-22) and since 2015 he is a visiting lecturer at the Hellenic Air Force Command and Staff College.
He holds a PhD from the Department of History and Philosophy of Science of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, in the field of Global Political Economy, Central Banks and Monetary History. He has also received a 5-year diploma in Chemical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), a 2-year full-time Master in Business Administration (MBA) from the AUEB and the Erasmus University Rotterdam (with distinction), and a Master of Science (MSc) in Mathematical Economics from the NTUA. He also holds the professional certification of Xetra equity trader from the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Deutsche Boerse) and he is a certified Derivatives Market Maker/Trader from the Athens Derivatives Exchange (ADEX) and a certified Market Analyst and Portfolio Manager (Bank of Greece).
He has nearly 20 years’ experience in the banking and financial sector, particularly in the field of global markets and investment management. He has almost 10 years’ experience as a lecturer in professional certification training programs for banking executives and professionals, having constantly achieved an exceptional rating according to the electronic evaluation system of the respective programs.
He has been regularly publishing opinion articles in the greek and foreign press, including several opinion letters to the Financial Times editor; one of them, in response to a global debate on the future of economics, was selected for publication by the FT among more than 300 responds. He has also published several articles in greek and foreign academic journals.
Mr. Gkravas is the author of the book “Economic War and Monetary Peace. The Greek Great Depression” (foreword by Mr. Yannis Stournaras, Governor of the Bank of Greece), published (in Greek) in July 2019 by I. Sideris Publications, and the co-author of the book “Central Banks. A Short Introduction”, published (in Greek) in November 2021 by Papadopoulos Publishing.
In January 2020, he was elected as a non-executive member of the Board of Directors (BoD) of Cosmote.
