Pinelopi Katsaounou

Penny started her career at Millenium Bank in 2000, in the area of retail banking. Her next step was at Alpha Bank London, where following a short stay at the Operations Department, she was promoted to Account Officer in Private Banking, where she stayed until June 2006.

From 2006 until the end of 2014, Penny worked as a Relationship Manager for high net worth customers at Citibank’s Citigold Personal Banking. At this position she successfully created and managed investment portfolios, earning several awards from Citibank. In 2015 she was promoted to Select Relationship Manager, while following the buyout of Citibank’s Consumer Bank in Greece from Alpha Bank, she became Executive Private Banker at Alpha Bank’s Private Banking.

In 2017 she left Alpha Bank and started a new career as an Independent Investment Advisor, in cooperation with Safe Advisors S.A. as their Associated Representative.

Penny studied Business Administration, with a major in Accounting and Finance, at the American College of Greece (2003). She continued her studies, obtaining a postgraduate degree, MSc in Finance and Investment (2004), from Brunel University in the UK.

Penny is certified as an investment manager in the UK, as she holds the Investment Management Certificate (IMC) from the UK Society of Investment Professionals (UKSIP).

She is also Certified in Portfolio Management (Certification C) by the Bank of Greece.