Our Team
Our client-centric approach, combined with our proven experience, raises the bar for the quality of the services provided, ensuring client satisfaction as well as establishing long-term relationships, based on trust and cooperation.
Dr. Apostolos Papadopoulos
Managing Director
Dr. Apostolos Papadopoulos, head of FCNC, has over 35 years of professional experience in providing business and financial advice to both private and public organizations. He is an Economist with a PhD in Economics from the University of Bradford, UK. He is accredited in undertaking C Class Economic Studies and Studies of Organization and Business Research, according to the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport relevant register. He has extensive experience and specialization in the fields of Corporate and Project Finance (Long Term Concessions, Public Private Partnerships - PPPs, Mergers & Acquisitions – M&As), in the design, implementation and monitoring of Financial Instruments as well as in coordinating specialized socio-economic and financial studies. He supervises a large number of projects related to the design and implementation of Business Plans, Feasibility Studies and Debt Restructuring Plans as well as Operational Restructuring Schemes of private and public entities. He is an independent non-executive member of BoDs in large Corporations and Groups, while he has lead projects providing Performance improvement advisory services (practitioning) in large companies and organizations.
Dimitris Darousos
General Manager
Dimitris Darousos, General Manager at FCNC, has more than 25 years of professional experience in financial and management consulting services. He is a graduate of the Department of Management Science (Operational Research) at Lancaster University, with an MSc in Finance & Investment from Brunel University. He has extensive experience in the consulting area, both in the public and private sectors. Areas of expertise are projects related to corporate finance, project finance and exploitation of financial instruments. He actively participates in the majority of the infrastructure PPP projects in Greece as a financial advisor but also in cost-benefit studies for the inclusion of large projects in EU funding schemes. He manages projects related to the implementation of business and investment plans as well as debt restructuring plans. He also participates in the development and evaluation of investment plans in the context of raising finance from the sources of the Infrastructure Fund on behalf of National Bank of Greece.
Ilias Birmpilis
Head of Project Finance
Ilias Birmpilis, Head of Project Finance at FCNC, has more than 15 years of professional experience in providing financial advisory services. He holds a degree in Economics and an MBA from the University of Piraeus. Ilias leads project teams in the provision of consulting services in both public sector and private companies in the field of corporate and project finance. He participates in infrastructure projects by providing financial advisory services regarding the planning, financing and implementation of projects through concessions or PPPs in both the private and public sector. Ilias also deals with the independent model audit of financial models in the fields of corporate & project finance. Also, he undertakes the preparation of business and strategic plans and debt restructuring plans.