George Anderson is President and Founder of Anderson Benson Insurance & Risk Management, a privately held insurance brokerage and risk management firm with offices in Nashville, New York and Los Angeles. Anderson Benson is a coverholder for Lloyds of London specializing in entertainment and copyright infringement.. Anderson also co-founded Align Risk Solutions, a privately held captive services company.

Anderson’s extensive civic and philanthropic service includes 13 years as a Board member of The Metropolitan Nashville Parks and Recreation with five years as Chair, four years on the Development Committee of the Frist Art Museum, ten years on the Board and Stewardship Committee of the Washington, DC-based Cultural Landscape Foundation, Chair of the Conservancy of the Parthenon and Centennial Park in Nashville, Tennessee, and as a member of the 2019 NFL Nashville Draft Host Committee.

Anderson’s mother was born in Karyes, Laconia and his father’s parents were born in Stemnitsa, Arcadia. Active in the Greek-American community, he is a Trustee of Hellenic College - Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, an Archon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate - The Order of St. Andrew, a Member of Leadership 100, and a Founding Member the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Foundation.

George and Lee Ann, his wife of 36 years, reside in Nashville and have one son, James.

Peter joined NEA in 1992 and was the firm’s Managing General Partner from 1999-2017. After retiring in 2019, Peter now serves as Chairman. During his 18 years at the helm, NEA's assets under management grew from $1B to over $20B and the organization scaled its operations to become one of the world’s largest venture capital firms. Under Peter’s leadership, NEA invested in industry-transforming technology companies like CareerBuilder, Tableau, Groupon, Jet.com, Juniper Networks, Salesforce.com, TiVo, WebMD and Workday. He has been named several times to the Forbes Midas List of top technology investors, to Washington Tech Council’s Hall of Fame, and to the Washington Business Hall of Fame. Peter has personally led investments in over three dozen technology companies that have successfully completed public offerings or mergers. He serves on the board of public companies Berkshire Grey (BGRY), Groupon (GRPN), NextNav (NN) and Sprout Social (SPT) and is currently director of several private companies including Tamr, Tempus, ThreatQuotient and ZeroFox.

Prior to joining NEA, Peter was President of LEGENT Corporation (LGNT) and Senior Vice President of the Systems Software Division of UCCEL Corporation (UCE). Both companies were ultimately acquired at valuations that were record breaking for their time. Earlier, Peter spent almost a decade at General Electric Company in a variety of management positions, including Vice President and General Manager at GE Information Services. He is Vice-Chair of the Northwestern University Board of Trustees and serves on the boards of the Brookings Institution, P33 and In-Q-Tel. Peter previously served on the Executive Committee of the Board of the National Venture Capital Association, the Tuck School Board of Overseers and was a founding member of Venture Philanthropy Partners, a philanthropic organization in the Washington D.C. area. Peter received his BSEE from Northwestern University and his MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.

Peter and his wife, Adrienne, reside in McLean, VA and are long time members of St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Bethesda, MD. They have two married daughters who also reside in the Washington DC area.

Drake is President of Marwick Associates, a real estate investment and development company located in Lexington, Massachusetts. Marwick is the real estate arm of a family owned privately held investment company. He is also active in the Behrakis Foundation, the family’s philanthropic vehicle.

Prior to establishing Marwick, Mr. Behrakis held various positions with Muro Pharmaceutical, Inc. and the Gillette Company.

Mr. Behrakis has a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from Boston College and an MBA from Northeastern University. He serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The National Hellenic Society and is on the Board of Directors for The Hellenic Initiative, Boston College, and The Leadership 100 Endowment Fund. He is also a Board of Overseer at Brigham & Woman’s Hospital and is invested into the Order of St. Andrew.

Mr. Behrakis’ engagement as both a volunteer and as a donor has expanded throughout the years. He and his wife have established Endowment Funds & a Professorship at Boston College. In 2015 he was the recipient of the Boston College Distinguished Volunteer Award. Prior commitments and involvements include a member of the State of Massachusetts Economic Assistance Coordinating Council; Perkins School for the Blind; Sudbury Youth Basketball; The Lowell Plan; Saints Memorial Medical Center and Fordham University.

Mr. Behrakis resides with his wife and three children in Sudbury, Massachusetts. His oldest son is at Tufts University and his daughter at Boston College. His personal interests include traveling, golf, skiing, and wine collecting.

John P. Calamos, Sr. founded Calamos Investments in 1977. With origins as an institutional convertible bond manager, the firm has grown into a global asset management firm with major institutional and individual clients around the world. The firm is headquartered in the Chicago metropolitan area with additional offices in London, New York, San Francisco and Miami.

Mr. Calamos has established research and investment processes centered around a team-based approach designed to deliver superior risk-adjusted performance over full market cycles through a range of U.S. and global investment strategies including equity, fixed income, convertible and alternative investments. Mr. Calamos has developed a reputation for using investment techniques to control risk, preserve capital and build wealth for clients over the long term.

With over 45 years of industry experience, he is often quoted as an authority on risk-managed investment strategies, markets and the economy. He is a frequent speaker at investment seminars and conferences around the world and appears regularly on CNBC, Bloomberg TV and Fox Business Channel.

Mr. Calamos has authored two books, Investing in Convertible Securities: Your Complete Guide to the Risks and Rewards and Convertible Securities: the Latest Instruments, Portfolio Strategies, and Valuation Analysis.

He received his B.A. in Economics and an M.B.A. in Finance from the Illinois Institute of Technology. He joined the United States Air Force after graduation where he served as a combat pilot during the Vietnam War and ultimately earned the rank of Major.

A son of Greek immigrants, Mr. Calamos is an active philanthropist supporting educational and Hellenic organizations, and serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the National Hellenic Museum in Chicago. He has been honored for his lifetime contributions by the Hellenic Bar Association and was awarded an honorary doctorate of humanities by the Hellenic College and Holy Cross School of Theology.

Dr. Candris retired as President and CEO of Westinghouse Electric Co. In 2012, after a 37 year career with the company. In addition to his role on the THI Board, he is currently on the Board of NiSource Inc., and the Advisory Boards of Atomos Inc., the Carnegie Institute of Technology, and the Carnegie Energy Institute. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of Transylvania University, and the Hellenic American University, and has has previously served on Carnegie Mellon University’s Board of Trustees. Aris and his wife Laura live in Naples, Florida and Sifnos Island, Greece.

Achilles Constantakopoulos is a graduate of Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne.

Since 1997 he has been leading TEMES S.A., developers of Costa Navarino, where he currently holds the position of Chairman. He is also the Chairman of IONIAN HOTEL ENTERPRISES S.A., owner of the Hilton Athens hotel.
He is a member of the Board of Directors of AEGEAN AIRLINES S.A., CHIPITA S.A. and SETE (Greek Tourism Confederation).

Mr. Constantakopoulos is President of the Captain Vassilis & Carmen Konstantakopoulos Foundation.

Theane Evangelis is Co-Chair of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP’s global Litigation Practice Group and previously served as Co-Chair of the firm’s Class Action Practice Group. Ms. Evangelis is also a member of the Appellate, Labor and Employment, Media, Entertainment, and Technology, and Crisis Management Practice Groups. She joined Gibson Dunn after serving as a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor during October Term 2004.

Ms. Evangelis is a graduate of New York University School of Law, where she earned the University Graduation Prize for the student with the highest grade point average in the graduating class. She also serves on the law school’s Board of Trustees.

Ms. Evangelis has served as lead counsel in a wide range of bet-the-company litigation matters in trial and appellate courts across the country. Her professional achievements are widely recognized by leading publications. Most recently, she was named by Best Lawyers as the 2023 Appellate Lawyer of the Year, by The Daily Journal as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in California in 2022, and by Euromoney Legal Media Group as the 2021 Litigation Lawyer of Year.

An entrepreneur, Co-founder and Managing Partner with Outseta LLC, a company that challenges how business is done, resulting in employees who are more fulfilled in both their personal and professional lives. Outseta is an experiment in organizational purpose and design - informed by principles shared in Frederic Laloux's Reinventing Organizations. Prior co-founder of Buildium LLC which was sold to RealPage Inc in 2019.

An investor in companies with a social impact mission to become profitable and benefit society at large.

A philanthropist via the Helidoni foundation, primarily supporting initiatives and institutions that are having or looking to accomplish a meaningful positive impact while becoming self-sustainable via revenue that they derive from services that they provide to the public at large. A large part of the focus is in Greece.

Sir Stelios is best known for creating the easy family of brands beginning with easyJet in 1994 when he was just 27 years old. Six years later he floated the airline on the www.londonstockexchange.com in order to fund the airline’s growth however he and his family remain the largest shareholders holding around 15% of the shares.
The stock market currently values easyJet PLC at about £3.1 billion. When the COVID pandemic struck the airline was carrying about 100 million passengers per year and numbers were substantially reduced but are now recovering.

Sir Stelios, was born in Athens, Greece on February 14, 1967, the son of the late Loucas Haji‐Ioannou, a self‐ made Greek‐Cypriot shipping magnate. Stelios started his business career working for his father at Troodos Shipping in Piraeus, Greece until aged 25 when he founded his own shipping firm, Stelmar tankers with financial help from his father. Stelmar floated on the NYSE.com in 2001 and was sold to a competitor in 2005 for about US$1.3bn.

In 2006, at the age of 39, Stelios received a knighthood from HM Queen Elizabeth II. Since 2009 he has been the Honorary General Consul for the Republic of Cyprus in the Principality of Monaco – where he lives. He graduated from the www.doukas.gr High School in Athens in 1984, the London School of Economics (lse.ac.uk) in 1987 and in 1988 obtained a MSc from the City University (www.cass.city.ac.uk). All three academic institutions currently benefit from Stelios Philanthropic Foundation donations via scholarships – the individual recipients are known as Stelios Scholars! These number more than 260 to date. Since 2018 he has acted as Chair of the enterprise fellows of the Prince’s Trust in the UK, a charity set up by HRH The Prince of Wales. In 2016 he founded the www.Gustaviayachtclub.org where he is Commodore.

George is the founder and CEO of George Capital Finance Solutions (George CFS). Comprising a powerhouse team of Australia’s best finance experts. George CFS delivers customised debt capital solutions for family businesses and individuals. Previously, George was Managing Director and CEO, Bank of Queensland (September 2019 to December 2022; top 100 company on the Australian Securities Exchange). In this role, he grew and transformed the BOQ Group and successfully acquired ME Bank in February 2021 through a $1.35 billion equity raising - the largest acquisition in Australian banking since 2008. George grew both retail and business banking, delivered digital and IT transformation and developed a cloud-based banking platform. George grew the lending book from $50b to $80b. George uplifted customer advocacy and importantly, drove enterprise cultural transformation -significantly lifting engagement, culture and risk culture scores over the 3 years. George presented his last set of results to the market on October 11th, 2022, resulting in a 13% BOQ share price increase that week, adding $580 million in market capitalisation.

Prior to this appointment, George was Chief Executive of Westpac Group’s Consumer Bank (June 2015 to June 2019), one of the largest retail banks in Australia operating under the brands Westpac, St. George Bank, BankSA, Bank of Melbourne and RAMS. In this role, he managed a lending book of $550b, with staff of over 10,000 across Australia. Before this appointment, George was CEO, St. George Bank Banking Group, a full-service bank with a lending book of $190b. He joined the Westpac Group in March 2009 as Chief Executive, Westpac New Zealand Limited.

Formerly, George was Group Executive General Manager at National Australia Bank, managing Australia’s largest business bank. Prior to that, Chief Financial Officer of Commonwealth Bank of Australia's Institutional Banking Division, responsibilities included the Institutional Bank’s international operations in Asia, Europe and USA. This also included complex property transactions and syndications.

George has also been a Partner/Vice President at the Boston Consulting Group based in various locations including Sydney, London, New Zealand and South Korea.

George started his career as an Electronics Engineering Officer in the Royal Australian Air Force, where he was responsible for the F/A-18 Hornet fighter aircraft at 77 Squadron.

Board positions include:

• Previous Chair, Prime Minister’s Industry Advisory Committee on Veterans’ Employment
• The Hellenic Initiative, Board member in the USA and Australia
• Business Advisory Council Member: University of NSW
• Co-founder of Head Start Homes, a charity that primarily helps single Indigenous mothers
  purchase a family home.
• Member of Firstsource Global Advisory Board
• Board Member of Lysicrates Foundation.

Education:

• MBA (AGSM/Wharton) 1992
• Bachelor of Electronics Engineering (Honours) 1985

Constantine is the current Managing Partner of the Miami office of Reed Smith, LLP. Reed Smith is a global law firm with more than 1,500 lawyers in 30 offices throughout the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Constantine counsels companies and funds in a wide range of matters including distressed credit and special situations transactions, private equity, restructurings, and corporate governance. Constantine has worked with entities across the corporate growth cycle from early stage private companies to established publicly traded entities. He also has considerable cross-border experience and acts for foreign companies operating in the United States.

Constantine previously served on the board of directors of the Florida Chamber of Commerce and now sits on the Legal Committee of the Greek Orthodox Church. His pro bono work has included a significant amount of refugees assistance within the Greek Islands, using legal skills to help protect human rights, support due process, and uphold the rule of law.

Mr. Kent joined The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta in 1978 and has held a variety of global marketing and operations leadership roles throughout his career. In 2005, Mr. Kent was appointed President of Coca-Cola International, responsible for overseeing all operations outside of North America. In 2006, he assumed the role of President and Chief Operating Officer and in 2008 was elevated to President and CEO. He was named Chairman of the Board of Directors in 2009 and served as Chairman and CEO through April 2017.

Mr. Kent holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the University of Hull in England and a Master of Science degree in Administrative Sciences from Cass Business School in London.

Mr. Kent is the past Chairman of the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum and a member of its Chairman’s Community, a member of the Concordia Leadership Council, FIA High Level Panel on Road Safety (Federation Internationale l'Automobile), the Council on Foreign Relations, and Chairman Emeritus of the U.S. ASEAN Business Council. He serves on the boards of 3M, Special Olympics International, Catalyst, Cambridge China Development Trust and Emory University.

Ambassador Eleni Kounalakis was sworn in as the 50th Lieutenant Governor of California by Governor Gavin Newsom on January 7th, 2019. She is the first woman elected Lt. Governor of California. A native Californian, she visited each of the state’s 58 counties during her historic campaign.

From 2010 to 2013, Kounalakis served as President Barack Obama’s Ambassador to the Republic of Hungary. Kounalakis was the first Greek-American woman – and at age 43 one of America’s youngest – to serve as U.S. Ambassador. Her highly acclaimed memoir, “Madam Ambassador, Three Years of Diplomacy, Dinner Parties and Democracy in Budapest” (The New Press, 2015), chronicles the onset of Hungary’s democratic backsliding.

Governor Jerry Brown appointed Kounalakis to chair the California Advisory Council for International Trade and Investment in 2014. Kounalakis was a Virtual Fellow at the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) between 2014 and 2017, specializing in international trade and immigration. She is currently a director of the Association of American Ambassadors and a National Democratic Institute (NDI) “Ambassadors Circle” advisor.

Prior to her public service, Kounalakis was president of one of California’s most respected housing development firms, AKT Development, where she worked for 18 years. She built master-planned communities and delivered quality housing to the Sacramento region’s working families – recognizing her as one of the capital region’s most prominent businesswomen. Passionate about early childhood development, Kounalakis served as a member of California’s First 5Commission and the California Blue Ribbon Commission on Autism.

Eleni Kounalakis graduated from Dartmouth College in 1989 and earned her Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from U.C. Berkeley’s Haas School of Business in 1992. She holds an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the American College of Greece. She is married to Dr. Markos Kounalakis and the couple has two teenage sons, Neo and Eon.

Ted Leonsis is founder, chairman, majority shareholder and CEO of Monumental Sports & Entertainment, which owns the NHL’s 2018 Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals, NBA’s Washington Wizards, WNBA’s Washington Mystics, AFL’s 2018 Arena Bowl Champion Washington Valor and Baltimore Brigade, the NBA G League’s Capital City Go-Go and the NBA2K League’s Wizards District Gaming. Leonsis is a co-owner of aXiomatic, which has controlling interest in global esports franchise Team Liquid. Monumental also owns the 20,000-seat Capital One Arena and operates MedStar Capitals Iceplex, the Capitals’ training facility, and George Mason University’s EagleBank Arena.

An integrated media, technology, sports and entertainment company, Monumental also runs Monumental Sports Network, a first-of-its-kind regional sports network for digital, mobile and over-the-top platforms. In addition, Leonsis is co-founder and a partner at Revolution Growth, a $1 billion set of investment funds via which he and his partners make a select group of speed-up capital investments in businesses each year. He sits on a variety of boards, including American Express and Groupon, and is the former vice chairman and president of AOL.

George Logothetis is the Executive Chairman of Libra Group, a privately owned, global business group with assets and operations in nearly 60 countries. He is based in New York City. At 19, George became CEO of his family’s company, Lomar Shipping, which had three vessels. The shipping business was grown into a more modern and diversified 55-vessel fleet over 10 years. In 2003, George founded Libra Group at the age of 28.

Today, Libra Group encompasses 20 businesses predominately focused on aerospace, renewable energy, maritime, real estate, hospitality, and diversified investments. George is also the Chairman of the Group’s sister organization Libra Philanthropies, an independent 501(c)(3) that includes 10 philanthropic initiatives established by the Logothetis family. Previously known as Libra Social Responsibility, Libra Philanthropies’ initiatives include social impact programs, strategic giving, and independent non-profits supporting over 25 million people around the world.

George is Co-Chairman of the Leadership Council of Concordia and sits on the Board of Directors of the American Democracy Month Council. He also serves on the Advisory Boards of My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) Alliance, the Genius 100 Foundation, and the Wilson Center, and is a member of the Trilateral Commission.

In 2011, George and Nitzia Logothetis founded the Seleni Institute, an independently run clinic and nonprofit supporting individuals and their families’ mental and emotional health during the family-building years.

Born George Mathew Moutsanas in 1941 in Limni, Evia, Greece on the island of Euboea, one of the oldest-known confederation of Greek states in classical antiquity, he emigrated to the United States in 1945. He graduated as George M. Marcus from San Francisco State University with a B.A. degree in Economics, was honored as Alumnus of the Millennium in 1999 and received an honorary doctorate in 2011. He also received an honorary degree of Humanities from the Hellenic College Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology in 2016. He is the co-founder and chairman of Marcus & Millichap Company. He is the founder and chairman of Essex Property Trust (ESS) and Marcus & Millichap, Inc (MMI) both publicly traded companies.

Mr. Marcus received the high Offikion of Archon Exarchos in 1991 by His Eminence Archbishop Iakovos at the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in New York.

His considerable commitments to the Greek Orthodox Church and his community include memberships on the Board of Directors at the Modern Greek Studies Foundation, CSU Foundation, UCSF Foundation, Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute, which honored him in 2012, the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of San Francisco, which honored him in 2014, International Orthodox Christian Charities, Elios Society and is committed to Leadership 100. He founded the National Hellenic Society, which brings together distinguished Greek Americans on a national level to preserve their heritage.

He is the majority owner of renowned Greek restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area; Kokkari in San Francisco and Evvia in Palo Alto. In 2014 Mr. Marcus participated in the White House Greek Independence Day celebration, where the authentic cuisine of his restaurants was served, both President Obama and Vice President Biden were in attendance.

Mr. Mehiel is the Principal Shareholder and Chairman of U. S. Corrugated, Inc., formerly the Nation’s largest independent manufacturer of corrugated packaging until a recent transaction in which a substantial portion of USC was acquired by Kapstone Paper and Packaging Corporation. U. S. Corrugated divested 14 converting facilities and a recycled containerboard mill; it continues to operate 10 manufacturing plants located across the country.

Mr. Mehiel is also the Managing Member of Four M Capital, LLC, a Buffalo Wild Wings Franchisee developing the New York Metropolitan region in behalf of the Brand. The company owns and operates 20 BWW Sit Down Restaurants with additional sites under development.

In 2012 New York Governor Andrew Cuomo appointed Mr. Mehiel Chairman and C.E.O. of the Battery Park City Authority. BPCA operates a 92 Acre property created when the World Trade Center was constructed 40 years ago at the south end of Manhattan. The site contains ten million square feet of commercial space, residential properties with a population of 14,000 along with parks and other public spaces.

Mr. Mehiel is a member of the Holy Trinity Cathedral in New York City. He is a former member of the Archdiocesan Council, the Lay Leadership of the Greek Orthodox Church of the Americas, and continues as a member of its Leadership 100 Group and Faith: An Endowment for Orthodoxy and Hellenism. He is an Archon of The Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle, the world’s oldest Lay Religious Organization and a recipient of the Medal of St. Paul, the Highest Honor a lay person may receive from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America.

Metropoulos & Co. is a boutique acquisition and management firm started by Mr. Metropoulos and later joined by his sons, Evan and Daren, which have been involved for the past 30+ years in building, restructuring and growing numerous businesses in the U.S., Mexico and Europe.

Some of the “buy-build” private equity transactions led by Mr. Metropoulos include:

• Stella Foods (the #1 specialty cheese company in the U.S. & Canada)
• The Morningstar Group, Inc. (traded on the NASDAQ at the time)
• International Home Foods, Inc. (Chef Boyardee, Pam Cooking Spray, Gulden’s Mustard & Bumble Bee Tuna) – traded on the NYSE at the time
• Ghirardelli Chocolate Co.
• Mumm and Perrier Jouet Champagnes (France)
• Hillsdown Holdings, PLC (Premier International Foods, Burtons Biscuits, & Christie Tyler – UK/Europe)
• Pinnacle Foods Group, Inc. (Swanson/Hungry-Man, Vlasic Pickles, Open Pit Barbeque Sauce, Duncan Hines, Log Cabin Syrup, Mrs. Butterworth’s Syrup, Aunt Jemima Frozen Breakfast, Mrs. Paul’s Seafood, Van De Kamp’s Seafood, Celeste Pizza, & Lender’s Bagels)
• National Waterworks
• Solar Marine (a private international dry cargo shipping company)
• Pabst Brewing Company
• EPAQ (an integrated oil drilling company)
• Hostess Brands, LLC
• Utz Quality Foods, Inc. (one of the oldest east coast salty snack companies)
• Golden Flake Snack Foods (salty snacks)

Mr. Metropoulos has been involved in more than 81 acquisitions in many parts of the world over the past 30 years and has earned some of the most attractive returns on Wall Street.

The Metropoulos family is also very active with philanthropy, including, their commitments to the Gate’s Foundation “Giving Pledge”, the Campaign to End Childhood Hunger, Hole in the Wall Gang Camps, veterans, education, medical research and others.

Mr. Metropoulos and his wife, Marianne, of 43 years, have two sons, Evan and Daren, who have been involved and are an integral part of Metropoulos & Co

Nick Mitaros is a Perth, Western Australia based businessman with extensive commercial interests in the north of Australia. He has been on The Hellenic Initiative global board since its inception.

Nick sits on a number of private boards including as the Australian Resident Director for the cattle operations of the Government of Brunei Darussalam in northern Australia since 1998.

Nick holds both a Bachelor of Jurisprudence and Bachelor of Laws, and since retiring from legal practice in 2002, remained a Consultant to national law firm, Clayton Utz, until June 2019.

Nick is a director of commercial property development company, Jalouise Pty Ltd, a significant financial contributor to the Hellenic Entrepreneurship Awards (2013 - 2017).

Nick is a founding shareholder and Chairman of the Leichhardt Industrials Group, one of Australia’s largest producers and exporters of industrial salt and gypsum into the Asia Pacific region.

Whilst at University, he served as Vice President of the National Union of Greek Australian Students (NUGAS 1979 - 1980), and following graduation, as a member of the Governing Council of the Greek Orthodox Community of Northern Australia Inc (1982 - 1985).

Pericles Navab is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PITCO Foods, a leading wholesaler and distributor to independent convenience and grocery store retailers in Northern California and Nevada. PITCO Foods’ divisions and warehouses, along with its subsidiaries, deliver more than 15 million pieces of merchandise annually to over 10,000 retail locations.

Jim Neary is a Managing Director, Co-Head of U.S. Private Equity, and a member of the Executive Management Group. During his career at Warburg Pincus, Jim has led or co-led industrials and business services; late-stage technology-enabled services; technology, media & telecommunications; capital markets; and healthcare. Prior to joining Warburg Pincus in 2000, he was a Managing Director at Chase Securities. He is a Board Member of several companies including Allied Universal, Consolidated Precision Products, Norstella, Sotera Health, and WEX. Among other public and private companies, he has previously served on the Boards of Duravant, Endurance International Group, Hygiena, Fidelity National Information Services, Inc., Interactive Data Corporation, InComm Holdings, Coyote Logistics, EFS (Electronic Funds Source), and Alert Global Media Holdings. He is on the Board of Trustees of The Mount Sinai Health System, The Eaglebrook School, the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, and Ownership Works. He received a BA in Economics and Political Science from Tufts University and an MBA from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, where he was the Eugene Lerner Finance Scholar.

Cathy Papoulias-Sakellaris achieved a successful business career occupying executive management positions in leading global companies including Procter & Gamble, Nielsen Marketing Research, ITT and Dun & Bradstreet. She has dedicated resources, expertise and service in community, philanthropic, and Hellenic Organizations. She serves on the Board of Trustees of Leadership 100, and served on the Board of Overseas at the Museum of Sience in Boston. She also sits on the boards of The Hellenic Initiative, Milton Academy, Public Power International, and the Faith Endowment.

Nicholas, a lawyer by profession, is the Bank of Sydney’s non-executive Chairman. Among other roles, Nicholas is Chairman of the South Sydney Rabbitohs, Australia’s oldest and most successful rugby league club. He also serves on the boards of the Special Broadcasting Service, Australia’s national multicultural broadcaster, Sydney’s Hellenic Club and Melbourne’s Hellenic Museum.

Nicholas serves as the Honorary Secretary of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocesan Council and is a Trustee of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia Consolidated Trust. Aside from his qualifications in law, he holds a doctorate (PhD) in Economic History from the University of Sydney.

Nicholas was appointed to the General Division of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2013 for services to the Arts, Rugby League & the Greek-Australian community.

William Spell is the founder and President of Spell Capital Partners and the Spell Family Office. Spell Capital is based in Edina, MN, and has a 36-year history of investing in Private Equity, specializing in industrial manufacturing transactions. Since 2018, the firm has invested on behalf of the Spell Family Office which has assets under management (AUM) of over $1.0 billion. Currently, the family office owns and manages 10 manufacturing platforms located around the world. Since 1997, Bill has been a member of the Young President's Organization (PO)and (CEO). He is the owner of the Spell Estate winery in Sonoma, CA. Bill and his wife Tiki established the Spell Family Foundation in 1992. He has BS and MBA degrees from the University of Minnesota.

Bill is a third generation Greek American. He is a member of the Archdiocesan Council of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and has been a member of the Executive Committee. Bill is a fulfilled member of Leadership 100, a board member of the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and a past Parish Council President of his Church in Minnesota. Bill is on the Patriarch Bartholomew Foundation Investment board & the Metropolis of Chicago Foundation. He's a recipient of the Medal of St. Paul. He is a board member of Holy Cross/ Hellenic College, and the St. Nicholas Church & Shrine in NY.

Bill has been married for 39 years and has two married adult children and two grandchildren. The Spell's spend their time in Edina, MN, Scottsdale, AZ, and Sun Valley, ID.

Nikos is Chairman of Europe and Member of the Management Committee and Investment Committee of BC Partners, the leading international investment firm with Assets Under Management over $40bn. He joined BC Partners in 2005 and brings nearly three decades of experience in private equity across a number of sectors and geographies.

Prior to joining BC Partners, Nikos was a Partner at Apax Partners in London and prior to that worked as a management consultant with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in London.

Nikos is Chairman of the Board of United Group, Nova, Pet City, Alphabet Education, Cigierre, DentalPro, and Keesing and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Springer Nature and Advanced. He is also a member of the Global Advisory Board and Board of Dean’s Advisors of Harvard Business School, member of the Board of Regents of Boston College, the Board of Trustees of the American School in London, the Board of The Hellenic Initiative, member of the Wall Street Journal CEO Council, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Chairman of the BC Partners Foundation. Nikos holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a degree in Business Administration from Athens University of Economics & Business (AUEB).

Financial News voted Nikos in the Hall of Fame of Private Equity in 2016 and named him in the 50 most influential investors in Europe in 2023.

George Svokos, was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. He has been married for 35 years to his wonderful wife Grazia and has three beautiful and successful daughters, Erini, Elizabeth and Alexandra. George has a BS in Chemical Engineering from Columbia University and an MBA for the University of Missouri. He has worked in the pharmaceutical industry for over 30 years in various managerial and executive positions. He is a Trustee of the Dr. Agnes Varis Trust which has supported THI since its inception.