Dimitrios Plessas

Engineer by Training, Banker by Trade, ex McKinsey

Glyfada, Athens Greece
+30 6949200878
plessasdimitrios@yahoo.com
Dimitrios Plessas

Personal Information

  • Nationality:
    Greek
  • Date of Birth:
    02.10.1974
  • Marital Status:
    Married

Education

M.Sc. in Decision Sciences

Athens Univ. of Economics and Business (AUEB)

2001 - 2002

Financial Engineering concentration

M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering

National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)

1993 - 1999

Operational Research concentration

Skills & Languages

Languages

EnglishFluent
FrenchGood
GreekFluent (Native)

Professional Skills

Advanced knowledge of operating systems, software, programming

Strategic Planning
Digital Transformation
Financial Analysis
Project Management
Team Leadership

Interests

Sailing
Volleyball
Photography
Technology
Programming

Professional Experience

AGM, Cards & Digital Business

2020 - Present

National Bank of Greece

  • Card Business: strategy definition on issuing and acquiring, customer portfolio management; P&L responsibility for 5m cards, 250k merchants, ~€80mn net fee income
  • Digital Banking: strategy definition, design and execution of Internet Banking, Mobile Banking, and other digital offerings; P&L responsibility for ~€50mn net fee income
  • Embedded Banking: strategy definition, product development, key partnership agreements, balance sheet responsibility for ~€400mn loan disbursements per annum
  • Self-Service Machines: footprint optimization and improvement of operational efficiency for the ATM, APS and PPU fleet
  • Contact Center: strategy definition, operational efficiency, and direct sales performance management
  • Bank-Wide Loyalty: go-to market strategy, customer engagement strategy

Director, Digital Business

2019 - 2020

National Bank of Greece

  • Digital Banking: strategy definition, design and execution of Internet Banking, Mobile Banking, and other digital offerings; P&L responsibility for ~€50mn net fee income
  • Self-Service Machines: footprint optimization and improvement of operational efficiency for the ATM, APS and PPU fleet
  • Contact Center: strategy definition, operational efficiency, and direct sales performance management

Director, Retail Banking

2016 - 2019

National Bank of Greece

  • Deposit, Investment & Bancassurance Products: product offering definition, product design & implementation and P&L responsibility for ~€45bn of assets
  • Premium Banking, Retail Banking: segments management, service model design, product offering design
  • Retail CRM, MIS, Customer Analytics: design of relevant capabilities, including next best action, customer lifetime value
  • Bank-Wide Loyalty: design and development of go4more, the first bank-wide loyalty program in Greece

Director, Retail Segments

2013 - 2016

National Bank of Greece

  • Premium Banking, Business Banking, Retail Banking: segments management, service model design, product offering design
  • Retail CRM, MIS, Customer Analytics: design of relevant capabilities, including next best action, customer lifetime value
  • Business Seeds: responsible for the development of NBG Business Seeds startup funding program and act4Greece crowdfunding initiative

Group Strategy

2006 - 2013

National Bank of Greece

  • Management of M&A activity: definition of synergies, integration program setup, re-organization design
  • Design of a customer-based service model for the affluent and SME segments in Greece; segmentation analysis, model definition
  • Mapping of IT systems cost including personnel expenses, G&As, and depreciation of CAPEX

Senior Associate

2003 - 2006

McKinsey & Company

  • Development of the three-year business plan for the incumbent bank in Greece; market sizing, action planning, financial modeling
  • Business building for a greenfield bank in the Middle East; market analysis, definition of entry strategy, business plan preparation
  • Benchmarking and strategic target-setting for the downstream ops of a large oil company in the UK

Board Memberships

DIAS Interbanking Systems S.A.

2021 - Present

DIAS is the National Automated Clearing House (ACH) for Greece. The Company's shareholders are Bank of Greece, credit institutions and finance related entities focusing on payments

NBG Pay S.A.

2021 - Present

NBG Pay is a JV between National Bank of Greece and Global Payments, focusing on providing acquiring services in Greece

NBG Bancassurance S.A.

2016 - 2019

NBG Bancassurance was an NBG subsidiary focusing on providing bancassurance products to the bank's customers