Yiannis KANTOROS appointed Chief Executive Officer INTERAMERICAN Greece

13 October 2016 — Vlad BOLDIJAR
yannis_kantorosYiannis KANTOROS has been appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of INTERAMERICAN, ACHMEA's insurance company in Greece, effective 15 November 2016. Yiannis KANTOROS will take over the position of the current CEO of INTERAMERICAN George KOTSALOS, who announced end of April of this year that he would step down during the course of 2016. Yiannis KANTOROS has been active at Interamerican Greece as from 2000.

"We are delighted that we are able to appoint someone who has grown within and throughout our business, to this important position. Since Yiannis Kantoros joined Interamerican, he has developed via marketing, sales and operations into this most senior executive role. We are convinced that with his background and experience Mr. Kantoros is the right man to lead the strategy of accelerating the growth of Interamerican. I have the fullest confidence in him and look forward to him leading Interamerican", said Uco VEGTER, Chairman of the Board of Directors of INTERAMERICAN.

"I am grateful for the trust Achmea has placed in me as the new CEO of Interamerican. It is an honor to take over this role from Mr. Kotsalos, who over the years supported my development and gave me the chance to discover Interamerican in different roles and (executive) positions. I am confident that my broad experience in Interamerican and Achmea group will help me to further accelerate Interamerican's growth from customer, employee and financial perspectives", said Yiannis KANTOROS.

Founded in 1969, INTERAMERICAN is the largest private insurance company in Greece and the second largest in the Greek market. In 2001 the group became a part of ACHMEA. INTERAMERICAN operates all insurance branches: Life, Health and Property, as well as Assistance Services and is also active as a health services' provider and has more than one million individual and corporate.

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